The Historical Change Of Shunde In Ming And Qing Dynasty(1452-1911)

The Pearl River Delta Region is one of the most developed places in China and alsothe densest region of city and town. It is an important development period of citiesand towns in the Pearl River Delta Region in Ming and Qing Dynasty. The researchinto cites and towns in the Pearl River Delta Region have a good for the developmentnow. The Shunde lies in the south of Guangdong, the middle of the plain of PearlRiver Delta. Shunde Town has its own road of development.The urban system of Shunde that set up in1452finally established through thedevelopment in Ming and Qing Dynasty. The establishment of Shunde contributesinto two aspects military defense and the economy development. With the economydevelopment of Shunde in Ming Dynasty, Shunde had a tending of isolating and theindependence of economy.The Shunde in Ming and Qing Dynasty had two dense regions of population. Onewas in Longjiang, Longshan and Ganzu and the other one was in Daliang, Rongqi andGuizhou. The foundation of military of Shunde had being weaken and the economystrengthen. The urban system of Shunde had come to being because of the inner andexterior circumstances of Shunde.Plane layout of Shunde county town had established that the county governmentwas in the center, the administration, military and cultural establishments inside of thecity wall and business and residences region outside of city wall. The internal spatialstructure of Shunde County shaped basically in late Ming Dynasty. The Shunde hadbeen improved in size and integrity in the succession of the basic structure at the sametime in the early Qing Dynasty. The Shunde County’s internal spatial structure hasgreatly changed in late Qing Dynasty. The formation and change of urban internalspace layout had something to the natural topography, want of behavior, economic,development and so.The economy center of Shunde was not in Daliang at first but Longshan andLongjiang. Because the Longshan and Longjiang were the most developed places in along period and its independence had been strengthen. And later Longshan andLongjiang were transcended by Chencun and Daliang because of the change of trafficlocation.