The Study On The Fire-Control Management Of The City In Qing Dynasty

China went through the transition from feudal society to semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in Qing Dynasty. While during this transition, very great change had taken place in city management too. In the Qing, especially late Qing Dynasty, it was very frequent that the fire took place, which turned out to be connected with traditional ignition factors as well as added new fire- sending factors. This made fire replies - -Management for Fire Control became more difficult and more complicated.In Qing Dynasty, City Fire- control Management got more extensive attention from the officers and the folks who took all sorts of measures, such as Fireproofing, Fire Fighting and Calamity Control to resist the fire calamities.In Qing Dynasty, the Fire-Control Management of the City entered into a alternate period of new and old. It was the continuity of fire control of ancient cities and the initiation of a new era of fire management in China. This was obvious in the legal system measures and organizations of Fire-control Management of the City. The consciousness, decree and management system of fire control of the people in Qing Dynasty were all direct successor of management for ancient one, taking on many traditional factors. In late Qing, however, in face of the fast development of the cities, new situation appeared in the fire calamities. No matter the consciousness, the legal system or the particular management measures of fire control, they all had presented new content. For example, knowledgeable people entered in the discussion of...