Chaoshan drawnwork handkerchief design exhibits self-similarity and fractal characteristics due to their grid-based structure,overall symmetry,and the way local motifs reflect the whole pattern.To explore the potentia...Chaoshan drawnwork handkerchief design exhibits self-similarity and fractal characteristics due to their grid-based structure,overall symmetry,and the way local motifs reflect the whole pattern.To explore the potential of fractals in traditional textile design,a fractal-based generative framework was proposed for efficiently creating drawnwork patterns suitable for practical handicraft production.The research was initiated with an analysis of the structural composition of center,skeleton,and filler motifs extracted from a pattern sample library.Based on this hierarchical classification,the box-counting method was employed to calculate their respective fractal dimensions.Building on fractal art theory,generative algorithms,and studies on the application of Ultra Fractal,a Chaoshan drawnwork fractal design model was established.Using this model,51 drawnwork fractal patterns and 153 handkerchief patterns were generated.These patterns were subsequently applied in real-world production to validate the feasibility and value of fractal techniques in textile design.展开更多
60th World Heritage Site Inscribed China’s Xixia Imperial Tombs were o"cially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 11 July,during the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Paris,France.W...60th World Heritage Site Inscribed China’s Xixia Imperial Tombs were o"cially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 11 July,during the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Paris,France.With this inscription,China’s total number of World Heritage sites has risen to 60,further solidifying its global standing in heritage preservation.展开更多
On January 17,with the theme of“New Year Painting.New Creativity New Expression”,the nation-wide main event of the 2025 “Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the Spring Festival-New Year Painting Entering into F...On January 17,with the theme of“New Year Painting.New Creativity New Expression”,the nation-wide main event of the 2025 “Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the Spring Festival-New Year Painting Entering into Families”kicked off in Handan,Hebei Province,which was jointly organized by the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,the Hebei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism,and the Handan Municipal People’s Government.More than 200 people,including the inheritors of 18 national Intangible Cultural Heritage projects,experts,scholars and designers engaged in the research and innovative design of New Year Painting,and representatives of the enterprises on cultural creation and relevant media,attended the event.展开更多
On January 23,jointly organized by the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism,and the Suzhou Municipal People’s Gove...On January 23,jointly organized by the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism,and the Suzhou Municipal People’s Government,the main event of the 2025“Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the Spring Festival.Celebrating the New Year in the Ancient City”kicked off in Suzhou,Jiangsu Province.展开更多
Inside the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka,Kansai,Japan,a cultural feast steeped in Liaoning’s history and brimming with its innovative spirit is unfolding.Under the banner“Poetic landscapes,Boundless vitality”,L...Inside the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka,Kansai,Japan,a cultural feast steeped in Liaoning’s history and brimming with its innovative spirit is unfolding.Under the banner“Poetic landscapes,Boundless vitality”,Liaoning Week employs intangible heritage showcases,live performances and exhibitions to reveal the province’s distinctive cultural charm.展开更多
The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS)embody a remarkable diversity of plants,crop varieties,livestock breeds,fisheries,and forests,shaped and sustained through centuries of interaction between pe...The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS)embody a remarkable diversity of plants,crop varieties,livestock breeds,fisheries,and forests,shaped and sustained through centuries of interaction between people and nature.展开更多
From the Yangtze to the Nile,a shared vision for world heritage protection is charting a new course in global cultural cooperation Thousands of kilometres apart,two ancient hydrological relics-the White Crane Ridge(Ba...From the Yangtze to the Nile,a shared vision for world heritage protection is charting a new course in global cultural cooperation Thousands of kilometres apart,two ancient hydrological relics-the White Crane Ridge(Baiheliang)in the middle of the Yangtze River in Chongqing and the Nilometers on Rhoda Island in Cairo-stand as silent witnesses to humanity’s interaction with nature across centuries.展开更多
In a peach orchard in Lyuxiang Town,Jinshan District,Shanghai,youth delegates from 13 countries,officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO),and agricultural heritage experts were im...In a peach orchard in Lyuxiang Town,Jinshan District,Shanghai,youth delegates from 13 countries,officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO),and agricultural heritage experts were impressed by sweet and juicy Jinshan flat peaches.Jinshan has a history of flat peach cultivation that spans hundreds of years dating back to the Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368).展开更多
Every world cultural heritage is a letter written by humans to the future.They are ancienl symbols on the wall of stones or exquisite patterns in the palace,bearing the wisdom and glory of different civilizations.
