Abstract
Cultural diversity is an important feature of ethnic minority inhabited areas. In the context of rapid urbanization, villages inhabited by ethnic minorities are facing social issues such as population loss, ‘hollowing out’, and culture shock. This paper takes the peri-urban village of Gejia in Yunnan Province as the research object, relying on the location advantage of the short-distance of the urban area, research contents include taking advantage of local resources to revitalize and reuse the hollowed-out rural residential space, and understand the relationship between people, land and property in the village. In addition, taking into account a series of issues, such as ecological protection, villagers' income, village characteristics, historical and cultural heritage and ‘hollowing out’, to explore the development strategies of the peri-urban integrated villages in the border areas of Yunnan, where is characterized by ethnic minorities. This paper emphasizes the harmonious coexistence among mountains, forests, fields, landscapes, cities, villages, industries and emotions. In respect of the original village texture protection and the inheritance of cultural genes, the paper proposed to refine cultural symbols, build landscape brands, and establish rural tourism IP. This paper aims to create the new development path of ‘improving agriculture with creativity, encouraging tourism with agriculture, and supporting agriculture with tourism’, and build a viable, desirable, livable and playable micro-unit of rural life. In the context of rapid urbanization, development strategies for villages in ethnic minority areas are proposed in six dimensions, including the regional interaction, in-depth nature + local culture, landscape-village connection, rural landscape inheritance, industry-village integration, and shared facilities construction. Thus, by forming a complete ecosystem of humans and property, balancing the needs of local residents and tourists, the simple urban function extended "undertaking area" has been transformed to the main character of agricultural and rural modernization and multiethnic culture-dependent suburban rural tourism.
