79AUTHENTICITYINHERITAGECONSERVATIONINSTITUTIONINOLDCITY:TRUTHORERROR?ZHANGJieABSTRACT:Throughthedisputeabouttherecon-structionofLeifengTowerinHangzhou,thispaperanalyzestheauthenticityintheheritageconservationinstitutioninoldcity.Basedontheanalysisovertheconceptofauthenticity,howpeopleunderstanditanditsapplicationinheritageconservationinstitutionandsoon,itrevealsthatthereismisunderstandingintheapplicationofauthenticityininstitution.Itfindsthatthemisunderstandingoftheconceptanditsim-properlyapplicationistherootsofthemulti-solution“authenticity”.Andtheutilizationof“authenticity”originallyintheheritageconservationfieldinthehis-toricareaconservationisthecauseoftheconflictbe-tweenthehistoricareaconservationandcitizen’sordi-naryliving.ItholdsthatthekeytotheproblemistorationallyabsorbandtransformthequintessencefromthewestbasedonChina’scurrentconditions.KEYWORDS:authenticity;historicrelics;historiccity;historicconservationarea;heritage;conserva-tionYouthPaperAwardsVOL.31NO.11NOV.20078020073111CITYPLANNINGREVIEWTab.1DisputesaboutreconstructionofLeifengTowerinHangzhou81Fig.1AuthenticityofLeifengToweraccordingtothestandpointoftheWestYouthPaperAwardsVOL.31NO.11NOV.20078220073111CITYPLANNINGREVIEWTab.2AuthenticityofLeifengToweraccordingto“PrinciplesfortheConservationofHeritageSitesinChina”83YouthPaperAwardsVOL.31NO.11NOV.20078420073111CITYPLANNINGREVIEWFig.2Comparisonofauthenticitybetweeninplanningprinciplesandinpeople’slivinginShantangstreet,SuzhouTab.3Definitionsofauthenticity85