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The preliminary study on landscape culture orientation and exploitation of the south dongting lake wetland

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Dongting Lake is internationally an important wetland. We studied and summarized the conception, function, classification and current situation of the wetland-landscape culture in this region. The results showed that the culture of Dongting Lake wetland was rich in diversity, which are the Rice Cultivation Culture, high-balustrade dwelling, Nuo Culture, Ship Culture, Dragon Boat Culture, Chu Culture, Ancient Architecture Landscape, Wetland Foodstuff and Cuisine Culture, Civil Art, Historic Heritage and Cultural Relics, Revolutionary Sites and Ruins, and Production and Living Culture, etc. We also evaluated the eco-tourism value of wetland landscape culture, and analyzed its features and orientation. The results revealed that the south Dongting Lake wetland plays a key role on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River reaches civilization and Chinese civilization, even has great influence on the global civilization. We summarized that the soul of the south Dongting Lake Culture was Wetland Culture, Water Culture, Rice Cultivation and Chu Culture. The thoughts, principles and approaches of sustainable exploitation and utilization of the wetland landscape culture were formulated and suggested.

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  1. Central South Forestry University, 412006, Zhuzhou, P. R. China

    He Ping & Wang Bao-zhong

  2. China International Engineering Consulting Corporation, 100044, Beijing, P. R. China

    He Ping

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Foundation item: Under the auspices of GEF-China Nature Resource Management Project (CPR/98/G32).

Biography: HE Ping (1957 -), male, a native of Xiangxiang County, Hunan Province, professor, Doctor student supervisor. His research interests include ecology, eco-tourism, eco-planning and design of environment and plant cell engineering.

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He, P., Wang, Bz. The preliminary study on landscape culture orientation and exploitation of the south dongting lake wetland. Chin. Geograph.Sc. 12, 254–261 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-002-0011-2

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