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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Cultural tourism integration in Yubai Village

tourists from village to village and to maximize the More parking lots inside the village and around the Baipu
function of Yubai Village as a “service station” and meet Temple should be built to improve the reception capacity of
the development needs of the village cultural tourism. the village. The internal tourist service center and catering
service center of the village, as well as the external site of
6.1. Improving overall hospitality services the village, such as the site near the Baipu Temple, should
In 2019, Yubai Village was promoted as China’s beautiful build a total area of about 2,000 sqm and 6,500 sqm of
leisure countryside, with plans to build and renovate 50 new ecological parking, respectively, which improved in terms
boutique bed and breakfast (B&B) compounds and create of systematic parking so as to ease the traffic in the village
a homestay brand with the theme of “beautiful scenery and to better display the landscape of the village.
of Yubai Village” by providing rural holiday services. At
present, Yubai Village already has a certain amount of 6.2. Enhancement of village landscape nodes
tourists, so it is necessary to build a tourism service center, 6.2.1. Completing the design of landscape node
a catering service center, a tourism reception center for the enhancement in the village profile
field complex, and a number of parking lots in the village After the planning and construction of the village, the
and the Baipu Temple, to improve its reception function overall environment and landscape are good, but it is still
and tourism quality, strengthen the integration and
connection between various resource points around, and necessary to appropriately supplement and improve the
improve the function of “service station” of Yubai Village. architectural style, entrance signs, and the main landscape
nodes in the village to improve the spatial layout, enhance
The abandoned site in the village can also be used the landscape recognition, improve the landscape quality
for reconstruction to give new vitality to the space. The and cultural tourism environment of the “service station,”
former site of the abandoned elementary school has been and increase the stay time of tourists.
transformed into a tourism service center equipped with
a dining bar, a village history museum, a “Hong Ni Cao Regarding architectural style enhancement, due to the
Tang” workshop, and an agricultural products processing local topographical factors, the roofs of the mountainous
workshop to showcase the processing techniques of villages are staggered, but the individual buildings among
agricultural products, sell local products, and satisfy the them are not coordinated with the overall style of the
users with labor education, red education, and tourism villages and need to be restricted in their styles and unified
service consultation. Redesigning the unused senior in the form, color, and material. Their main colors can be
citizen canteen in the village, establishing a centralized roughly divided into two hues: one is red roofing, and the
catering service center, and forming a reception scale with other is gray roofing. The former is colorful and contrasts
the nearby B&B as its service support are also considered. strongly with the surrounding environment, whereas the
Moreover, it refers to the research of dishes in Zhongshan latter is in line with the old buildings, showing the long
Park about “A Dream of Red Chamber,” and then mines the history of Silber Village (Figure 4).
eating situation of Yubai Village recorded in the memoirs Entrance signs and main landscape nodes in the village
of Michael Lin and others, and combined with the number are upgraded. The entrance landscape design of the village
of tourists in the Baipu Temple, it divides the food types is very important as a “village postcard” and needs to be
into cultural feasts as described in the “Book of Songs,” improved appropriately. The current village entrance
Michael Lin’s recipes, and vegetarian food made from local
crop ingredients. So that visitors can taste delicious, while
feeling the “Book of Songs” culture and experience the
revolutionary spirit.
A new space for service should be built to meet the
travel needs of tourists. The tourism reception center to
be planned in Nanshangou Field Complex, with an area
of about 1500 sqm, can provide catering, accommodation,
and other services. The interior decoration carries the
theme of a starry sky, echoing the brand of “Xing Kong
Yubai” in the camping area, whereas the exterior adopts
glass curtain wall with paint and stone and partial
three-dimensional greening, to achieve harmony and unity
with the surrounding environment, showing the local
natural landscape characteristics of the village. Figure 4. Architectural landscape design. Source: Photo by the authors

Volume 6 Issue 1 (2024) 6 https://doi.org/10.36922/jcau.0953