Yellow River Culture in Henan Province: The Composition and the Construction of Gene Pedigree in the context of World Cultural Heritage

Abstract

This paper selects Henan Yellow River cultural heritage as the research object, studies the historical changes of the Yellow River section of Henan under the background of world cultural heritage, systematically combs the composition system of Henan Yellow River cultural heritage, constructs the extraction method model of the Yellow River cultural genes, and constructs the genealogy of Henan Yellow River culture.

Firstly, literature analysis is applied to cognise the connotation of Yellow River cultural heritage by studying the evolution of the Yellow River Basin in Henan; secondly, on the basis of literature study and field research, the elements of the Yellow River cultural heritage components in Henan are summarised and the Yellow River cultural heritage component system in Henan is constructed; thirdly, by analogy with the product gene reverse transcription extraction method, and by comprehensively applying the literature analysis method, the field research method and the cross analysis method, a the general process of Yellow River cultural gene extraction; finally, it belongs to the empirical research content, using the constructed Yellow River cultural gene extraction method model, reverse transcription extraction, mining Henan Yellow River cultural genes and constructing gene genealogy.

This paper puts forward the conceptual connotation and composition requirements of Henan Yellow River cultural heritage, focuses on 12 kinds of heritage elements on the basis of three categories, according to which the "3-12" composition system of Henan Yellow River cultural heritage is constructed innovatively, and 239 elements of Henan Yellow River cultural heritage are found. This paper constructs a methodological model of Yellow River cultural gene extraction by analogy with the product gene reverse transcription extraction method. Taking the cultural heritage of the Yellow River section in Henan as an example, we extracted the externally explicit cultural genes, such as watercraft gene, water engineering gene, stone carving gene, and the internally recessive cultural genes, such as Yellow River governance gene, national spirit gene, traditional skills gene, folklore gene, folk belief gene, and literature and art gene, so as to validate and respond to the Yellow River cultural gene extraction method, and to construct the genealogy of the Yellow River cultural gene system in Henan.

The composition system of Henan Yellow River cultural heritage constructed in this paper provides materials for the construction of cultural corridor of Henan Yellow River Basin, establishes a detailed information and basis for the assessment of the value of Henan Yellow River water cultural heritage, the protection and utilisation of historical relics in the future, and also inspires the planning, design and construction management of the Yellow River National Cultural Park. At the same time, the application research of Henan Yellow River cultural genealogy constructed in this paper provides some guidance for the protection and inheritance of Yellow River cultural genes.

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