Fenshuidun:A Water Heritage with Traditional Landscape Wisdom
Fenshuidun(water diversion pier)is located at the intersection of artificial and natural river,which is an artificial water conservancy facility built in Jiangnan area in ancient times.It not only has practical functions such as navigation,water blocking and water separation,but also contains rich cultural information such as history and culture,religious beliefs and human settlement concepts.Based on field investigation,social interview,historical literature,historical image retrieval and research,this paper analyzes the overall construction history,spatial distribution,cultural connotation,landscape concept and landscape characteristics of Fenshuidun.It is concluded that the landscape arrangement is good at using the point view method of cleverly creating cultural node,and integrates the borrowing and scene-making methods of"near and far borrowing,climbing and looking far"to create the landscape characteristics of"controlling the water pulse,rising and showing the middle flow,opening the eyes and gathering the scenery".This construction method integrating practical functions with landscape creation reflects the special wisdom of landscape management of Jiangnan water conservancy heritage and ceasing tradition,reflecting the ancient people's overall thinking of landscape management to improve the global landscape pattern of human settlements by coordinating the whole environment and focusing on key areas.This is a supplement to the traditional landscape study object,and has certain reference value to study the traditional landscape concept contained in the water conservancy heritage.
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