Africa’s Buildings:Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage By ITOHAN I.OSAYIMWESE Princeton University Press This book is a groundbreaking history that exposes the systematic looting of Africa’s archi...Africa’s Buildings:Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage By ITOHAN I.OSAYIMWESE Princeton University Press This book is a groundbreaking history that exposes the systematic looting of Africa’s architectural heritage by Western collectors,museums,and colonial officials.展开更多
The Xixia Imperial Mausoleums stand as a tangible testament to ancient China’s ethnic harmony,architectural artistry,and burial practices.Now,its World Heritage status makes it poised to captivate broader global audi...The Xixia Imperial Mausoleums stand as a tangible testament to ancient China’s ethnic harmony,architectural artistry,and burial practices.Now,its World Heritage status makes it poised to captivate broader global audiences.展开更多
WUQIAO County in Hebei Province is known as the acrobatics capital of China.In 2006,Wuqiao acrobatics was included in the first list of China's national intangible cultural heritage items.
This paper discusses the Bible in relation to the history and culture of the Jewish people along with its place in world culture.Through translation and Christianity its influence extended into the development of lite...This paper discusses the Bible in relation to the history and culture of the Jewish people along with its place in world culture.Through translation and Christianity its influence extended into the development of literacy among many of the language’s world.The biblical promise to Abraham continues today in the reemergence of the Jewish people as a sovereign nation in the land of Israel after two millennia of wandering.While Bible stories and poetry,primarily through the Psalms,inspired creativity in the visual arts,literature,and music throughout in the Western world.展开更多
With the simultaneous growth of cultural heritage activation and urban renewal needs,urban heritage parks are increasingly becoming important carriers for the integrated development of historical heritage protection a...With the simultaneous growth of cultural heritage activation and urban renewal needs,urban heritage parks are increasingly becoming important carriers for the integrated development of historical heritage protection and public space utilization.This article focuses on the construction of measurement dimensions of tourist experience value in urban heritage parks.Based on the theoretical frameworks of flow theory and experience value theory,combined with literature analysis and UGC text mining,it initially constructs an emotional,cultural,and functional three-dimensional index system.Through text analysis of 970 online reviews of Chongqing Kaifa Heritage Park,social value is identified as a potential new dimension.Subsequently,this article adopts exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis methods to verify the structural validity and reliability of the evaluation model with four dimensions and eighteen indicators,confirming that tourist experience value consists of four dimensions:emotional,cultural,functional,and social.The research not only fills the empirical research gap on social interaction value in cultural heritage tourism spaces,but also provides a quantifiable evaluation tool and evidence-based basis for the operation,management,and experience optimization of heritage parks,which has certain theoretical innovation significance and practical guidance value.展开更多
The amber sites from the Chiapas Highlands in southwestern Mexico constitute an Oligo-Miocene Amber-Lagerstätte(ca.24 Ma)whose mines and pits at Simojovel,Totolapa,and Estrella de Belén yield exceptionally p...The amber sites from the Chiapas Highlands in southwestern Mexico constitute an Oligo-Miocene Amber-Lagerstätte(ca.24 Ma)whose mines and pits at Simojovel,Totolapa,and Estrella de Belén yield exceptionally preserved fossil inclusions,notably insects from an estuarine wetland.A comprehensive cross-referenced catalog of insects and their close relatives(Arthropoda:Hexapoda)recorded in Mexican amber has been compiled.The catalog comprises 589 fossil records,including 21 orders,180 families,230 genera,and 193 species.Data show the fossil diversity of insects based on 65 years of taxonomic descriptions.The catalog also consists of an online database for consultation and permanent updating.Accordingly,the taxonomic composition of Hexapoda in Oligo-Miocene Mexican amber is a significant addition to the current knowledge of the diversity of Lagerstätte taxa distributed worldwide.展开更多
