The Space-Time Characteristics Study Of Huaiyuan In Ming And Qing Dynasties

Huaiyuan is located in the middle reaches of the Huai River in a long history, Jing Shan and Tu Shan are located on both sides of Huai River, and its historical origins can be traced to the legend of "Dayu period" of four thousand years ago. This article choose Huaiyuan in Ming and Qing Dynasties as the object of study in the perspective of historical geography, observing the changes of main elements of Huaiyuan during this period, which can reflecting the changes of Space-Time characteristics of Huaiyuan in this period. Then based on this study, this article will comb the cultural development of Huaiyuan, and current Dayu Cultural Resources Protection and Development of Huaiyuan, Specially providing a reference for using it. The paper is divided into six parts, which the body is divided into three parts, besides there are introduction before the beginning, and conclusion and appendices in the end.The first part describes the history and the administrative division changes of Huaiyuan, and defined in this study time and study area.The second part choose Huaiyuan in Ming and Qing Dynasties as the object of study in the perspective of historical geography, observing the changes of main elements of Huaiyuan during this period, which can reflecting the changes of Space-Time characteristics of Huaiyuan in this period. The main elements of the city, such as the streets, the buildings of Government, the temples, had been changing by the influence of various factors.The third part is based on the first two parts, and is focusing on the environmental factors which influenced the development of Huaiyuan in this period deeply. And it contains two aspects mainly, natural environmental factors, including topography, climate, natural disasters, which affected the layout and the development of small towns, social factors, specially the war, the population. Through the research it can found that some factors of these can affect the development of the city as the common factors in feudal society, such as:the city’s layout, establishment, etc., but some is the mainly factors which could affect the development of the city significantly, such as:its unique district-bit, multiple disasters, etc. Besides, it provides an Unique path of the development of Huaiyuan.Appendix part of the paper will discuss the cultural development of Huaiyuan and the current of Dayu cultural resources conservation.