**6. The social value of art intervention in the construction of Cai fan and Longtanzhai ancient dwellings**

First, it will contribute to the inheritance and reproduction of the ancient village space in Anqing.

The ecological landscape of ancient villages constructs the core concept of its paradigm. First, the village is the carrier of traditional memory. On the one hand, the countryside is the carrier of traditional memory. As a concrete operator, the designer needs to follow the concept from beginning to end: how to participate in the existing courtyard space with the new lifestyle, how to integrate modern art into the past and present life, and how to carry the new art life with the historical space. On the other hand, when artists participate in rural construction, they must understand that local farmers are the main body, not the self. The comprehensive approach of "moving, dismantling, repairing, supplementing, and decorating" was adopted, thus leaving the era of traditional ancient villages such as geography, ecological landscape, and construction features.

The second is to contribute to the protection of the ecology and the construction of the landscape.

The ancient village in Anqing is located in the north of the Yangtze river. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has beautiful natural scenery. The ancient villages pay attention to their ecological protection during the landscape construction process. The optimization of the river network and the beautification of the landscape are well maintained. Doing appropriate optimization on the basis can be said to be everywhere.

The third is to help protect culture, combine local elements, and highlight the regional cultural characteristics.

We will pay attention to the protection of cultural relics and the repair of ancient buildings, and strictly protect the original habitat of ancient villages and tap the regional potential. The ancient village culture has the dual attributes of material and nonmaterial, as well as its interrelated, unique, and recognizable characteristics. It is

*Landscape Reclamation - Rising From What's Left*

**ancient villages**

the awe of the ecological nature.

meets the following points:

form a living space.

tion is the first consideration.

**5.2 Consider the safety and commercial circulation of residents**

line echo each other, forming a better drainage system.

**modern environmental planning and Feng shui design**

The construction of the ecological landscape of ancient villages must consider the safety of living. This aspect must be considered very thoughtfully, and it is necessary to solve this problem in a comprehensive way. Because the security of residents in ancient villages is the foundation for the development of a village, and it is the top priority for the development of villages. So, the landscape construction

• First of all, according to the terrain of the ancient village, commercial circula-

• Second, we must have a good natural environment and sufficient sunshine to

• Finally, the layout of the village, the courtyard organization, and the mountain

**5.3 The ecological landscape planning of ancient villages should be based on the** 

Feng shui has a long history in China and gradually matured in the Han and Tang dynasties. Feng shui includes elements such as form, law, stagnation, and fate. The most important of these is that there is a strong superstition in theory and fatalism, but the method has certain scientific and practical significance in analyzing topography, small physical environment, and guiding the modeling of architecture [13]. When Feng shui was in ancient China, it was widely spread among the people,

The application of Feng shui to the site selection of the village actually includes many specific aspects, such as climate, ecology, topography, geography, landform, landscape, etc., as well as the interaction between the factors, as well as taboos and shortcomings. In other words, Feng shui emphasizes the comprehensive evaluation

and its influence on traditional Chinese dwellings was extremely obvious.

**5. Art involved in the construction concept of Caijing and Longtanzhai** 

**5.1 Pay attention to the geographical environment and ecology of ancient villages**

Due to the mountainous conditions, the Cai fan and Longtanzhai ancient villages in Taihu County will be located in the undulating mountains, and the central location of the village will also be uneven due to the trend of the mountains. The villagers will build houses according to the trend of such ups and downs. Such terrain effects will occasionally play some unique forms of planning. There is not only a change in terrain difference between houses and houses, but also a rich and varied ecological natural landscape. The ancients built high walls behind the garden of the courtyard, cleverly using the height difference, so that the strong visual effect would make the bottom of the upper courtyard appear infinitely extended and become the center of vision [12]. The landscapes of the Cai fan and Longtanzhai ancient villages in Taihu County are backed by mountains. In fact, the location of such a house, such as facing the sun, relying on green water, leaning against the mountains to avoid the wind, is the best natural nutrition for life. "Laozi" calls "everything is negative and yang." These ancient villages can clearly reflect the rich experience of the ancient villagers and

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rooted in all aspects of rural production and living. Whether it is traditional agricultural production methods, folk cultural activities, local architecture, agricultural production landscapes, etc., it is the expression and bearing form of regional cultural symbols. The production and lifestyle, folk customs, and regional environment in Anqing area are different. The characteristics of architectural form, shape, site selection, material selection, decoration, and crafts are also slightly different, forming a unique concept of local architecture. The structure and environment of the village structure with various local conditions and various forms. These unique cultural elements of ancient villages are the material and spiritual carriers that can best reflect the characteristics of local culture. They are the important core to maintain and reflect the local characteristics and style of the villages, and to arouse the people's attribution to the local, regional, and national culture being an important way of feeling, identity, and pride.

The fourth is to help create an ecological landscape that can live and swim.

The construction of ecological landscapes in ancient villages and the development of eco-tourism should be based on respecting the historical evolution of the countryside, folk customs, traditional customs, etc., integrating history and modernity, and integrating local culture and ideas into contemporary rural construction and transformation. People create a rural production and living space with a better local culture and a higher quality of life. Maintaining and inheriting local culture is not only conducive to strengthening the country's own characteristics and ecological construction, but also effectively promoting the sustainable development of rural tourism, tourism, and experience. The intervention of art, on the basis of maintaining the original ecology of the ancient villages, makes the ancient villages more accessible by the overall concept of repairing and reconstructing.

## **7. Conclusion**

"Art participation in the construction of ancient villages" is not an end, but a working method. It is not a new thing to say. It has been successfully applied in many countries since World War II. This kind of work is a kind of cultivation, not a short-term project behavior, but a long-term, endogenous, and sustained vitality. All the art will become a document in the construction of ancient villages and become part of the collective memory of ancient dwellings.

The ecological landscape of Cai fan and Longtanzhai ancient villages in Taihu County is not only an important expression of the settlement form, but also one of the research contents of landscape morphology. The main direction of its construction will be to study the content of the settlement ecological landscape from the multidisciplinary perspectives of geography, architecture and history (geography), anthropology, and art.

Due to the acceleration of the modernization process, the destruction speed of some ancient villages is staggering, and the cultural heritage of the ancient villages left for the next generation is gradually less. Based on this, the human landscape and ecological landscape of the ancient villages are constructed by the art media to construct the landscape of the ancient villages. On this basis, the dual effects of the protection and transformation paradigm are achieved, and the ancient villages are enriched by the premise of maintaining the original ecological landscape. With the ecological connotation, the ancient villages have a liveable and accessible landscape. In our best practices for achieving sustainable development, we strive to balance economic, environmental, and social factors to ensure resource conservation and environmental protection for resident who can benefit from it; at the same time, the local government can also be inspired by the construction paradigm, which could provide constructive advice for them.

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