In May 2025,the Fuding White Tea Culture System in southeast China’s Fujian Province was officially recognized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System(GIAH...In May 2025,the Fuding White Tea Culture System in southeast China’s Fujian Province was officially recognized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System(GIAHS).It mainly includes national-level superior varieties-Fuding Dabai Tea,Fuding Dahao Tea,and Fuding Cai Tea(group variety)which retains tradition and uses tea seeds for sexual reproduction-providing abundant germplasm resources for cultivating new tea varieties.展开更多
This paper examines World Geopark in South Korea as a case study.It begins by outlining the geological and tectonic background of the Korean Peninsula,whose basement consists of Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks.These...This paper examines World Geopark in South Korea as a case study.It begins by outlining the geological and tectonic background of the Korean Peninsula,whose basement consists of Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks.These rocks form three continental blocks and constitute a rich geological foundation shaped by multi-stage evolution.The distribution and characteristics of global geoparks are then analyzed.As of 2025,South Korea is home to seven UNESCO Global Geoparks(designated between 2010 and 2025),which feature diverse landforms such as volcanic,sedimentary,and structural formations,with some sites also encompassing cultural relics.Finally,the study highlights that 25 of South Korea's national parks have not yet applied for geopark status and thus hold significant potential.Due to differing evaluation criteria between UNESCO Global Geoparks and South Korea's national parks,future applications involving multiple parks could expand the scale of geoparks,providing valuable insights for geoscience research and park development across East Asia.展开更多
This study took the Beijing Tongzhou Grand Canal as a case to investigate and evaluate the core section of the Tongzhou Grand Canal.It assessed the historical,artistic,and scientific values embedded in the spatial ent...This study took the Beijing Tongzhou Grand Canal as a case to investigate and evaluate the core section of the Tongzhou Grand Canal.It assessed the historical,artistic,and scientific values embedded in the spatial entity of this cultural heritage and its surrounding environment,as well as the level of its presentation and interpretation.The study culminated in an evaluation of how effectively the heritage values of the Beijing Tongzhou Grand Canal’s spatial heritage are demonstrated.Ultimately,it aimed to provide recommendations and references for the protection and refinement of related cultural heritage spaces,ensuring that the cultural legacy of the Grand Canal’s grain transport system remains enduring and vibrant through time and space.展开更多
Autarchy,so often evoked in contexts of energy and geopolitical crises,has always coincided with architecture itself,up to the great processes of de-territorialisation and the construction of the distribution network ...Autarchy,so often evoked in contexts of energy and geopolitical crises,has always coincided with architecture itself,up to the great processes of de-territorialisation and the construction of the distribution network in the Second Industrial Revolution.In this article,autarchy is investigated in its complex and remote roots,to be offered as a device for authentic ecological and social transformation.It is an antidote to a centralised,coercive and panoptic vision-the European Green Deal-which,by working with standards,ends up contradicting the very principles underlying ecology and the intrinsic value of heritage.Autarchy is in fact based on the principle of the singularity of the relationship between the subject and the territory and,precisely in this collusion,has constructed the specificity of places,in spite of the homogeneous and neutral space of the top-down vision of technological capitalism.The research is interested in making the home not the finished product of ecological capitalism,but the starting point,the activator of a new process of connivance between inhabitant and habitat in which the subject is called upon to realise himself as artifex,recovering skills that redeem him from the current diminutio of homo consumens.The status of homo faber is a way of defusing this process,an attempt to suspend the uniformity of capitalist technical thinking,now deeply absorbed as something natural.That suspension of the obvious is a form of self-sufficiency,of regaining singularity.展开更多
