The protection and utilization of water cultural heritages in Xi'an of China

Abstract

The water is important to any city's birth and development. As the thirteen dynasties ancient capital, Xi'an has a long history and gives birth to many and rich water cultural heritages. This paper analyses the kinds of the city water cultural heritages and researches the characteristics of different water cultural heritages, then puts forward measures of protection and utilization of water cultural heritages.