Major cities
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“A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces. They tear things down and make new again.” Correlated with Rasmenia Massoud stated, to the international extend, major cities, with proliferation of development in economics and politics have been under the spotlight in the world stage representing a countries uniqueness and competition level. It is a universal phenomenon that, as economic or population center of the whole country, major cities are receiving bonuses, subsidies from government, with the purpose of attracting more and more foreign founded business for the protection of heritages meaningful for a coun try’s special identity. The speaker’s statement is actually a dual claim with assumptions that first, reservation of traditions can be achieved by support from the government, and second, city traditions stand for most proportion of a whole country’s cultu ral uniqueness. The speaker stands some points in that a financial assistance from central government can trigger city’s awareness of protecting historical vestiges and endemic traditions by reconstructing some historical sites and building up a tourist chain which in return, offers city more incentives to preserve immemorial traditions. Besides, according to historical documentations, major cities are featured by historical sites, such as Boston, United States, where Boston Tea Party event occurred during War of Independence and Beijing, China, where spectacular Forbidden City was once accommodated by generations of emperors in Qing Dynasty, thus, those cherished sites related to cultural backgrounds of the nation should be regarded as a significant part of national tradition.
Unfortunately, based on only oversimplified generalization between the relationship of cultural renaissance and financial support from government mainly into major cities, we can't be sure that certain results expected from this assumption could be realized. Considering the fact that each city is individualized with its own features, it is governor and his parliament’s responsibility to attract investment internally or externally for the protection of cultural traditions without interference from central government. Additionally, in reality, in respect of government, financial burdens and debits would only be exacerbated not alleviated if it makes too much contributions to cities. Even though it could be true that a city’s own government is not quite capable of big sums of investment, central government's support may not be sufficient enough to boost cultural traditions either, not mention that cultural diversity is actually best represented by small towns and villages surrounding big cities because major cities have already been assimilated by widespread globalization. For example, you will be suffocated by the same level of spectacular skyscrapers and concrete jungles in Shanghai, New York City and Hong Kong; however, when you explore small towns around those big cities, you will notice that those graffiti, people’s dressing code, local festivals are especially unique and differ from one place to another.
Nevertheless, offering managing independence to cities does not necessarily mean that there should be an elimination of any auspices from government. It is feasible and promising that government can make a blueprint with city's top officials together combined with a plan stating the needs for cultural tradition improvement or recovery. Other than that, it is highly recommended for government to make more contributions for cultural reservation in developing and under-developed places. Consequently, harnessed correctly, the government’s assistance can be salute and profound for cultural reservation.。
