Flood And Drought Disaster And Rural Society Of Anhui Huaihe River Basin In Republic Of China

In the Republic of China, natural disasters had occured frequently, and thedisaster situation of Huai River in Anhui Province was more serious. Naturaldisasters in Anhui Province including floods, droughts, locusts, earthquakes andpestilence, floods and droughts occupied a top position in various types ofdisasters. The Article takes the modern Republic as the starting point，investigates the influence of the Huaihe River floods and droughts on rural societyand response initiatives of the government, civil society in disaster from asociological perspective，Trying to grasp the relationship between floods anddroughts and rural society, in order to enrich and improve the study of the socialhistory of the RepublicThe first part of the profile introduces overview、characteristics and causes ofthe disasters of the Huaihe River Basin In the Republic of China, the subsequenttwo parts introduce the rural economy and the livelihood situation under theimpact of the of the disaster of Huaihe River, including the concentration of land,price soared, agricultural destruction，deterioration of ecological environment andvictims’poor living，displaced persons，moral anomie，superstition prevalence.Then analysises the rural conflict under disasters, considering conflicts of ruraldisasters including regional conflicts and class conflicts. Finally outlines faminemeasures of the national government, the revolutionary base areas and civilresponse，the national government’s disaster relief had played a certain role, butthe relief famine of the revolutionary base areas and non-governmental forces indisaster is valuable, non-governmental forces had made up the lacking ofgovernment relief to ensure the smooth development of the relief work.