Traditional local elites'participation in flood disaster governance of the Sangyuanwei in Foshan and its contemporary enlightenment
Previous academic research on Sangyuanwei emphasized its explicit value as a water conservancy project and paid less attention to the decoding and interpretation of its implicit traditional cultural genes.This is precisely the key to answering why Sangyuanwei has lasted for nearly a thousand years and has been passed down to this day.During the Ming and Qing dynasties,the development of Sangyuanwei in Nanhai and Shunde was inseparable from the encirclement and continuous management of traditional rural sages.Rural virtuous forces,represented by Chen Bomin from Jiujiangbao in Nanhai County and Wen Rukuo from Longshanbao in Shunde County,play an active role in water control and grassroots governance.Their water control practice vividly interprets the spiritual values of"people-oriented and benefiting the common people",the grassroots governance concept of"co-discussion,co-governance,co-construction and co-sharing"and the concept of ecological civilization of"harmony between man and nature,harmonious coexistence".In the context of the rural revitalization strategy,fully exploring and activating the cultural genes of traditional rural sages has enlightenment and reference significance for the sustainable development of Sangyuanwei and modern rural governance.
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