新千年开始,关于世界遗产视觉完整性的话题一直是文化遗产保护状况争论的热点之一。据统计,世界遗产委员会大会自2004年至2012年间共有120份《世界遗产保护状况报告》涉及视觉完整性问题,其中92%为文化遗产案例,欧洲和北美洲案例比例最高,为总数的44%;其次为亚太地区,占总数23%。回顾以往案例,特别是一系列欧洲案例,引发争论的焦点集中在两个层次的问题:应如何界定视觉完整性涉及的地理范畴, Since the beginning of the new millennium, the topic of the visual integrity of world heritage has always been one of the hot debates over the status of cultural heritage protection. According to statistics, there are 120 World Heritage Reports covering the issue of visual integrity from 2004 to 2012, 92% of which are cultural heritage cases, with the highest percentage of cases in Europe and North America, accounting for 44% of the total. Followed by Asia Pacific, accounting for 23% of the total. Recalling the past cases, especially a series of European cases, the focus of controversy has centered on two levels of questions: how to define the geographical categories involved in visual integrity,