世界文化遗产保护的东方立场

东方主义思维正借全球化浪潮在世界文化遗产保护领域蔓延。东方文化遗产保护除匆忙应对来自西方的质疑外,当务之急应根据东方文化遗产的特征和保护实际联合建立世界文化遗产保护的东方立场。东方文化遗产除应保护以《威尼斯宪章》为基础的国际惯例中强调的有形文化遗产物质基础外,还应更加突出保护文化遗产蕴含的人类集体记忆、文化基因、文化认同、文化凝聚力等精神内涵。建立世界文化遗产保护的东方立场,有利于通过保护东方文化遗产,继而保护面临西方强势文化同化危险的东方文化。

The Oriental Standpoint of World Cultural Heritage Protection

The Orientalism is permeating the field of world cultural heritage protection through globalization.Facing the questions from the West,the first thing for oriental cultural heritages conservation is to set up an oriental standpoint according to their characteristics and specific conditions.In addition to tangible heritages,which have been addressed by international general practices based on The Venice Charter,the spiritual connotations including the collective memories of human being,cultural roots,cultural identities and cultural cohesion contained by heritages should be further emphasized.To set up an oriental standpoint will be helpful for safeguarding oriental cultures particularly against assimilation by western cultures.