彝族土掌房的历史智慧与当代发展

Historical Wisdom and Contemporary Development of the Tuzhang House of the Yi People

土掌房是彝族最具代表性的传统民居建筑,是彝族传统文化的重要组成部分,内在地表现了彝族的宗教信仰、审美情趣、精神追求、生态观念、处世哲学等历史智慧。面对当前彝族土掌房保护和传承面临的严峻形势,必须利用彝族土掌房的民俗资源发展旅游业,采取正确方略对土掌房进行现代化改造,注重对土掌房的现代创意产业培育,增强当地居民对土掌房民居的保护意识,使彝族土掌房重焕生机,在中华民族建筑文化产业建设中发挥不可替代的积极作用。

As an integral part of the traditional Yi culture, the tuzhang house typifies the traditional Yi residence architecture as it represents the inherent wisdom of the Yi people in religious beliefs, aesthetic taste, spiritual pursuit, sense of ecology, life philosophy and other aspects. This form of local cultural heritage, however, is facing preservation problems and it is imperative that the following measures be taken to rejuvenate its value and make sure that it plays a positive part in construction of architecture culture of the Yi people: 1) making use of the tuzhang house custom resources to develop tourism;2) taking the right approaches to modernize the tuzhang houses;3) developing the tuzhang house as a creative industry;and 4) advocating a sense of preservation of the tuzhang houses among the local people.