ABSTRACT
China and South Korea have always been the two countries of a close relationship, historically which have been mutually influenced. In this dissertation, the existing cultural heritage in Xi’an city of China and Gyeongju city of South Kore...
ABSTRACT
China and South Korea have always been the two countries of a close relationship, historically which have been mutually influenced. In this dissertation, the existing cultural heritage in Xi’an city of China and Gyeongju city of South Korea is investigated and analysed, and its utilization also is studied in the two cities. First of all, the two cities own the extensive cultural heritage of thousands years. Furthermore, nowadays the two cities create an economic wonder by the protection and exploitation of the extensive cultural heritage. Therefore, the investigation of cultural heritage has much significance in the development of cultural industries.
In the present thesis, the existing cultural heritage in Xi’an city and Gyeongju city is reviewed and known through the summarization to the representative cases, moreover, the present status of the protection of the cultural heritage and the cultural industries is described.
Based on different characters between Xi’an city and Gyeongju city, the characteristic points are investigated by comparison, and the developing direction of the cultural industries in the future is analysed. Even though there are lots of common characters and differences in the extensive cultural heritage of the two cities, in the development of the cultural industries and the two cities there is considerable differences.
In Xi’an city, the feature restoration of the cultural heritage is doing in full swing. Especially for large cultural sites the original appearance is trying to restore. Then, the tourism is stimulated and the development of new industries is promoted by the historical characteristics of the cultural sites, such as film and television industries. However, in Gyeongju city, the sightseeing is main. By designing the tourist routes is to attract large numbers of tourists, and producing beautiful postcards and other cultural goods is to sale, and so on. In a word, these are the successful cases in the development of cultural industries.
In the end of this thesis, the required prerequisites are summarized in the development of cultural industries. Firstly, some conflicts are inevitable between the protection of cultural heritage and the development of cultural industries, therefore searching solutions of the conflicts is very important. Secondly, the ongoing development of cultural industries must be around the sound industrial system. Thirdly, the sustainable development is necessary to be insisted in cultural industries. Finally, the theoretical research of cultural industries must be developed and promoted.
To sum up, in this thesis the development of cultural industries is investigated based on the comparison between Xi’an city and Gyeongju city. The two cities are good proofs in successfully developing instances of cultural industries using the advantages of cultural heritage. Therefore, each city may create economic interests by the advantages of owned resources.
Keywords: Xi’an, Gyeongju, Cultural heritage, Cultural industry, Industrialization.