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Key Techniques Applied for Lighting Design on Chinese Historical Sites—Taking the Great Wall Resort in Kelan County as an Example

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As treasure of Chinese cultural heritage, Chinese historical sites are expected to display their unique historical and architectural charm at day and night. Taking the lighting project of the Great Wall Resort of Song dynasty at Kelan county as an example, this paper explores how to set off the cultural atmosphere of Chinese ancient buildings through the design of night scenery lighting and at the same time conform to the concept of green lighting. Key techniques applied in lighting design are discussed, and through which the resort atmosphere and theme corresponding to different festivals are created.

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Many thanks are given to Beijing Zhongxu Design Company, which offered me internship opportunities. Special acknowledgement is to. Mr. Cai Xiaoyu and Mr. Zhang Shurun, who were my business mentors and gave much advice for this work.

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Li, Z., Gao, W., Lin, J., He, X., Cao, F., Zou, N. (2019). Key Techniques Applied for Lighting Design on Chinese Historical Sites—Taking the Great Wall Resort in Kelan County as an Example. In: Jin, J., Li, P., Fan, L. (eds) Green Energy and Networking. GreeNets 2019. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 282. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21730-3_7

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