Tradition And Transformation-the Weidonghui Institutions In Pearl River Delta (1945-1949)

The agricultural development and the levee construction, management of the pearl river deltabegan in the Ming and qing dynasties.Wei Dong Hui,as Management organization of the leveesystem, gradually formed a certain management practices, and continue until Late Republic ofChina.Since the Republic, with the overall changes of the primary social environment, governmentadministrative authority of the sinking, the official continuously strengthen supervision of theprimary embankments management organizations.The establishment of Wei Dong Hui is still on the preliminary stage, most of which havenot been included in the scope of governmental regulation on the eve of War of Resistance AgainstJapan."Wei Dong Hui" set up gradually from the upper reaches of the coastal plain extends to thecoastal Sha Tin Strip for various reason after the war. The way of establishment of the”Wei DongHui”,Diversified, Or traditional way as a unit, or by primary Administrative Regio. Director alsoshowed diversified. The actual operation of the " Wei Dong Hui ", assume the managementresponsibilities of the gei wai in traditionary way. however, the administrative agencies to assistthe Wai Dong Hui collect funds, and strong implementation of the regulations,has changed thetraditional management model. More importantly, after the end of the war, the GuangdongProvincial Government organized two large-scale dike construction project.In this process, thegovernment’s water management organizations and grass-roots Wai Dong cooperate with eachother, also changed the embankment construction mode.The normal operation of the primary embankments system, grass-roots social power relationsstill need to be coordinated to conform to the interests of villagers in-depth relationships andpsychological identity.