Author(s)

XinMing Wang

Affiliation(s)

College of History and Ethnic Culture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China.

Corresponding Author

XinMing Wang

ABSTRACT

The material and intangible remains of Third-line Construction industrial heritage collectively constitute its unique historical, social, scientific, economic, ideological, and emotional values. Within the current context, adopting “museumification” as an academic and practical pathway facilitates the systematic integration of standardized museum concepts and conservation experience, thereby exploring protection and utilization models suited to the characteristics of such heritage. Taking China’s First Aero-engine Manufacturing Plant as an example, its musealization should integrate digital museum technologies and the conceptual framework of the industrial ecomuseum, while adhering to the dual logic of cultural heritage conservation that combines “holistic and scientific approaches” with “authenticity and living preservation”. At the level of utilization, it is necessary to establish a systematic thinking that integrates scientific research, cultural-tourism synergy, and cultural-education fusion. Hence, from a methodological perspective, a “systematic-living” approach is the prerequisite for achieving effective conservation and value activation. Third-line industrial heritage in the new era should assimilate new concepts and practical experiences, fully manifest the heritage form shaped by the interplay of people, time, and space, and ultimately realize the return and fulfillment of its resource value in contemporary development.

KEYWORDS

Third-line construction; Industrial heritage; Musealization; Crow cave; Aero-engine

CITE THIS PAPER

XinMing Wang. Conservation and utilization of third-line industrial heritage: a case study of the crow cave. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2025, 3(7): 34-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/tsshr3190.

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