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Figure 18. Ms. Lingfang Wang trains villagers to bake bread in Pingtian Village. Source: Photo by Yaopeng Xu

requires long-term engagement and creativity She believes that only commercial projects
from the villagers. The team of Mr. Jiang has are not enough for rural development. At
made Yunshang Pingtian a well-known present, the construction of guesthouses is the
guesthouse brand in Songyang through main method of rural development and many
relentless effort in these years. The increasing rural resources are consumed, so that cultural
publicity and visitation of the village not only and public welfare projects could be used as a
benefited rural tourism, but also made balance. This is undoubtedly a farsighted
traditional industry like vegetable and crafts judgment, later facts have proved that it has
more profitable. played a very important role in enriching the
New things are still happening in functional types of Pingtian Village,
Pingtian. One exciting event is that in early increasing the stay time of visitors and
2019, Ms. Lingfang Wang, Gastronome from establishing the cultural image of Pingtian
Taiwan, and Mr. Xiaopeng Xu, documentary Village. Tiantian Xu also paid great attention
director came to Pingtian, introducing an to the consideration of social value when
international platform to the village. They not choosing the original building. She chose the
only opened artist studio in the village with most dilapidated and least noticed farmhouses
their own teams, but also taught a local in the villages. Although it is not a historical
villager, Ms. Bao how to bake toast, making building, it plays an important role in the
this 60-year-old country woman a new overall village form of the traditional village
generation of “cyber celebrity.” and the public space in the village. It is hoped
The preservation of traditional village that through the reasonable renovation of this
culture was attached great importance in the type of house with the worst condition, the
beginning of the project. During cluster possibility of overall protection and
design, architect Tiantian Xu proposed to sustainable development will be explored.
increase the Pingtian Agriculture Hall as a During the actual operation of Pingtian
cultural exhibition space, which not only Village, Mr. Jiang, Ms Lingfang Wang and
serves as a center for villagers’ cultural other staff have undoubtedly boosted the
activities, but also supports the development economy and promoted the development of
of guesthouses in the village as a cultural Pingtian Village. However, the consideration
facility, and has a cultural exchange function. of social value in this project is still lacking to

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