Zhao Yanjing, vice chairman of the China Urban Planning Society and professor of Xiamen University, recently accepted an exclusive interview with China News Service's "East-West Question" Zhao Yanjing: Cultural heritage is the carrier of that person’s memory. Losing memory is very terrible for a person, and also for a civilization.
China is one of the few nations in the history of the world with a sense of history. Concern about their own historical status has made the Chinese people pay long-term and continuous attention to recording and interpreting history.