Cities are the“witnesses”of history, carrying the historical
changes, cultural inheritance, and indelible local memories of a
region, continuing the historical context, and containing the unique
ecological, economic, cultural, historical and other...
Cities are the“witnesses”of history, carrying the historical
changes, cultural inheritance, and indelible local memories of a
region, continuing the historical context, and containing the unique
ecological, economic, cultural, historical and other values of the
region. Xingtai City has a typical regional characteristic historical
and cultural system, and is currently actively creating a national
level historical and cultural city. During this process, fully exploring
the historical and cultural connotations of Xingtai for over 3500
years, promoting the essence of history and culture, can greatly
enhance the cultural and spiritual confidence of the people of
Xingtai, and inspire them to invest more enthusiasm and
contributions in the construction of their hometown.
Xingtai is also my hometown, and my love and closeness to my
hometown have gradually elevated my ideals. I have chosen the
research topic of protection, utilization, and planning strategies for
the historical urban area of Xingtai City, hoping that what I have
learned will contribute to the construction and future development of
the historic and cultural city of Xingtai. I also hope that with the
joint efforts of several generations, Xingtai will eventually become a
shining pearl in North China.
The long history and culture of Xingtai City is an important part
of Chinese history and culture, which has important historical and
cultural value. As one of the ten oldest cities in China, there is
currently no systematic research paper on historical urban areas of
Xingtai. This paper starts with the research on the protection,
utilization and planning strategy of the historic urban district of
Xingtai City, takes the historic urban district and the historic cultural
district of Xingtai City as the research object, discusses the research
methods of the protection, utilization and planning strategies of the
historic urban district of Xingtai City through the analysis and
evaluation of a variety of research methods, proposes the
recommended scheme of the protection, utilization and planning
strategies of the historic urban district of Xingtai City. It provides
theoretical support for Xingtai to become a national historical and
cultural city and the revival of the ancient city.
In view of the research on the protection, utilization and planning
strategies of Xingtai's historical city zone, this paper adopts the
research methods of literature review, field research, case analysis,
induction, questionnaire survey, Delphi , AHP analysis, SWOT
analysis, FCE analysis and SWOT-AHP analysis to deeply understand
the protection, utilization and planning strategies of Xingtai's
historical city zone. The main work of the paper research is as
follows:
The first part is the introduction, which mainly expounds and
explains the research background, research purpose and research
significance. The second part is the research content and methods,
which mainly determines the research object of the paper, explains
the relevant terms, delimits the research scope, expounds the main
content of the paper, and introduces the research methods. This
part will also study and sort out the basic framework of the paper,
and clarify the thoughts for the analysis of the paper. The third
part is the preliminary research part, which summarizes the relevant
research history at home and abroad and the theoretical background
of this study, and makes comments and prospects. The fourth part
firstly studies and combs the resource status of the historic urban
area of Xingtai from the two levels of the ancient city area and the
historical and cultural block, and extracts the characteristics and
values of the historical and cultural area of Xingtai. Then the
protection and utilization and planning strategies of Xingtai historic
urban area are analyzed and evaluated, and a scientific and
reasonable strategic plan is obtained. The main analysis and
evaluation process is as follows: try to understand residents'
awareness and satisfaction with the protection, utilization, and
planning strategies of the historical urban area of Xingtai City
through survey questionnaire statistics, as well as their basic
evaluation of the current situation and development willingness of
the ancient city; analyze and evaluate the characteristic value of the
historical urban area of Xingtai City, with the method of SWOT
analysis, AHP analysis, and FCE analysis; establish a SWOT-AHP
strategic development model, analyze and calculate the strategic plan
for the development, utilization, and planning strategies of the
historical urban area of Xingtai City based on this model, in order to
provide suggestions and references for the protection, utilization, and
planning of the historical urban area. The fifth part is the
conclusion, which mainly summarizes the research results of the
paper, and then combines the protection planning of historical and
cultural cities and relevant laws and policies to further deepen the
research on the protection and active utilization of historic urban
areas of Xingtai City, and puts forward more feasible schemes to
help Xingtai City successfully become a national historical and
cultural city.
The main conclusions of this paper are as follows:
① Through literature collection and on-site investigation, the
definition of relevant terms and the development history of research
on the protection, utilization, and planning strategies of historical
urban areas will be clarified. The current situation of natural,
artificial, and cultural environments in the historical urban area and
cultural blocks of Xingtai City will be sorted out, and the
characteristics and values of Xingtai City's historical and cultural
culture will be extracted, providing basic data for the smooth
development of this study.
② The awareness and satisfaction of residents on the historic
urban area of Xingtai city are obtained through the field survey,
and on this basis, the protection and utilization and planning
strategies of the historic urban area of Xingtai City will be analyzed
by SWOT analysis. This paper makes a comprehensive study and
evaluation on the advantages and disadvantages of Xingtai historical
urban area, as well as the external opportunities and threats it
faces. Xingtai City has rich historical relics, rich tourism resources
and strong urban competitiveness. But the location is not good, the
lack of visibility, the lack of publicity to the intangible cultural
heritage and other characteristics of the culture. The protection and
utilization of Xingtai's historic urban area should fully win the policy
and fund support of the superior, enhance the city's cultural
conservation, and improve the level of economic development. In
addition, measures to protect historic urban areas should be
strengthened to reduce the impact of the process of urban
modernization, maintain the authenticity and historical features of
historic urban areas, and prevent the phenomenon of tearing down
the old and building the new in the process of protection and
reconstruction.
