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Articles | Volume XL-5/W7
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-5-W7-187-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-5-W7-187-2015
12 Aug 2015
 | 12 Aug 2015

Integrated Conservation of the Cantonese Opera Art Museum and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Q. Guo and X. Li

Keywords: The Cantonese Opera Art Museum, Tangible and Intangible Cultural heritage, Integrated Conservation

Abstract. Cantonese Opera, as the sole cultural heritage of Guangdong Province of China so far, which was included in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List by the UNESCO, bears the cultural memory of the Lingnan region and as well as the overseas Chinese worldwide. Located in the core historic urban area – Enning Road of Guangzhou, the Cantonese Opera Art Museum is designed in Lingnan traditional garden manner, through going deep into the Cantonese opera culture, Lingnan traditional garden culture and Lingnan cultural spirit. The design highlights the integrated conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, to protect living history and build the historical environment and place spirit for the intangible cultural heritage. The Cantonese Opera Art Museum is not only a tangible space for exhibition, study, education and display of the Cantonese Opera art, but also a cultural space with the Lingnan cultural memory, gathering the Lingnan intangible heritage and closely linked with current life of successors and ordinary people.