Seeking Common Ground While Preserving"Discussion":The Use and Reconstruction of Traditional Ethnic Motifs in Urban Landscape
With the advancement of urbanization in ethnic minority areas,the architectural style of county towns has been heavily modified by local governments in order to display ethnic characteristics and boost the economy.In Ninglang Yizu Autonomous County,Yunnan Province,a large number of traditional ethnic motifs have been reconstructed to decorate buildings to reflect ethnic characteristics.In the process of planning,design and motifs reconstruction,due to the lack of mainstream instructions and explanations,the local government,the design company and the local people,from their own perspectives,made different interpretations of the motifs reconstruction and utilization,generating a new architectural culture that seeks common ground while'discussing'it.The interaction between them inadvertently completes the co-creation of traditional culture,demonstrating and inventing distinctiveness at the same time.This is a kind of Chinese modernization with local characteristics,in which we see more expression and understanding of the good life of the people.
UrbanizationTransformation of architectural featuresMotifs reconstructionSeek common ground while preserving"discussion"