What Is Water City:Research On The Formation Of Urban Water Pattern In Jieyang City During The Song Dynasty And Later Periods

After the establishment of Jieyang County in the Song Dynasty,because the city was located in a water-rich environment,the construction of Jieyang City and its social development process were deeply influenced by the water environment,and finally laid the Water pattern of the city in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.The influence of water on the city wall and moat of Jieyang City can be divided into direct influence and indirect influence.The direct influence is mainly reflected in the flood disaster,and the indirect influence is mainly reflected in the war disaster brought by convenient shipping.With the development of the city and the increase of the population,the problem of encroachment of the inner river in Jieyang City received official attention in the Ming and Qing dynasties.However,after a long period of governance,the problem could not be completely solved,which shows the helplessness of water governance in small cities.But even though the process of symbiosis with water is bumpy,Jieyang society and people still create,evolve and inherit a variety of Water culture in the history of interaction with water.The Water pattern of ancient Jieyang city is composed of material form and spiritual culture.The material form includes the water-rich environment as the natural geographical background of urban survival and development,water affected buildings,and the dense inner river water network connecting inside and outside the city.Spiritual culture is the Water culture of Jieyang,Water culture provides soft power support for urban Water pattern.The example of Jieyang can lead to thinking about the concept of "Water city".The concept of "water city" has certain significance for the research of Chinese urban Water history and the excavation and protection of urban historical culture.“Water city” refers to an urban settlement with a rich water environment as its natural background,whose construction process and social development are deeply influenced by the natural water environment,and which has a dense urban inland water network and diverse Water culture.Ancient Jieyang is a“Water city”,the study of the Water history of Jieyang has some academic value for the actual development of Jieyang City and the study of ancient Chinese urban Water history.