With the increase of global climate change and extreme weather events,more and more attention has been paid to the protection of China's meteorological cultural heritage.Meteorological cultural heritage is an impo...With the increase of global climate change and extreme weather events,more and more attention has been paid to the protection of China's meteorological cultural heritage.Meteorological cultural heritage is an important part of China's cultural heritage,which is unique and non renewable.It is of great significance to the inheritance of China's excellent traditional culture and the construction of a meteorological power.Because it is more special than water conservancy cultural heritage in China's historical development,it is not only a national context,but also mixed with foreign activities.This paper focuses on the protection and research of China's meteorological cultural heritage.Based on the current situation of the protection and utilization of China's meteorological cultural heritage,it analyzes the problems and shortcomings in the current protection work.In response to these problems,some targeted protection measures are proposed,including strengthening the construction of laws and regulations,improving the level of protection technology,enhancing public participation,and promoting the protection and sustainable development of meteorological cultural heritage.The aim is to provide useful references for the protection of China's meteorological cultural heritage in the future.展开更多
文摘Chaoshan drawnwork handkerchief design exhibits self-similarity and fractal characteristics due to their grid-based structure,overall symmetry,and the way local motifs reflect the whole pattern.To explore the potential of fractals in traditional textile design,a fractal-based generative framework was proposed for efficiently creating drawnwork patterns suitable for practical handicraft production.The research was initiated with an analysis of the structural composition of center,skeleton,and filler motifs extracted from a pattern sample library.Based on this hierarchical classification,the box-counting method was employed to calculate their respective fractal dimensions.Building on fractal art theory,generative algorithms,and studies on the application of Ultra Fractal,a Chaoshan drawnwork fractal design model was established.Using this model,51 drawnwork fractal patterns and 153 handkerchief patterns were generated.These patterns were subsequently applied in real-world production to validate the feasibility and value of fractal techniques in textile design.
文摘60th World Heritage Site Inscribed China’s Xixia Imperial Tombs were o"cially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 11 July,during the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Paris,France.With this inscription,China’s total number of World Heritage sites has risen to 60,further solidifying its global standing in heritage preservation.
文摘On January 17,with the theme of“New Year Painting.New Creativity New Expression”,the nation-wide main event of the 2025 “Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the Spring Festival-New Year Painting Entering into Families”kicked off in Handan,Hebei Province,which was jointly organized by the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,the Hebei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism,and the Handan Municipal People’s Government.More than 200 people,including the inheritors of 18 national Intangible Cultural Heritage projects,experts,scholars and designers engaged in the research and innovative design of New Year Painting,and representatives of the enterprises on cultural creation and relevant media,attended the event.
文摘On January 23,jointly organized by the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism,and the Suzhou Municipal People’s Government,the main event of the 2025“Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the Spring Festival.Celebrating the New Year in the Ancient City”kicked off in Suzhou,Jiangsu Province.
文摘Inside the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka,Kansai,Japan,a cultural feast steeped in Liaoning’s history and brimming with its innovative spirit is unfolding.Under the banner“Poetic landscapes,Boundless vitality”,Liaoning Week employs intangible heritage showcases,live performances and exhibitions to reveal the province’s distinctive cultural charm.
文摘The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS)embody a remarkable diversity of plants,crop varieties,livestock breeds,fisheries,and forests,shaped and sustained through centuries of interaction between people and nature.
文摘From the Yangtze to the Nile,a shared vision for world heritage protection is charting a new course in global cultural cooperation Thousands of kilometres apart,two ancient hydrological relics-the White Crane Ridge(Baiheliang)in the middle of the Yangtze River in Chongqing and the Nilometers on Rhoda Island in Cairo-stand as silent witnesses to humanity’s interaction with nature across centuries.
