Study On The City Development Of Kunming In Qing Dynasty

During Qing Dynasty, Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, the urbandevelopment has experienced three historical stages--Beginning : the war,turmoil and preliminary restoration; Medium : a long period of prosperity; Later : the war and early modern transformation.Initially, affected by the farmers wars and "the Riot of the Three Princes ", the urban buildings and construction of Kunming was suffered heavy damage. After the rebellion and the elimination of various separatist forces to split had been put down, the Qing government took effective political and economic measures, making the destroyed city the political, economic recovery in a short period of time and access to the city on the foundation stone.At the beginning of the 18th century, the political and social stability of the background, greeting the Kunming Urban Development's "golden period", maintained prosperity for a longer period of time, the specific features : the enlargement of cities, urban layout from outside the city to expand; increase in the urban population, increased immigration; Kunming in Yunnan cultural center of the establishment. The late Qing, from ancient until the late Qing Dynasty, Kunming Muslims suffered the intifada, foreign capital aggression and the revolutionary impact of the incidents, Urban development is tortuous, with the Kunming city, the city had undergone a qualitative change, closed from the beginning of the traditional remote city in transition to modern cities into the early modern development track. Kunming from the Qing Dynasty to the regional development background, on the one hand, Kunming, Yunnan plateau, because of the unique natural environment and multi-ethnic inhabited southwest location, Kunming city, political, economic, cultural, deeply branded with the national southwest border cities characteristics; On the other hand, from the perspective of their province, Kunming, Yunnan's provincial capital, is certain regional political, economic and cultural center, implementation of the political center, the functions of cities. Yunnan regional environmental situation in the country and the common influence and role, Kunming in the Qing Dynasty, showed the following characteristics: The city layout of Turtle and snake intersection",urban migration and the national characteristics of the multi- nationalities living together , the political city with prominent Consuming feature and the city with deep historical roots of the multi-culture.In short, in the course of the city development of Kunming, the provincial cities of the important status and the southwest border city of Kunming characteristics are main factors affecting the urban development.