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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Chinese troglodyte villages toward tourism

information centers; partial or total closure of the town (ii). The presence of historical remains and relevant points
after ticketing; organization of guided tours; editions of interest in or around the settlement;
of guides and/or promotional brochures, websites, and (iii). The level of protection of each site;
communication tools (including digital); and presence of (iv). The type of tourism development detected.
directional and information signs.
In the second step, relevant information was organized 4. Analysis of results from the comparative
to simplify the subsequent comparative analysis phase, as study
shown in Table 2. In this phase, the parameters considered The study focuses on a particular tourist-oriented reuse
were as follows: approach for yaodong settlements. With regard to the
(i). The codification of settlement typology concerning analysis carried out with the UBH approach, it can be
historic functions; assumed that if the primary use of the yaodong settlements

Table 2. Synoptic table of selected cases
Name Province Settlement Historic remains in or around UNESCO-National-Provincial Tourism
typology the settlement development
Beiying village (北营村委会) and Henan Rural system Shanzhou is renowned for its N: listed in the third batch of Many residences in
Shanzhou district – Sanmenxia historical heritage sites of Yang- China’s national intangible the Shanzhou district
city (Guancaitou village, etc.) shao culture cultural heritage in 2011 have been renovated
and turned into tourist
attractions
Jingsheng village (静升镇) Shanxi Rural village Wang Family Compound n.d. The residential village
– Lingshi County “Historic Residences in Shanxi has been partially
and Shaanxi Provinces” rebuilt to host tourist
UNESCO tentative list 2008 facilities related
to Wang Family
Compound
Laoniuwan village (老牛湾) Shanxi Fortified Castle and boundary walls as N: Great Wall Protection Some residences have
village part of the military system of Ordinance 2006 been renovated and
the Great Wall UNESCO site turned into tourist
attractions
Lijiashian village (李家山) Shanxi Rural village N: Historical and cultural Bottom-up initiatives
towns and villages (HCTVs) for tourism attraction
Pinglu County (平陆县) Shanxi Rural system N: Included in Many of residences in
(Jidu, Yaoli, Shijianian villages) People’s Republic of China: Pinglu County have
Yellow River Basin Green been renovated and
Farmland and High-Quality turned into tourist
Agriculture Development attractions
Project, 2022
Qikou town (碛口镇) Shanxi Merchant Offshore terminal of Yellow N: Since 2004 subject of The city core has
town River, rich in artistic and international projects for been renovated and
cultural relics the protection of historic turned into a tourist
architecture attraction
Snail Valley, in Tongchuan city Shaanxi Rural system P: Provincial government Many of the residences
initiative for recovering have been renovated
and converting into tourist and turned into tourist
accommodation accommodations
Yan’an town (延安) Shaanxi Fortified Yan’an Revolution Memorial N: List of Major National Mao’s yaodongs have
village Hall Historical and Cultural Sites as been renovated and
Yan’an Revolutionary Site musealized
Zhangbi village (张壁古堡) Shanxi Fortified Underground tunnels Underground
village defensive network has
been recovered and
musealized
Table summarizes some selected cases, which are significant for typology, traditional functions, level of protection, and tourism reuse. Source: Table by
Laura Genovese

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