文摘In a peach orchard in Lyuxiang Town,Jinshan District,Shanghai,youth delegates from 13 countries,officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO),and agricultural heritage experts were impressed by sweet and juicy Jinshan flat peaches.Jinshan has a history of flat peach cultivation that spans hundreds of years dating back to the Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368).
文摘Every world cultural heritage is a letter written by humans to the future.They are ancienl symbols on the wall of stones or exquisite patterns in the palace,bearing the wisdom and glory of different civilizations.
文摘Africa’s Buildings:Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage By ITOHAN I.OSAYIMWESE Princeton University Press This book is a groundbreaking history that exposes the systematic looting of Africa’s architectural heritage by Western collectors,museums,and colonial officials.
文摘The Xixia Imperial Mausoleums stand as a tangible testament to ancient China’s ethnic harmony,architectural artistry,and burial practices.Now,its World Heritage status makes it poised to captivate broader global audiences.
文摘WUQIAO County in Hebei Province is known as the acrobatics capital of China.In 2006,Wuqiao acrobatics was included in the first list of China's national intangible cultural heritage items.
文摘This paper discusses the Bible in relation to the history and culture of the Jewish people along with its place in world culture.Through translation and Christianity its influence extended into the development of literacy among many of the language’s world.The biblical promise to Abraham continues today in the reemergence of the Jewish people as a sovereign nation in the land of Israel after two millennia of wandering.While Bible stories and poetry,primarily through the Psalms,inspired creativity in the visual arts,literature,and music throughout in the Western world.
基金Research on Evaluation and Improvement Strategies of Tourist Experience Value in Chongqing Kaifa Site Park from the Perspective of Cultural Confidence(Project No.:YKJCX2420807)。
文摘With the simultaneous growth of cultural heritage activation and urban renewal needs,urban heritage parks are increasingly becoming important carriers for the integrated development of historical heritage protection and public space utilization.This article focuses on the construction of measurement dimensions of tourist experience value in urban heritage parks.Based on the theoretical frameworks of flow theory and experience value theory,combined with literature analysis and UGC text mining,it initially constructs an emotional,cultural,and functional three-dimensional index system.Through text analysis of 970 online reviews of Chongqing Kaifa Heritage Park,social value is identified as a potential new dimension.Subsequently,this article adopts exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis methods to verify the structural validity and reliability of the evaluation model with four dimensions and eighteen indicators,confirming that tourist experience value consists of four dimensions:emotional,cultural,functional,and social.The research not only fills the empirical research gap on social interaction value in cultural heritage tourism spaces,but also provides a quantifiable evaluation tool and evidence-based basis for the operation,management,and experience optimization of heritage parks,which has certain theoretical innovation significance and practical guidance value.
文摘The amber sites from the Chiapas Highlands in southwestern Mexico constitute an Oligo-Miocene Amber-Lagerstätte(ca.24 Ma)whose mines and pits at Simojovel,Totolapa,and Estrella de Belén yield exceptionally preserved fossil inclusions,notably insects from an estuarine wetland.A comprehensive cross-referenced catalog of insects and their close relatives(Arthropoda:Hexapoda)recorded in Mexican amber has been compiled.The catalog comprises 589 fossil records,including 21 orders,180 families,230 genera,and 193 species.Data show the fossil diversity of insects based on 65 years of taxonomic descriptions.The catalog also consists of an online database for consultation and permanent updating.Accordingly,the taxonomic composition of Hexapoda in Oligo-Miocene Mexican amber is a significant addition to the current knowledge of the diversity of Lagerstätte taxa distributed worldwide.
文摘In May 2025,the Fuding White Tea Culture System in southeast China’s Fujian Province was officially recognized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System(GIAHS).It mainly includes national-level superior varieties-Fuding Dabai Tea,Fuding Dahao Tea,and Fuding Cai Tea(group variety)which retains tradition and uses tea seeds for sexual reproduction-providing abundant germplasm resources for cultivating new tea varieties.
