Nowadays, in this society where the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, it’s a natural phenomenon that more and more people are gradually becoming more interested in discovering the history of the house or building they live in. But what’s the origin of this eagerness?

First of all, because of rapid development of transportation, more and more people can have a chance to work and live abroad or in other cities, which is likely going to bring these people a sense of lack of belonging. Moreover, in this futuristic society where we live, almost everyone living a hectic lifestyle, which leaves no room for the peace in our soul and then usually results in anxiety. In this case, finding out whatever happened in the house or building people live in is extremely good way to relieve the sins of lake of belonging and anxiety for them.

Secondly, due to the process of urbanization, more and more families’ old house were demolished by government for industrial or commercial use. To compensate for their losses the government you already gives them a large amount of compensation or a house. Although the new house is always more comfortable and beautiful than the old one, it still brings the family who lived there a sense of strangeness. Therefore, it’s necessary for them to know the history of their new house and be familiar with it as soon as possible.

For this purpose, it’s fortunate for people to have so many ways to dig out the history of the place where they live. Firstly, for most people, it is the most direct and simple less way to ask others who have lived here for a long time straightforwardly about the things happened in the place they live in and record the information from conversation in the form of test, audio and video. Apart from this, they can still look the history of house up in the archives saved by the official or private institutions. In addition, if they proceed enough knowledge about the art and architecture, they can’t even just attain the information of History by research the furnitures, ornaments and the structure of the house itself.

To sum up, the main causes of the phenomenon which I mentioned in first paragraph are a sense of lack of belonging, anxiety and a sense of strangeness. Luckily, people have various methods to achieve their goals.