Excavation and Future Direction of Cultural Architecture and Elements from the Perspective of Canal Culture

The article takes the cultural architecture and landscape under the Chinese Grand Canal system as the research object, and the core is to deeply explore the cultural connotation under the Grand Canal system and its connection with ‘ real space ‘. Through questionnaires, comparative analysis of examples, field visits, and other means to summarize common problems, in-depth analysis of specific protection methods and potential challenges. Finally, the results of this study are extended to policy recommendations to further promote the protection, inheritance, and utilization of historical relics in the canal system. The main contents of this paper are as follows: the characteristics of cultural space from the perspective of canal culture, the similarities and differences between the north and south canal culture in China, the questionnaire survey for tourists, from the aspects of building type and satisfaction evaluation to understand the value of cultural architecture and cultural elements to culture itself. Finally, based on the above analysis, taking Xinyu Village in Linping District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and three other world heritage canals as examples, this paper further explores the possible direction of canal culture in the future and puts forward feasible countermeasures for the management of the whole canal system.