Study on the Spirit of Place and the Spatial Representation of Traditional Settlement – Taking Shanghai Xinchang Old Town as Example

This Article focus attention on the regional non-material cultural identity of the cities and towns around the the Yangtze River Delta . Historical and geographical context, rural festival temple fair, the daily living space is the three most representative components. It has great significance to the formation of regional economic, cultural and recreational attributes during the historical period Paper to the Xinchangtown of Nanhui County, take the historical maps of boiling down the wave; theannual festival, field activities, "March 28 Festival Temple Fair,"and traditional local cuisine as the main object of study: First, from thespirit of the idea, industry background and political and cultural backgroundand so, it analysis the impact of the history of formation and evolution of thesalt pan and the impact of salt industry for the spirit of the ancient localpeople, culture and life; Secondly, the elements of field culture arediscussed, then ,the festival market, business, entertainment space areanalyzed; Further attention later in the article section was taken to theinteraction of the field activities and the settlement pattern and itsmanifestations in daily life, which discusses the existence and impact of thelocal market place to the rural section and conduct the basic research for thethe rehabilitation of Festival Temple Fair