Expert views on traditional village protection

Li Hui,director of the Culture Department of hunan province, NPC delegate, strongly urged to protect traditional villages through legislation.

Li Hui,director of the Culture Department of Hunan Province, NPC delegate[Photo/rednet.cn]

"In the wave of urbanization, our traditional villages are constantly damaged by 'constructive', 'developmental' progress and 'tourism'. They are dying out at a dramatic rate." He said that those villages play an essential role in cultural advancement. By protecting the historical villages, individuals would have a place to call their spiritual home and the country would be able to retain its cultural root."We have to resist the invasion of ‘modernization’ over tradition."