Study on visual perception of the landscape in Yongqingfang Historic District

Abstract

This article aimed to study: (1) The cultural visual perception degree of each space in the historic
district; (2) The average and deviation values of cultural visual perception from multiple spatial;
(3) The cultural visual perception experience of visitors on the wandering path. This study takes
the Yongqingfang Historic District in Guangzhou, China for an example, based on theory with
Gestalt Psychology, Art and Visual Perception and Wandering Path, and adopts the mixed
qualitative and quantitative research and Art-Based Research (ABR) method. The sample is
randomly sampled from the visitors in the district. The researchers collected data through nonintervention observations, collected photographs of the landscape taken by visitors, and processed
and calculated them using Photoshop software. The research results were found as follows：The
cultural visual perception experience of a visitor can be optimized by controlling the average value
，deviation value and rhythm of perception of cultural visual perception. This approach helps
designers to better complete the design work of historic districts renewal so that the historic context
of the district can be better displayed and continued, as well as for visitors to build an optimal
cultural visual perception experience based on the wandering path.