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26."Most people would agree that buildings represent a valuable record of any society's past, but controversy arises when old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes. In such situations, modern development should be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings so that contemporary needs can be served."
After careful and objective analysis about the issue whether modern development should be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings, I find my view principally contradicting with the author's. In my opinion, despite of the importance of the development of the modern
society, we cannot ignore the special point of the existence of the historic building and their indispensable position in people's hearts. In the following discussion, I will show my evidence to substantiate my view.
In the first place, usually, some old buildings can be considered as a combination of aesthetic, architectural, cultural and historical values. Their aesthetic and architectural characteristics are always representative of the culture in a certain period, and thus are valuable in the study of cultural traits in different era. Furthermore, Such building are particularly valued by the people not only for their outstanding aesthetic and architectural traits, but also for their special function as a symbol of history of a city or even a nation. Usually, the old buildings are just like a test book of history, it testified the occurrence of certain historical events that exert far-reaching influence on the nation’s consequent development, as the happening location of them. For example, the remains of Yuanmingyuan in China, will certainly arouse almost all of the Chinese both the pride in the once prosperity and powerfulness in China's history and the shame of the indelible experience of being invaded by the alliance of eight countries. Therefore, the existence of the historic building could always remind the people of the glory and shame of their precursor and motivate them to realize their historical responsibility while enjoying their life.
In the second place, historic building always serves as important resource of tourism, which attract the tourist all over the world. Such buildings are always a significant part of a certain culture and thus could represent the level of its cultural development in a certain period. We cannot skip the Forbidden City in China, when referring the role of historic buildings as a representative of a culture and a resource of tourism. The Forbidden City was built hundreds of years ago, and it is where the emperor lived in Dynasty Ming and Qing. It was build by the most experienced, skillful architects and craftsman at that time, and therefore concentrated the pith of Chinese cultural achievement, which is accumulated by more than 5000 years. It annually attract many foreign tourist to Beijing to have personal look at the most majestic and splendid palace in the world, and then serves indirectly to promote the multicultural communication and the financial revenue of China.
In the final analysis, although it is necessary for us to be aware of the significant roles of some special old buildings, we should also make it clear that merely old buildings do not mean historic buildings, and not all of the old buildings are worthy of preservation. If the building, no matter how long its history is, is just a plebeian one of little peculiar historical and cultural values, we should make way for the municipal development by dismantling it. Therefore, to ensure both the effective preservation of the buildings, which are the precious heritage handed down from our forefather, and the need of the modernization of the current society, we have to set a certain principle as the criteria upon which can we decide whether a building worth our effort to protect it.
To sum up, I disagree with the author with some reservation. Through the discussion mentioned above, we can easily reach the conclusion that although not all of the old buildings should be given the precedence over the modern development, it is wise for us to take a meticulous evaluation about the old building before the conduction of modern construction and intentionally avoid the location of some historic buildings while planning for the development of municipal development, if necessary. |
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