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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

recent interview with him.<br />

Heritage Protection and Social Development<br />

The Relationship<br />

Natural and cultural heritage is the treasure <strong>of</strong> human civilization shaped through<br />

perennial geologic changes and human activities. Nevertheless, with the<br />

development <strong>of</strong> the society, the explosion <strong>of</strong> population and their enhancive impact<br />

on environment, natural and cultural heritage has been threatened and destroyed<br />

much faster than before. Is there a contradiction between heritage protection and<br />

social development? This issue has been drawing more and more attention.<br />

According to Li Wenhua, the key point is how to handle the relationship between<br />

heritage protection and social development. He claimed that what we highlight in<br />

heritage protection nowadays is to integrate it with the overall sustainable<br />

development <strong>of</strong> our society, which differs from the view <strong>of</strong> absolute ―protection for<br />

protection‘s sake‖ in the past. Meanwhile, heritage should not be treated as a mere<br />

means <strong>of</strong> money-making. Therefore, when dealing with the relationship between<br />

heritage protection and exploitation, we should abide by the principle <strong>of</strong> ―dynamic<br />

protection‖, making protection the prerequisite <strong>of</strong> exploitation and exploitation the<br />

basis <strong>of</strong> protection. People-orientated guideline should also be followed, in order to<br />

achieve a win-win outcome <strong>of</strong> heritage protection and regional economic<br />

development. Besides, we should try our best to ―make the past serve the present‖,<br />

not only yielding economic benefits but also digging out the fundamentals <strong>of</strong> our<br />

heritage, thus applying it to social practice.<br />

The reporter learned that the reason why natural and cultural heritage can be passed<br />

on until today is that they embrace pr<strong>of</strong>ound philosophy about the harmonious<br />

coexistence between man and nature. By exploring and protecting the heritage and<br />

then enhancing them with the help <strong>of</strong> modern technology, we could then hand them<br />

down from generation to generation and make them contribute to the welfare <strong>of</strong> the<br />

mankind. To some extent, natural and cultural heritage is closely related to a nation‘s<br />

history, culture and social development. What‘s more, these elements may promote<br />

the enhancement <strong>of</strong> one another.<br />

Agricultural Legacy,<br />

The Integration <strong>of</strong> Natural and Cultural Heritage<br />

Talking <strong>of</strong> agricultural legacy and Natural and Cultural Heritage Research, which was<br />

founded over a year ago, Li Wenhua gave some related information.<br />

According to Li, agricultural legacy mainly refers to traditional agricultural sights and<br />

farming modes with rational structures and age-long history.<br />

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