Research On Military Settlements Along The Qi Great Wall

The military settlement along the Qi Great Wall as an important component of awhole has a wealth of Qilu cultural connotation and distinctive military characteristics.Many villages due to historical, political, economic and also many other reasons havebeen damaged or even disappear, so that the research on this particular type ofsettlements to be the missing link in the study of history of building settlements.Researches on the Military settlement aligned along the Qi Great Wall are animportant supplement and interpreting to the architectural and historical phenomenon.The researches have larger theoretical significance and practical necessity for theoverall protection of the Great Wall.In this paper, a comprehensive interdisciplinary research method will be adopted,the history, geography, archeology, military, urban and rural planning science,architecture, humanities and social sciences disciplines are to be combined tocomplete the research. Meanwhile, on-the-spot investigation and document analysis,macro synthesis and microscopic analysis, qualitative research and quantitativeresearch, and inductive and deductive method are all to be integrated. First, this paperclarifies the Qi military defense system in the period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty(Spring and Autumn warring state) by learning from historical documents, combinedwith the field research and contemporary archaeological research.Second,throughconsulting and collecting the ancient historical documents and local records, by meansof a national survey on cultural relics and archaeological achievements, integratedusing of resources over the network and on-site research, historical maps, GoogleMap processing means and methods, all of above will be conducted to systematicallystudy the passes of formation aligned along the history of the evolution of thesettlement of the military along the Great Wall military town and Fortresses,classification the settlements and the spatial distribution of the form and shape of themilitary settlement, which will align to better protection of the Great Wall itself alongthe military settlement related to the historical relics and the utilization of thedevelopment.The innovation of the paper is mainly reflected in the following points: The systematic summarizes on the defense constitutes and defense facilities specific layoutof EastZhou Qi system of military; reveals the rules of the spatial distribution ofmilitary settlement along the Qi Great Wall; systematically bring together the GreatWall of military settlement, making up for its lack of graphic and data; depth analysisand summarizes the form and shape characteristics of the military settlements alongthe Qi Great Wall.