Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo

In the context of current drives for the renewal and conservation of rural Chinese villages, socialist villages developed under Mao Zedong’s tenure as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (1949-1976) seem have been marginalized. This research selects one of Mao’s model villages, Qinyong village i...

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Main Authors: Xie, Jing, Deng, Wu
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51937/
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description In the context of current drives for the renewal and conservation of rural Chinese villages, socialist villages developed under Mao Zedong’s tenure as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (1949-1976) seem have been marginalized. This research selects one of Mao’s model villages, Qinyong village in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, as a case study. Through historical and on-site research, this article articulates and analyses the transformation of the village landscape from the early socialist period to the latest renovation in 2014. Focusing in particular on the transformation of the village’s housing from the 1970s to the 1990s, the article tries to identify historical conditions of social, political and economic organization embedded in their physical forms. By juxtaposing the recent planning and renovation of the village with its past, the discussion of the village’s architectural heritage is intended to cast some light on key aspects of village preservation and revitalization in rural China.
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spelling nottingham-519372020-05-04T18:44:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51937/ Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo Xie, Jing Deng, Wu In the context of current drives for the renewal and conservation of rural Chinese villages, socialist villages developed under Mao Zedong’s tenure as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (1949-1976) seem have been marginalized. This research selects one of Mao’s model villages, Qinyong village in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, as a case study. Through historical and on-site research, this article articulates and analyses the transformation of the village landscape from the early socialist period to the latest renovation in 2014. Focusing in particular on the transformation of the village’s housing from the 1970s to the 1990s, the article tries to identify historical conditions of social, political and economic organization embedded in their physical forms. By juxtaposing the recent planning and renovation of the village with its past, the discussion of the village’s architectural heritage is intended to cast some light on key aspects of village preservation and revitalization in rural China. Taylor & Francis 2017-05-01 Article PeerReviewed Xie, Jing and Deng, Wu (2017) Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo. Journal of Architecture, 22 (2). pp. 293-327. ISSN 1466-4410 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13602365.2017.1298654 doi:10.1080/13602365.2017.1298654 doi:10.1080/13602365.2017.1298654
spellingShingle Xie, Jing
Deng, Wu
Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo
title Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo
title_full Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo
title_fullStr Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo
title_full_unstemmed Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo
title_short Socialist architecture in Mao's model village: a case study of Qinyong Village in Ningbo
title_sort socialist architecture in mao's model village: a case study of qinyong village in ningbo
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