Historic District Concept

The Charter for the Protection of Historic Cities and Urban Areas, also known as the Washington Charter, adopted by the International Council on Monuments and Monuments in Washington in 1987, depicts and defines “historic urban areas” as “large and small, including cities, towns, historic centers and settlements, as well as Its natural and carrier environment.......  It is not only a testament to history, but also reflects the value of the traditional culture of the town (this charter relates to areas of historic cities, large and small, including cities, towns, historical centers or neighborhoods, including natural areas At the same time, it also lists the contents that must be protected in the historic district: the pattern and spatial form of space and street, the spatial relationship between the building and the green and open ground, the interior and exterior appearance of the historic building, including the relationship between physical mass and architectural form and style.  The materials, the architectural decoration and the surrounding environment, including the relationship with the natural and artificial environment, the historical function and the function of the piece. 

China officially mentioned the concept of "historic district" in 1986 when the State Council proclaimed the second batch of national historical and cultural cities. "As a historical and cultural city, we should not only look at the history of the city, its cultural monuments and preserved monuments, but also see whether its current status and style retain historical features, and have a certain representative of the traditional style of the city in the neighborhood.  It is based on the "Historic Traditional Quarter" previously proposed by the Ministry of Construction in 1985: a more focused collection of antiquities and cultural relics, or a more complete reflection of the historical period of the traditional style and national local characteristics of the neighborhood ...  and so on to be protected, approved for publication at the level Local "Historical and Cultural Reserves".

The Law of the People's Republic of China for the Protection of Cultural Relics, as amended in October 2002, formally includes historical relics in the category of immovable cultural relics, 1.  It states: "Provincial governments, autonomous regions and municipalities of significant historical or revolutionary significance agree to The preservation of cities, streets and villages with particularly rich cultural relics, and their consecration as historical and cultural districts, villages and towns, shall be reported to the State Council of Record” (Article 14 of the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics of the People’s Republic of China).