文摘This paper examines World Geopark in South Korea as a case study.It begins by outlining the geological and tectonic background of the Korean Peninsula,whose basement consists of Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks.These rocks form three continental blocks and constitute a rich geological foundation shaped by multi-stage evolution.The distribution and characteristics of global geoparks are then analyzed.As of 2025,South Korea is home to seven UNESCO Global Geoparks(designated between 2010 and 2025),which feature diverse landforms such as volcanic,sedimentary,and structural formations,with some sites also encompassing cultural relics.Finally,the study highlights that 25 of South Korea's national parks have not yet applied for geopark status and thus hold significant potential.Due to differing evaluation criteria between UNESCO Global Geoparks and South Korea's national parks,future applications involving multiple parks could expand the scale of geoparks,providing valuable insights for geoscience research and park development across East Asia.
基金Sponsored by Beijing Municipal Social Science Foundation(22GLC062).
文摘This study took the Beijing Tongzhou Grand Canal as a case to investigate and evaluate the core section of the Tongzhou Grand Canal.It assessed the historical,artistic,and scientific values embedded in the spatial entity of this cultural heritage and its surrounding environment,as well as the level of its presentation and interpretation.The study culminated in an evaluation of how effectively the heritage values of the Beijing Tongzhou Grand Canal’s spatial heritage are demonstrated.Ultimately,it aimed to provide recommendations and references for the protection and refinement of related cultural heritage spaces,ensuring that the cultural legacy of the Grand Canal’s grain transport system remains enduring and vibrant through time and space.
基金The research is part of the project‘Energy,water and food self-sufficiency in single-family housing in the North East’conducted at the IUAV University and funded by the PNRR-National Recovery and Resilience Plan,Mission 4,Component 2,Investment 1.5,INEST Ecosystem-Interconnected North-East Innovation,Spoke 4.Scientific directors of the research:Susanna Pisciella,Gabriele Torelli,Elena Giacomello,Francesco Trovò.
文摘Autarchy,so often evoked in contexts of energy and geopolitical crises,has always coincided with architecture itself,up to the great processes of de-territorialisation and the construction of the distribution network in the Second Industrial Revolution.In this article,autarchy is investigated in its complex and remote roots,to be offered as a device for authentic ecological and social transformation.It is an antidote to a centralised,coercive and panoptic vision-the European Green Deal-which,by working with standards,ends up contradicting the very principles underlying ecology and the intrinsic value of heritage.Autarchy is in fact based on the principle of the singularity of the relationship between the subject and the territory and,precisely in this collusion,has constructed the specificity of places,in spite of the homogeneous and neutral space of the top-down vision of technological capitalism.The research is interested in making the home not the finished product of ecological capitalism,but the starting point,the activator of a new process of connivance between inhabitant and habitat in which the subject is called upon to realise himself as artifex,recovering skills that redeem him from the current diminutio of homo consumens.The status of homo faber is a way of defusing this process,an attempt to suspend the uniformity of capitalist technical thinking,now deeply absorbed as something natural.That suspension of the obvious is a form of self-sufficiency,of regaining singularity.
文摘With the increase of global climate change and extreme weather events,more and more attention has been paid to the protection of China's meteorological cultural heritage.Meteorological cultural heritage is an important part of China's cultural heritage,which is unique and non renewable.It is of great significance to the inheritance of China's excellent traditional culture and the construction of a meteorological power.Because it is more special than water conservancy cultural heritage in China's historical development,it is not only a national context,but also mixed with foreign activities.This paper focuses on the protection and research of China's meteorological cultural heritage.Based on the current situation of the protection and utilization of China's meteorological cultural heritage,it analyzes the problems and shortcomings in the current protection work.In response to these problems,some targeted protection measures are proposed,including strengthening the construction of laws and regulations,improving the level of protection technology,enhancing public participation,and promoting the protection and sustainable development of meteorological cultural heritage.The aim is to provide useful references for the protection of China's meteorological cultural heritage in the future.
