A Research On Preservation Of Xinjiang's Relics

As the most shining point on the silk way, Xinjiang has a very import position in Chinese history even world history. Due to imfluce from both eastern and western culture, long history of coexisting and exchange of various ethnic values as well as its special position, Xinjiang has formed a versatile and unique traditional culture which is reflected on its relics. But because of the long-term insufficient funding, uneffective management, inapproprite development and other problems the status of conservation of cultural ressources in Xinjiang is critical. So the most urgent issue as per preservation of relics in Xinjiang is how to protect, not how to utilize. In the field of protection of Xinjiang's relics, the graduation thesis of Dr. Fan Chuangeng in Central Ethnic University is very import. In this general-introducing thesis, Dr. Fan introduces Xinjiang's cultural heritages in two categories of meterial and non-material and then analyses its value, protection and utilization, while the majority of other theses only works on one specific aspect about protection of Xinjiang's relics. Author of this thesis specifies her research on the common concept of relics, i.e. fixed and portable material heritages (visible cultural heritages), and deals with the status of Xinjiang's cultural heritages, history of protection of them, especially the current difficulties facing us with the hope that some new and realistic advices could be worked out from learning the modern thoughts and methods in China's eastern areas and other countries.This thesis consists of five chapters.Chapter One: Introduction. Dealing with topic and connected researches including the explanation of "relic" and "cultural heritages", the changing in thoughts from protection of relics to protection of cultural heritages, as well as the analysis of effect methods in protection of cultural heritages such as legilation and mass joining in France, England, USA, Japan etc., and putting forward that China's protection of relics should be in conformity of other countries in the world, reforming the existing management structure and complement the legislation in this field. Besides, also introducing the registration system of relics and its significance to China.Chapter Two: survey of Xinjiang's relics. Dealing with the versitility and unification of Xinjiang's historical cultural heritages, and a brief introcuction of Xinjiang's relics and the key protection units on the state leval.Chapter Three: Review of the preservation of relics and the construction of museums. Dealing with the archaeology and preservation of relics since the turn of last century especially since the 1980s. Beriefing the large-scale relics-preservation prejects in recent years and the key projects in the " 11* five-year plan" as well as the construction of Xinjiang Museum.Chapter Four: Difficulties in preservation of relics, solving methods and development in the future. Dealing with the management structure of relics, construction of infrastucture for preservation of relics, management of archaeology activities on ruins. Putting forward that the local government should establish a specific agency for preservation of relics as the central government doesn't do this, complement the local legistration as the existing laws are not enough, establish an effective financial management structure to insure the incomes coming from tourism are enough for preservation as the funding from the central government is not enough, and insist the principle of "serving our society and people" during the construcion of museums.Chapter Five: Preservation of Xinjiang's relics and development of tourism. Analyzing the problems and arguments about the preservation of relics and development of tourism. Putting forward that we should insist on the principle of "Preservation at First" and sear for the balance between preservation and development as only emphasize preservation or development is...