| When comparing a city to a person,a city can also have a character like a person.Hohhot is an important city in the northern border areas of China.It was born in the combination of Guihua City and Suiyuan City.Taking the distribution and change state of urban functional zoning for a long period of time as the object of observation,you can see the "stubbornness" and "liveliness" in Hohhot’s urban character.Taking the walls of the two cities of Guihua City and Suiyuan City as the dividing lines,Hohhot’s urban character can be roughly divided into "stubborn" within the city wall and "lively" outside the city wall."Stubbornness" is reflected in the unity and stability of the urban functional zoning within the city wall,and "liveliness" is reflected in the diversity and changes in the urban functional zoning outside the city wall.This kind of urban character has existed since the birth of Hohhot,and there have been twists and turns with the growth of the city itself,which continued until the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.The reasons for this urban character are not unique,but are the result of a combination of innate and acquired factors.The innate factors are due to the special nature of the cities of Guihua City and Suiyuan City.Guihua City is a royal city and Suiyuan City is a military garrison city.The acquired factors are reflected in the demolition of the city wall,the interruption of business lines,the commercial competition of foreign forces,and the chaos of the social situation.After the demolition of the city wall,Hohhot failed to get out of the state of dual character quickly. |