③ With the Delphi , I conducted two rounds of correspondence wit
h 12 experts in related fields, fully solicited their opinions on revisio
n, and determined the research indicators for the protection, utilizati
on and planning strategies of Xingtai's historical urban areas. I also
used the AHP analysis to analyze and evaluate the protection, utiliza
tion, and planning strategies of the historical urban area of Xingtai
City from three aspects: natural environment, artificial environment,
and human environment. According to AHP analysis, the comparison
of the weights of various criteria and indicators for the protection, u
tilization, and planning strategies of the historical urban area in Xing
tai City is as follows: artificial environment (0.380)>human environme
nt (0.323)>natural environment (0.297). Among them, the highest rank
ing indicator of artificial environment is the spatial pattern. The typi
cal northern Fucheng structure of Xingtai Ancient City, combined wit
h the prosperous commercial development of Nanguan City, forms a
unique“Fucheng+Guancheng”city wall shape, and the unique biomi
metic urban image of Xingtai's“Crouching Cow City”is very rare in
China. The highest ranking indicator of cultural environment is the S
ixteen Scenic Spots of Xingtai. The Sixteen Scenic Spots of Xingtai a
re composed of the ancient eight scenic spots and the new eight sce
nic spots of Xingtai. They represent the ancient and modern distincti
ve landscapes of Xingtai and are the city's business card. The highe
st ranked indicator in terms of natural environment is the river syst
em. Xingtai City is known as the“Taihang Spring City”and the“Cit
y of Hundred Springs”. Its unique Feng Shui environment has creat
ed Xingtai City's 3500 year long history and profound regional cultur
e.
④ This study uses the FCE analysis method to evaluate the
protection, utilization, and planning strategies of the historical urban
area of Xingtai City. Based on the membership theory of fuzzy
mathematics, qualitative evaluation is transformed into quantitative
evaluation. According to the principle of maximum membership and
scores, the score of“Xingtai Historic Urban protection and utilization
planning and planning strategy”was 3.712, and the overall
evaluation result was“important”. The scores of each criterion
layer were respectively natural environment (B1) 3.624, artificial
environment (B2) 3.821 and human environment (B3) 3.666, and the
evaluation results were all "important". The evaluation results of the
index layer are: C2 River system, C5 spatial pattern, C6 historical
relics, and C11 Xingtai Sixteen Scenic Spots are “very important”,
the evaluation results of the C1 natural mountain, C4 traditional
villages and towns, C7 historical environment, C8 historical and
cultural block protection, C9 historical figures, and C12 intangible
cultural heritage are“important”, and the evaluation results of the
C3 green landscape and C10 folk legends are“average”. Therefore,
when formulating the protection and utilization and planning strategy
of Xingtai's historic urban area, firstly, it is necessary to fully rely
on Xingtai's abundant water resources and strive to build the city
name card of“Taihang Spring City”and“the City of Hundred
Springs”. Second, it is necessary to maintain the unique spatial
pattern of“Fucheng + Guancheng”and the bionic image of“Wuniu
City”in Xingtai's historic urban area, and strengthen the protection
and utilization of historical relics and other valuable historical and
cultural resources; Third, we should strengthen the shaping and
publicity of Xingtai's sixteen scenic features to improve the cultural
confidence and identity of residents and tourists. At the same time,
it is necessary to strengthen the construction of afforestation, square
and leisure space in historic urban areas to improve the living
environment of residents. We will intensify efforts to publicize the
roots of intangible cultural heritage and folklore, so as to better
inherit and develop traditional culture.According to the FCE analysis
method, the results of the weights of each indicator are consistent
with those of the AHP analysis method, indicating that the AHP
analysis method evaluation system is reliable.
⑤ In order to provide the optimal strategic plan for the protection,
utilization, and planning strategies of the historical urban area of
Xingtai City, a SWOT-AHP analysis model is constructed. Fourteen
experts were invited to compare and score the importance of each
SWOT criterion layer and indicator layer, construct a strategic
quadrilateral, determine the gravity center coordinate (p=0.059,
0.052), which is located in the“SO”quadrant. Through analysis, it is
concluded that the protection, utilization, and planning strategies for
the historical urban area of Xingtai City should adopt a pioneering
strategy and belong to the strength type.
⑥ The strategic quadrilateral center of gravity coordinates (p=0.059,
0.052) obtained through the SWOT-AHP analysis method have an
angle of 41.39 ° with the X-axis, which belongs to the strength
type of development strategy. This indicates that the protection,
utilization, and planning strategies for the historical urban area of
Xingtai City have high operability, and the possibility of striving to
create a national level historical and cultural city and the
revitalization and construction of Xingtai Ancient City is high. Based
on SWOT analysis, it is proposed to leverage the advantages of
Xingtai's resources, seize national policies and financial support,
strengthen publicity and guidance, and enhance the city's image.
This is the best plan that should be adopted for the protection,
utilization, and planning strategies of Xingtai's historical urban area
at present.
This article summarizes the current situation of resources in the
historical urban area of Xingtai City. SWOT analysis, AHP analysis,
FCE analysis, and the construction of SWOT-AHP model were used
to systematic, scientific and objective analyze and evaluate the
protection, utilization, and planning strategies of the historical urban
area of Xingtai City, and corresponding strategic plans were
provided. I hope this paper can fill the gap in the systematic
theoretical research on the protection, utilization, and planning
strategies of Xingtai's historical urban area, provide theoretical
support for the protection, utilization, and planning work of Xingtai's
historical urban area, to help Xingtai successfully build a
national-level historical and cultural city,and serve as a reference
for the protection, utilization, and planning work of other historical
urban areas.