Spatial Transformation of Guoyu Village Settlement in the Qin River Basin from the Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China
The study of historical settlement geography has long neglected the type of settlement space.By adopting the type of settlement space as a research perspective and considering both form and pattern,this study reveals that the Guoyu Village in the Qinhe River Basin experienced three distinct stages:the pioneering period characterized by'living in the west and plotting in the east'from the Hongwu to Wanli period of Ming Dynasty,the extension period marked by'three opposing fortresses'from the Tianqi period of Ming Dynasty to the Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty,and the filling period of'settlement around the fortress'from the middle and late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China.The spatial types of Guoyu village exhibit characteristics of diversity and complexity.Stability factors such as natural environment and cultural environment,and sudden factors like policy and warfare played decisive roles in the evolution of Guoyu Village's settlement spaces.Through a comprehensive analysis of space type,form and pattern as well as the dual application of the spatial model of'plane space+three-dimensional space',this study significantly enriches the research of historical settlement spaces.
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