Research On Spatial Distribution Characteristics And Social Relevancy Of Traditional Village Clusters In Eastern Hubei

The traditional village that are important carriers of traditional culture have rich historical and cultural information.At present,the process of industrialization and urbanization in China has been accelerating,in the period of social transformation,and a large number of traditional villages decline and even disappear in this process,facing the difficulties in survival.Under this background,this research takes 59 traditional villages as the research object of traditional Chinese villages in the eastern Hubei.According to the geographical information of traditional villages in eastern Hubei and relevant historical social data,we firstly use the spatial analysis method,such as the nearest neighbor index,the geographical convergence exponent,the buffer analysis and so on,to explore the characteristics and main influencing factors of the traditional village spatial distribution in eastern Hubei.Secondly,through the establishment of the traditional village social association index system,analyzing the traditional village cluster types,and on this basis further study the structure and characteristics of social relevance network.Thirdly,taking the current situation of the development of social clusters in traditional village clusters as a breakthrough point,researching the development trend and influencing factors.Finally,based on the results of the previous analysis,the paper puts forward some suggestions on the protection and development of traditional villages in eastern Hubei.This research provides conclusions as following:(1)The spatial distribution of traditional villages in eastern Hubei is imbalance and tends to be concentrated.Mainly distributed in Huanggang,Xianning,Huangshi,Xiaogan four Cities of Hubei Province,and in Macheng-Luotian County,Tongshan County,Yangxin County,Xiaochang County-Dawu County,the formation of traditional village agglomeration area;due to natural factors,mainly distributed in the low mountains and hills,below 300 meters above sea level,most villages near the water distribution.The formation and distribution of traditional villages were influenced by the social and humanistic environment.More than two-thirds of the villages are located in areas with poor transportation accessibility,backward economic development,and low urbanization level.Most of the traditional villages in in eastern Hubei Province began in the Ming and Qing dynasties.It is closely related to the immigration movement of "Jiangxi filled in Huguang and Huguang filled in Sichuan" in history.(2)The social relevancy of traditional villages in eastern Hubei is mainly divided into three types:the relation of geography,the connection of human and the relation of cultural context.Among them,there are three main cluster structures under the geographic relevancy that Macheng cluster,Luotian cluster and Tongshan-Yangxin cluster,and three main cluster structures are formed under the connection of human,namely,Hongan-Dawu cluster,Luotian-Macheng cluster and Tongshan-Yangxin cluster,Huanggang cluster group and Yangxin cluster are formed under the cultural context,traditional village social association as a whole formed two total clusters,respectively Huanggang cluster and Xianning-Huangshi cluster.The social relevancy of the traditional village clusters in eastern Hubei are based on the geographical relations,and the relationship of the cultural context cluster is the closest,and the different types of cluster also have social relevancy in space.(3)The traditional villages have a slow development of modern society and a relatively low level of social and economic polarization in eastern Hubei.The traditional villages clusters are still dominated by traditional social relevancy.The social relevancy development of village clusters is mainly influenced by natural environment,government behavior,social and economic conditions and so on.The social relevancy of traditional villages present the trend of reverse development and the correlations are resolved.(4)The protection and development of traditional villages in eastern Hubei can be based on the spatial distribution characteristics of the traditional villages,and the types of social relevancy of the village clusters,combining with the local geographical features and cultural background,taking appropriate protection measures to excavate its internal culture and connection,protecting the traditional villages in groups,enhancing the cohesion of village and promoting the cluster-type development.