Should a city try to preserve its old, historic buildings or destroy them and replace them with modern buildings? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. |
There were numerous debates over the importance of aged and historic buildings and preservation of these buildings. Although many long-lasted buildings do not harmonize with the surrounding and have some drawbacks, because most of them were preserved in bad conditions, in my point of view, preservation of the historically important buildings should be kept for various reasons; for honoring the ancestors, and to get the economical benefits. In this essay, I will present briefly two reasons that support my idea.
One reason that I prefer to work for a large company is that the old buildings are the things that make people in the present world think and remenmber our ancestors. Many historic buildings have their own legends. Many famous towers in Korean temples have very unique and special stories related to the towers' names. In addition, Gyeongbok palace, which is the largest palace in Korea, has very sad songs and sad stories. It is because many ancient people were forced to construct the palace, and they suffered difficult time.These legends or stories usually tell the characteristics and happenings of the ancient people. Like these, the historic and aged buildings reflected the people's life style and thoughts at that period, present people could learn many things from the old buildings. It would be very sad when I think about the grand and magnificient old buildings which were destroyed long times ago.
Another fact that makes me prefer to preserve the old buildings rather than to destroy them is these old buildings can be the sightseeing places. Some of the old buildings are preserved by the government, and they often have regulated guiding system. Many of them were developed to attract the tourists, including foreigners, not destroying the buildings. In European countries, many old houses attract the tourists and make a lot of profits. For example, Venetia is the known as the harmonious city of the old and new world, which means that there are many old buildings that harmonize with the new surrounding and attract many people. Also, in Korea, there are numerous old temples in famous mountain, for instance, Bulguksa temple, Beobjusa temple. These old buildings gather people and makes incredible profits to dwellers and workers.
In summary, if I have an authority to decide whether to preserve or to destroy old buildings, I would decide to preserve them. For honoring our ancestors, who left crucial legacy for us, and for extra incomes due to the old buildings as sightseeing places, I want to emphasize on the importance of preserving the aged buildings. Even the aged buildings, which are very small and seem to have no importance to us, have their own cruciality and they can affect modern people's life-style. |
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