Progressive And Leap: The Development Of Lushan Since The Ming And Qing Dynasties

The development of Lushan since the Ming and Qing Dynasties is the research object of this paper. This paper revealed the long process of Lushan development from the traditional progressive stage to the modern leap stage of summer resort and gradually towards urbanization. The case has typical reference value on the study of the Cultural Mountains development in China.Since the late Han Dynasty, the large-scale North population migrations had made Lushan into the people's development vision. The war in the Late Yuan dynasty had forced some local people to establish cottages in Lushan. In early Ming dynasty, the country's rehabilitation policy and the military garrison system had promoted the development of Lushan. The tax system reform of the Qing Dynasty had stimulated the region's population growth rapidly, thus people expanded into Lushan in depths. At the same time, the activities of temples, academies and tourism were also extensively involved in the progressive development of Lushan.In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the progressive development had both cumulated the cultural implications and damaged the environment of Lusan. In late Qing dynasty, the invasion of the western powers had led Lushan entering into the stage of the summer resort development, which center was Kuling. So Lushan entered into the leaps development process, and eventually developed into a famous summer resort. In the Republic of China, the Chinese Officials had once stationed in Kuling, the urbanization trends had beening more obvious in the period.Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the mode conversion of Lushan development had been presented in the context of Chinese traditional scioety from flourishing to decline and the Western invasion. The result was the Lushan Mountain evolved into a famous summer resort from a historical mountain, and thus identified its future direction.