<p>Strong village cohesion exhibits a positive dialectical relationship with external threats, particularly in frontier regions. Chengzi Village, as a typical defensive village, was a crucial area for the administrative governance of the southwestern region by the ancient central dynasties. The broad temporal span of construction reflects the integration of Han culture into the development trajectory of Yi ethnic villages in southwest China. Based on the context of ethnic integration and the Gemeinschaft theory, the study adopts the framework of “macro-meso-micro” to explore the defensive traits of five communities formed across different historical periods within the village. It finds that dynamic integration by opening a coexistent “passage” between internal ethnicities plays a key role in the sustainable survival of a Gemeinschaft. It provides concrete examples beyond theoretical discussions for understanding the manifestation of the Gemeinschaft in the empirical world, and offers references for the conservation and revitalization of defensive village heritage.</p><p></p>

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Spatial temporal evolution characteristics of defensive traditional community in Southwest China with a case study of Chengzi village in Yunnan

  • Ni Zhang,
  • Li Zhu,
  • Yilin Sun,
  • Zhan Shi,
  • Quhan Chen,
  • Haoyu Deng

摘要

Strong village cohesion exhibits a positive dialectical relationship with external threats, particularly in frontier regions. Chengzi Village, as a typical defensive village, was a crucial area for the administrative governance of the southwestern region by the ancient central dynasties. The broad temporal span of construction reflects the integration of Han culture into the development trajectory of Yi ethnic villages in southwest China. Based on the context of ethnic integration and the Gemeinschaft theory, the study adopts the framework of “macro-meso-micro” to explore the defensive traits of five communities formed across different historical periods within the village. It finds that dynamic integration by opening a coexistent “passage” between internal ethnicities plays a key role in the sustainable survival of a Gemeinschaft. It provides concrete examples beyond theoretical discussions for understanding the manifestation of the Gemeinschaft in the empirical world, and offers references for the conservation and revitalization of defensive village heritage.