Abstract:The construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park serves not only as a national cultural strategy but also as a regional development strategy. By employing cultural landscape theory, various elements closely connected to the Great Wall, such as people, culture, history, geography, and environment, which are often overlooked, can be integrated into the same "regional" space for comprehensive investigation. This approach facilitates the systematic interpretation of the heritage value of the Great Wall and promotes sustainable development in the region. However, currently, research on cultural landscapes predominantly leans towards applied research, with only a limited number of foreign scholars engaged in methodological research and discussion. As a super-large-scale cultural landscape, the Great Wall possesses significant "historical complexity". It is essential to establish a comprehensive research framework for studying the cultural landscape of the Great Wall. Drawing upon research methods, frameworks, and models of foreign cultural landscapes, this paper aims to establish a research framework for the Great Wall cultural landscape by considering the unique features of the Great Wall itself. The proposed framework centers around three key elements： human activities, cultural traditions, and landscape forms, with time and space serving as the guiding axis. In the study of the cultural landscape of the Great Wall in Beijing, utilizing this research framework helps to explore the mechanisms and riving forces of its formation, development, and transformation, which has important guiding significance for regional planning.
