Historical Artifacts, Photographs and Ancient City: Representative, Construction of Theater of the Past and Business of Nostalgia in Kaifeng City, China

Abstract

This research aims to 1. To study the history of the 8 royal cities in old city of Kaifeng between 1849BC - AD1912. 2. To study the process of representation and construction of the 8 royal cities in Kaifeng to be an ancient city of China. 3. To study the process of representation and construction of the ancient city to be the business of nostalgia.4. To study the construction of theater of the past and business of nostalgia by the old painting and old pictures, case of Millennium City Park at ancient city of Kaifeng.The research was carried out in Kaifeng, China in 2020. The informants includes key, general, casual informants. They were selected using purposive sampling method.The instruments used were basic survey, observations, interviews, focus-group disccusions and documentary search.The research results are as follows:

On the history of Kaifeng, the study found that Kaifeng is a city located on river side of the Yellow River. Now it is a city of Henan province, China. Position in the middle of Henan province. Kaifeng is a place which maintains Chinese history for more than 4,100 years. It is well known as an ancient city of China and the world. Because it was among the royal cities of the Eight Dynasties of China since 1849BC – AD1231. The dynasty that most influenced the history of China is Northern Song Dynasty. Because it was the largest city in the world at that time, there are a lot of historical evidences from Song Dynasty, such as the Chinese paintings, Along the River During the Qingming festival, bian embroidery China, Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year Painting, pottery patterns (ancient pottery), relic, history writing and so on. With its rich historical and cultural resources, Kaifeng became the first combination of the State-list Famous Historical and Culture City in China in 1982 and has now become one of China’s famous city of tourist in the past. Kaifeng become place of tourism resources. These are based on the period of the Song Dynasty.

For the processs of representation and construction of the past of Kaifemg. Old city in Kaifeng, it is not the place of ancestor of Kaifeng. Old place means China and local government of Kaifeng. So old city is established to become a historical and cultural city. Kaifeng has a rich history, culture, and a lot of artifacts which survive as historical evidence. Kaifeng become has a historical and cultural city. The central and local governments have adopted the method of combining protection and reconstruction. In order to ensure and implement those policies, many rules have been established. The old city is delimited in Kaifeng and set as Ancient Area. The reconstruction of this ancient City enables people to feel embraced by the rich history.

The business of nostalgia place of Kaifeng. The government of Kaifeng has made significant efforts to promote the construction of Kaifeng, showing the charm of this historic and cultural area, and attracting tourists. It seeks to develop cultural tourism industry of Kaifeng as a pillar industry with a view to making comprehensive of the benefits of cultural tourism resources in Kaifeng, enhancing the level of innovation in the cultural tourism industry, promoting a deep integration of culture and tourism, promoting the development of a comprehensive national tourism demonstration town and national cultural relics. These were found to be the driving forces for the development of ancient city.

Unit of analysis result. Millennium City Park is the formal name by private company. Millennium City Park represents as the theater of the past and nostalgic business of ancient Kaifeng city. Qingming Park was constructed in 4 phases including 1) During the Qingming Festival construction was based on the Song Dynasty Royal Painting along the River. 2) The phase of building Millennium City Park. 3) Carrier of connotation and speech and cultural identity within Millennium City Park. 4) The Millennium City Park Tourism Gaze and Consuming is a popular Chinese National 5A Class Scenic Spot; that shows the building of the Past Theater and generated a lot of revenue for Kaifeng. Millennium City Park transforms artifacts of history into a location worth exploring in the plot.

History is customarily considered just the past and zemehow will be forgotten. Kaifeng 'has a long history. It was transformed into a theater in a historic and cultural region, with the strong support of the Chinese government. The nostalgic business has given us a nostalgic theater. Therefore Kaifeng has become a nostalgic place of business. Millennium City Park was built with the aid of Along the River During the Qingming Festival painting and reproduces the prosperous life of the Song Dynasty. Hence Millennium City Park helps us cherish the past.

In Conclusion, the Past and the Present are important and relate to human society. Some of the pasts have been recorded to be the history. At the same time, the objects from the pasts are always selected and difference defined of the meaning.

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