There are many ancient cities in China and they are very popular. Why do some people say that most of them are no longer "alive"?

Chinese civilization has a long history of five thousand years, so there are many ancient cultural cities as historical landscapes. In recent years, tourism in ancient towns and cities has also become very popular and extremely popular. It looks like a prosperous scene, but many social scholars have criticized: the ancient city culture is dead. Why? We can get a glimpse of it from the current situation.

The ten most famous ancient cities in China are: Guangfu Ancient City, Shangqiu Ancient City, Linhai Ancient City, Xichang Ancient City, Gaochang Ancient City, Pingxiang Ancient City, Liye Ancient City, Lijiang Ancient City, and Pingyao Ancient City.

The longest history of these ancient cities, large and small, is four to five thousand years old. There are many tourists from all over the world. With the development of tourism, the construction of the ancient city is also developing rapidly. It gives the ancient city a new look. Various B&Bs, hotels and resorts, various specialty souvenir and specialty shops, and various bars, restaurants and milk tea shops complete the tourism infrastructure of the ancient town.

A prosperous scene, which on the surface seems to point out a broad road for the history and new development of the ancient city. But at the same time, we can also see that in order to cater to the needs of tourist consumers, the old ancient city is turning into another new city. The ancient city is gradually dying and being replaced by a pseudo-ancient city with various antique buildings.

In order to build roads, thousands of years of ancient buildings were demolished; in order to build bars, the peace of local residents was abandoned, and the quaint ancient city became another bustling city. In order to get a share of the tourism industry, the ancient city was flooded with tourists. How many foreign merchants and investors have we received?

For example, the ancient city of Guangfu with a history of more than 2,000 years has become a world summer camp base; the ancient city of Xichang has become China's science and technology city; Xingcheng, an ancient city on the coast of the Bohai Sea, has become a newly developed tourist resort .

From this perspective, indeed. The ancient city is dead.