The Ming Fort — Longli Fort Eco-museum (photo book)  
明代戍边军屯—隆里古城生态博物馆(画册)

Four eco-ecomusems were built in Guizhou under the Sino-Norwegian joint cultural project.Three eco-museums established in Shuoga, Zhenshan and Tangan represent Miao, Bo-i and Dong cultures respectively. While the fourth one in Longli tells of the story of how a handful of Han soldiers and their families in a distant military fort established themselves among the ethnic minorities. They became the "inorities" among the minorities.

The Longli Fort Eco-museum is located in Longli, 52 km from Jinping County of Guizhou. The 600-year old fort still preserves the basic framework of the military fort. The fortification, the fort entrances, the local school, the ancestral temples, water wells, stone monuments etc stand testimony to more than 600 years of history. Han traditions like dragon dance, Han operas, story-telling etc from Central China are kept intact and are still very much part of the lives of Longlii people today.

The fortification of Longli started as early as A.D. 1386, soldiers and their families were sent there subsequently to maintain peace and order against local minorities "ebels" Accordingly to local records, 360 soldiers and 13 officers were sent in the beginning, and they were ordered to station there permanently: No one is allowed to leave the locality and return without permission, and their sons and grandsons will take up their roles perpetually. Later, the Qing dynasty adopted the same policy.

Today, Han traditions are still being observed and maintained by the people living in Longli Fort, and they rarely inter-marry with the neighboring minorities. The place is now a part of the Autonomous Region of the Miao and Dong in South-East Guizhou, but still the people of Longli seem to resist any acculturation with their neighbors and stick steadfastly to their Han traditions.

貴州建設的四個生態博物館,梭戛、鎮山、堂安分別代表苗族、布依族和侗族的文化背景,而隆里則是反映一個漢族的軍事屯堡在少數民族聚居地區的演變過程,這可謂少數民族地區的“少數民族”。

隆里古城生態博物館位於貴州省錦屏縣城52公里的隆里鎮。具有600多年歷史的隆里古城,至今依然保留著完好的明代軍事屯堡街巷格局和軍事防禦特徵。古城牆、城門、書院、宗祠、民居、古井、碑刻等,記錄著幾百年滄桑歷史和文化記憶。舞龍、唱漢戲、玩故事等傳統活動是中原文化在這個邊遠少數民族地區 "漢城"中的歷史遺存。

隆里最早在1386年開始修築土城,並在十多年後明成祖繼位後施行軍屯制,以便隨時鎮壓叛亂的少數民族。根據當地學人編纂的《隆里古城集》記錄,明朝皇帝從中原調來這裏駐守的常備軍有360人,還有千戶等各級官員13名,還下令“一官不得擅調,一軍不得擅差,子孫世襲其職。”據說,清代也依襲明制。

隆里人至今還保留固有的傳統和文化禮俗,較少同周圍土著通婚。隆里所在的地區現在名為黔東南苗族侗族自治州,但它卻依然不受同化,保留有漢族聚居地的大部分特色。


The series of photo-books -----"Sino-Norwegian Eco-museums in Guizhou ?

is produced by the Western China Cultural Ecology Research Workshop.

< The Ming Fort---- Longli Fort Eco-museum > is the first of the series. The book comprises three sections: the natural landscape, tangible cultural heritage and the intangible cultural heritage. Photos were chosen from materials collected and produced during many study tours and visits conducted by the Research Workshop in the past 2 to 3 years. Therefore, this photo-book is only partially captures the cultural landscape of the Longli Fort and we hope that this can serve as a starting point for more publications to come.

Everywhere in China, local officials are extracting tourism resources. This ancient Fort --a living fossil-- is going to attract attention. Against this shockwave of "ourism Fever" how should we protect and preserve our cultural heritage? How should visitors and tourists encounter these sites with respect? What should be done to make cultural tourism sustainable? We just hope that more people treasure and cherish this cultural heritage that have been crystallized through hundreds of years of memories.

中國西部文化生態工作室策劃、編輯的“生態博物館系列叢書--中挪合作創建貴州生態博物館專輯”,包括反映四個生態博物館不同文化背景的畫冊和文字專題。

《明代軍事屯堡-隆里古城生態博物館》畫冊是這個專輯推出的第一個專題。這本畫冊從“自然與環境”、“物質文化遺產”、“非物質文化遺產”三個方面,部分地展現了隆里古城的文化記憶,選用的圖片均來源於中國西部文化生態工作室協助隆里古城生態博物館進行文化遺產調查所收集的資料。因此,這本畫冊只是記錄某一個階段進行文化遺產調查的成果,而並非隆里古城歷史、文化記憶的全部。

一場席捲中國的“旅遊運動”方興未艾,作為明代衛所制度“活化石”的隆里古城將越來越會收到人們的關注,有更多的歷史將會被刷新。我們唯願希望這場運動來得慢些,進行得更理智些,以使隆里變得慢一些。同時也希望我們以及那些珍惜隆里文化的人們,動作更快些,趕緊去記錄隆里沈澱了幾百年的文化記憶。

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