The Research On Wuchang City In The Qing Dynasty

The administration central city is main form of Chinese city in the ancient times , three-level administrative machinery of prefecture of mark of local Qing dynasty province county, the scale of the city development was restraint by the administration grade , at the same time, the administration grade also decided the range covered by city influence. There are eighteen provinces in the whole nation in the Qing dynasty, which composd the city's main body frame in the Qing dynasty.Wuchang was three-level prefecture of province county regime location in the Qing dynasty , there were a lot of feudal government office and culture, education organization, it was the politics, culture and education centre in central China and Wuhan area. As the traditional administration centre,the Wuchang politics factor permeated to each links such as economy, culture and society. Its politics, culture and education function were stronger in the Qing dynasty, the feudal government office organization had increased, the education system was formed completely in the modern times.Wuchang did not form relatively independent industry and commerce all along in the Qing dynasty , in. traditional society it clinged tightly to the bureaucrat regime, commerce trade gived first place to the articles of luxury that the bureaucrat nobleman consumed; before modern times it was deeply affected by politics factor. The level of industry and commerce development at the modern times had great relation with the political support, so economic growth had fought the notable politics brand.The development of Wuchang is different from great majority of Chinese administration central cities , it is not the monomer city that develops to the outside, but with the Yangtse River opposite banks of Hankou , Han Yang to form the dyadic group regiment city body. And while Wuchang develops gradually, Han Yang , Hankou grow vigorous gradually. With the good environment , Hankou developed rapidly in Ming and Qing Dynasty period , the commerce and trade developed extraordinarily, and was praised for one of 4-big Qing dynasty towns, while with the politics intensifying, Wuchang's economy function shifted toward Hankou, then Wuchang and Hankou formed natural division on politics and economy, Han Yang at this time developed into a heavy industry location in the modern times. Since restricting of traffic , three towns could only develop independent relatively . With transportation progress, the exchange of politics, economy and culture among the three towns became more frequently, function complementation reinforces. They marched from relative independence to an integral whole , and made a basis for the Wuhan metropolis establishment.By studying the Wuchang city development in the Qing dynasty, we can not only show the original face that Wuchang political, economy and culture, but also can supply modern Wuhan development with a reference.