The protection of world historical and cultural heritage is closely related to the security of national culture, the stable development of society, and the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. As a world cultural heritage, the ancient city of Xi'an is not only a witness to the development of the historical era, but also valuable and has profound historical and cultural value. How to protect and extend China's cultural heritage is still of great significance for embodying the socialist scientific development concept and achieving the comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable development of our economy and society. The purpose of this study is to study the problems existing in the protection of the ancient city of Xi'an, a world cultural heritage. Through observation methods, questionnaire survey methods, interview methods, field trips and other methods, systematic research is conducted on the tourism development of the ancient city of Xi'an. Based on field exploration and questionnaire surveys Comb the history and current situation of the ancient city of Xi'an, and explore the historical and cultural value, use value and location value of the ancient city of Xi'an as a tourist resource. Experimental data shows that It is found that the ancient city of Xi'an has serious problems such as serious replication, cultural decline, and the authenticity of the building has been broken. It lacks attention to human nature.The experimental data show that the use of the protection experience of advanced countries combined with the actual situation to propose targeted protection measures provides a feasibility study for the scientific protection and sustainable use of the ancient city of Xi'an. It is not only conducive to the protection and management of world cultural heritage resources, but also to the sustainable development of tourism in Xi'an.

Chun Li. Problems Existing in the Protection of the World Cultural Heritage Xi'an Ancient City. International Journal of Art Innovation and Development (2021), Vol. 2, Issue 3: 48-61. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJAID.2021.020305.

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