::2000:,:;;:TU:AAuthenticityinRelationtotheConservationofCulturalHeritageRuanYisan,LinLin(SchoolofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning,TongjiUniversity,Shanghai200092,China)Abstract:Authenticityisanessentialelementindefining,assessing,andmonitoringculturalheritage.ThethesisillustratestheimplicationsofauthenticityaboutculturalheritageinChina.ThetestandprincipleofauthenticityareappliedtotheconservationpracticeinChina,suchasinrelationtoheritagesitesandhistoricbuildings.KeyWords:Authenticity;CulturalHeritage;PrincipleofConservationAuthenticity,,,Authenticity,,,Authentici2ty(authorita2tive)(original),,,,,60,,1964,,14220034()TongjiUniversityJournalSocialScienceSectionVol.14No.2Apr.2003,,199412,,,,199519962000,,,,:,(),;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,,,,,,,,2()14,,,???,,,,1.,,,,2000:,;;;;;,;;;,,;,,;,,;;;2.,,,,1997,1998,1999,,,,,(1992),,;,,,(2000)33,,,,,,;,;,,1924,80,32:,,,600,,,400,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3.,,,80,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;;,,,,4()14,,[1]DavidLowenthal,Authenticity:RockofFaithorQuicksandQuagmire,TheGettyConservationInstitute,[2]:,,,1993,162[3]:,,2001,309[4]:,,,1997,259[5]:,2000[6]:,,2001(:)200331113,,30,DAADSundAusdemSiepen,,,,,,,,,()52: