A STUDY ON THE SPATIAL INTERPRETATION STRATEGY OF CHANG'AN CITY SITE OF TANG DYNASTY: FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CULTURAL ROUTES INTERPRETATION

Abstract. Chang'an is the starting point of "Silk Roads: Routes Network Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor", which was listed as World Heritage in 2014. Based on practice and exploration presentation City Site Tang Dynasty Xi'an, this paper presents a discussion how to combine interpretation cultural routes with urban traces under modern city. Under pressure development renewal, it explores strategies based routes, trying solve contradictions between needs potential heritage conservation development. Moreover, meanings values arising among approaches sites relation role Silk Road. Focusing need actively integrate underground ruins into plan city, extends notion "setting" include historic context their structuring components. Integrating archaeological literature materials value route, attempts sort out relationship inheritance continuity city patterns. It argued that such kind sorting key task for spatial interpretation. Furthermore, interpretation-based strategy recommended tool explore guiding principles land use co-development.