International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

ISSN 2220-8488 (Print), 2221-0989 (Online) 10.30845/ijhss

Tourism Development of the Cultural Heritage of the Water Conservancy Project from the Nostalgia perspective: Evidence from Baotun Village
Baiping Zhang, Dr.Ying Peng

Abstract
The cultural heritage of the water conservancy project of the Ming Dynasty in Baotun, Anshun city, Guizhou Province, China was rewarded Excellence of 2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Culture Heritage Conservancy, which set up a remarkable example of agricultural scenery preservation in China. Taking the water conservancy project in Baotun, Anshun city, Guizhou Province for example, the paper aims to make a detailed plan on its tourism development of the cultural heritage areas based on the satisfying the modern people’s psychological needs in their inner heart. The authors also hope to promote the protection and sustainable utilization of the ancient water conservancy project and to create a temporal homeland for the modern people to inhabit romantically when they are visiting the rural cultural heritage sites.

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