The Proctetion And Utilization Research Of Yaodi Pit House Village At Shan County

The pit house village at Shan County, an unique village form in Loess Plateau region,is a precious historic relic of human civilization. Unfortunately, many pit house villages arein various states of disrepair by human beings and nature. Some villages have evendisappeared from view. More and more scholars come to study the protection of ancientvillages out of concern for traditional culture. But the studies on pit house villages are rare,most of which are also centred on the architecture of pit house and pay little attention to theprotection and development of pit house villages.This paper focuses on Yaodi Pit House Village at Shan County in the west region ofHenan Province. It researches the status quo of Yaodi Pit House Village, analyzes thevillage’s problems and puts forward some suggestions concerning how to protect anddevelop Yaodi Pit House Village through reasonable and effective methods. The paper has apractical significance for the protection and development of Yaodi Pit House Village.First, the paper gives a general introduction to the macro-environment of Shan County,such as the natural geographic conditions and the history and the distribution of pit housevillages there. Through the discussion of the conditions, the site, the village form, thearchitecture of the pit house and traditional culture of Yaodi Pit House Village, the paperidentifies the problems the village faces and does an analysis of the causes of them. Then,in the context of the necessity of protecting and developing Yaodi Pit House Village, thepaper explains the relationship between the protection and the development, studies how tosustain the balance between them, and discusses the possibilities of protecting anddeveloping the village. At last, after studying some successful domestic cases on protectingand developing ancient towns and villages as an example, the paper establishes theprinciples and proposes the measures on the protection and development of Yaodi PitHouse Village in terms of the particular conditions of the village. Protect the village by wayof the protection of its natural environment, integral structure, traditional buildings andtraditional culture. Develop the village through function zoning clearly, taking theadvantage of its traditional buildings and traditional culture and improving the facilities.This paper researches on Yaodi Pit House Village and offers certain suggestions on the protection and development of the village based on its particular conditions. The paper isjust the author’s thoughts on the above, as the protection and development of Yaodi PitHouse Village for reference only. It is far away from the practice and awaits follow-upresearches to further improve.