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Abstract Firstly, the composition and value of heritage in Nihegou Village having the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) were analyzed, and then dilemmas, challenges and opportunities for the protection and development of the village were studied. Finally, ways of sustainable development of the village were discussed.
Keywords Nihegou Village, Agricultural cultural heritage, Protection and development
DOI 10.16785/jissn 1943-989x,2016.6.028
In 2012, China started the project "Protection of Traditional Villages" to protect and inherit farming civilization and traditional culture. Each traditional village has unique cultural heritage, stands out among the villages, or has unique luster, and one kind of traditional villages have characteristics of agricultural cultural heritage resources with outstanding value. In respect of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), Nihegou Village in Jiaxian County has the "Jiaxian Traditional Chinese Date Gardens"; there are 82 national traditional villages in "Hani terrace (Yuanyang core zones)"; Gaoqian Village, Xiajiang Town, Chongjiang County is the demonstration base of "rice-fish-duck system in Chongjiang County".
Due to having agricultural heritage resources and value, this kind of traditional villages have been widely paid attention to and have more opportunities for development To realize protection of agricultural cultural heritage and development of traditional villages is the core problem faced by this type of traditional villages. In this study, the composition and value of heritage in Nihegou Village were analyzed firstly, then dilemmas, challenges and opportunities for the protection and development of the village were studied, and ways of sustainable development of the village were discussed finally to provide references for the protection and development of traditional villages rich in agricultural heritage.
1 Composition and value of heritage in Nihegou Village
1.1General situation of Nihegou Village
Nihegou Village is located in the northeast of Jiaxian County, Shaanxi Province (Fig.l). It has a semi-arid continental monsoon climate, and it is a typical earth-rocky mountainous area along the Yellow River. Here the registered population is 806, and the permanent resident population is 450; it is 9.3 km2 in area1'1. In the village, there are ten-hundred-year old jujube trees that are preserved best and have the largest area (3.24 km2) in the world, so it is praised as "the first village of red dates in the world"121. The "Jiaxian Traditional Chinese Date Gardens" was...