Ancient Charm in a Modern World Kashgar’s old city recalls Silk Road’s history and time-honored traditions

[Kashgar is] the best-preserved example of a traditional Islamic city to be found anywhere in Central Asia.

Resulting of pedigree and topology of centripetal spatial schema in Chinese traditional cities

Chinese Traditional Maps and Local Chronicles serve as significant sources for investigating the urban history of ancient Chinese cities.These documents prioritize the abstract representation of topological relationships over precise numerical values and geometric shapes.This is consistent with the traditional Chinese city image and spatial schema emphasizing“harmony between man and nature”.Most Chinese Traditional Maps reflect a centripetal spatial schema,wherein the core area is located at the center,and other locations are positioned hierarchically about the center.Based on this data,this research aims to categorize and examine the development and evolution of the centripetal spatial schema in ancient Chinese cities by constructing a pedigree of types.The authors identify three types and summarize their causes,calculate the topological features,and reveal their correlations with the type of pedigree.This study reveals that cities with different centripetal forms exhibit regular differences in the accessibility,centrality,and functional attributes of central nodes,as well as the proportion of nodes with different attributes in the city.Overall,the conclusion aims to deepen people’s understanding of traditional Chinese spatial concepts at the macro-urban level,particularly in the context of China’s current urban renewal wave.Additionally,it provides practical references for inheriting and applying Chinese traditional construction wisdom.

Role of bazaars as a unifying factor in traditional cities of Iran： The Isfahan bazaar

A city is a vital organism that lives and grows （ike other organisms. Therefore, implementing development plans that would provide a sense of unity and integration in relation to the city as a who（e is necessary. Traditional Iranian architecture is full of samples evolved during the course of Iranian history that can serve as architectural paragons of the city. In Iran＇s traditional cities, a sense of unity exists in various urban areas. The traditional city of Isfahan is one of the most valuable samples and was selected as the case study in this research. According（y, the most important questions of this research are as follows： （1） What is the role of bazaars in creating a sense of unity in the traditional cities of Iran？ （2） How do bazaars play out their ro（e in the integration of these cities？ This research focuses on the concept of a ＂traditional city＂ to determine the role of bazaars in such cities. The results show that bazaars are crucial in giving a sense of integrity to the concept of a traditional Iranian city. Bazaars provide cohesion among the different parts of cities, such as residential areas, as well as socio-political and trade centers. This condition means that traditional bazaars play two important roles in traditional cities： （1） they interconnect the different parts of thecity＇s physical structure; and （2） the crucial role of bazaars in a city＇s socia（ and cultural structure brings about unity among the citizens in the city. Bazaars as a unifying etement connect the main urban functions and guarantee the city＇s economic and social rife.

Take Tradition as Bronze Mirror——Some Points of Physical Space in our Modern Cities contrary to the Traditionally Spatial Concept and Means

Take bronze mirror, one can be properly dressed. Take tradition asbronze mirror, we can know some problems of urban planning and designin modern cities. This article is intended to relatively analyse theinadequate space in modern cities on the basis of the traditional ideas andmeans recaardincf space in 9 aspects in order to seek the ways of reform.