The Research Of The Defensive "Bao Zhai" Settlements Along The Great Wall Of Ming Dynasty In Xuanfu Town

There are a lot of sites and defensive works, which belong to the "11 town-9frontier" along the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty. Various defensive "Bao Zhai" and therelated settlements are the special form of traditional defensive settlement in the North.The author chooses Xuanfu Town , one of "11 town-9 frontier", to be the emphases andregards the "Bao Zhai" in Xuanfu Town as settlements to study from the angle ofarchitecture.First of all, the author summarizes and orientates the whole developing venation ofdefensive "Bao Zhai" settlements and the defensive systems of the Great Walldepending on historical materials and choreographies.Secondly , the author stated in detail the "Bao Zhai" in Xuanfu Town at the aspectsof the organizational system and revolution, geographic location and present condition,constitute feature , which supported by a great lot of investigating materials.Basing on it, the author summarized the unique character of the "Bao Zhai" inXuanfu Town, which existing as defensive work. And the author summarized the livingcharacters of the residents in "Bao Zhai" as while.Finally, the author choose one representative instance to study particularly andintend to show the interior cultural meaning of the typical instance by usingmulti-theoretic such as history, sociology, culture, etc.The article attempts to excavate the inside charm of defensive "Bao Zhai" in theNorth combining the other areas besides the No.11 towns. As a whole after we clear upthe process of the "Bao Zhai"'s occurring, constructing and developing as the defensivework in history and put it into the whole frame of the developing history of thesettlements in the North. All these will contribute to the protection of historical andcultural inheritance, the research on archaeological excavation and the study of thedeveloping history of settlements.