商丘古城:"世界遗产标志"城

从表象符号的图形看，商丘古城“外圆内方‘古铜钱币格局…与“世界遗产标志”如出一辙，都是人类古老文化中“天圆地方”哲理的应用；从表象符号产生的时间看，前者出现在公元1540年，要比后者出现的1978年早438年；从表象符号的文化渊源与文化内涵看，两者同出一理，都是中华古老文化的运用与体现。如此说来，商丘古城之于世界遗产标志，便有了一种“家”的感觉。有鉴于此，我们把商丘古城称为“世界遗产标志”城。

The Ancient City of Shangqiu,The City of World Heritage Emblem

In terms of the figure of the representational symbols, the structure of the Ancient City of Shangqiu, which is like an copper coin of round outside and square inside that was in common currency in ancient China, is exactly the same as the World Heritage Emblem, and both are the classical examples of the appliance of the Round Sky and Square Earth theory of the ancient human culture. Viewed from theirs appearances, the structure of the Ancient City of Shangqiu which came into being in A. D. 1540 is about 438 years earlier than the World Heritage Emblem first used in A. D. 1978. As for theirs origins and connotations of time-honored civilization,both were applied and manifested with the ancient Chinese culture. Therefore, the Ancient City of Shangqiu is seemingly, the home to the World Heritage Emblem. In view of the foregoing, we regard The Ancient City of Shangqiu as the City of World Heritage Einblem.