Lowland Technology International
Vol 14 No 2, Dec (2012)

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOUNDSCAPE AND CHINESE CULTURE -- A CASE STUDY OF THE WEST LAKE SCENIC AREA

J. Ge (Unknown)
M. Guo (Unknown)
Y. H. Zhu (Unknown)
J. Jia (Unknown)
Y. Zhang (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Dec 2012

Abstract

Soundscape is a new interdisciplinary field of landscape and acoustics. This paper is intended to study the relationship between soundscape and culture. That is, the Chinese culture’s pursuit of acoustic beauty from three aspects as poetries, writings and drawings. It is demonstrated by the case study of soundscape in West Lake scenic area, with particular emphasis on humane attribute. The study has approached by three steps as classification - case study - promotion to region. The major attractions of West Lake scenic area is divided into natural and artificial categories, and the typical cases selected are “Orioles Singing in the Willows” and “Evening Bell Ringing at Nanping hill.” The two cases are analyzed from two aspects as the cultural background and humanities artistic conception, in order to prove the subject. And the importance of soundscape culture research to the construction of West Lake scenic area is declared further.

Copyrights © 2012






Journal Info

Abbrev

ialt_lti

Publisher

Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Engineering Transportation

Description

The Lowland Technology International Journal presents activity and research developments in Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning, Coastal Engineering, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation ...