FROM A TEMPLE CLUSTER TO A MOUNTAIN TOWN:PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF YUNDING TOWN IN JINTANG,CHENGDU,DURING THE ANTI-MONGOL WAR IN THE SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Taking Yunding Town,one of the Eight Pillar Towns in the anti-Mongol war during the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty,as the research subject,and from the perspectives of urban construction history and military history,this paper reviews the military defense thought of"protecting the people and maintaining the army at the same time"in Sichuan war zone,and explores the impact of the plain town-mountain town structure on the planning and construction of Yunding Town which was transformed from a temple cluster before the war to a defensive mountain town during the war.The paper analyzes the site selection and planning strategy of building a mountain town based on existing temples and local land form,and summarizes the planning and construction experience of Yunding Town in terms of masonry fortification,water supply and drainage system,and road system.This paper will provide a new insight into the planning and construction history and the heritage value of anti-Mongol mountain towns in Sichuan region in the Southern Song Dynasty.
the anti-Mongol mountain townplain town-mountain town structureYunding Townarmy in garrisonmountain templethe fortification wall
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