The Visage Of Irrigation Works In Chenggu Country From Ming Dynasty To The Period Of The Republic Of China

Water conservancy is always a great invent to Chinese traditional society.In an agricultural society,the equality of drainage,expanding water is not only connected with every water consumer s'adventage,but also related with an districal econormy development. Chenggu country is in the east of Hanzhong basin,there are many water systems in the churchyard, I found some stones impressed characters conserved in water conservancy institution, we can see an landscape of how the grassroots community running by reading the charactors.We can found the leader of producing irrigation works is not the same person who give money.This kind of status is related with centralization of state power,and it is another annotation of swing in control policy,for example the case of using water put up an complicated relation between government official and civilian.They sometimes work together to repair the channel,and sometimes they may make roughhouse,this is a mirror feedback of national politics in grassroots community. Grassroots society is a community formated with the ligament of water,there are many kinds of irrigational organization in this benefit circle,the status of country gentleman is not be substituted,they arbitrate the bother of using water,and take charge repair work every year,and collect multitude'oppinion,they predominate much capital,their liberty is stronger than feudal official . Authority of manage irrigation work gradually move down to civilian,at the meanwhile,the feudal official try their best to restrict the authority of country gentleman,and retract the power of manage irrigation work.Irragation society in Chenggu country is also a water spirit adoring community,you can see adoration of Dragon king every where, this kind of belief make the community become more close.Country gentlemen rebuild system of belief,this not only a innovation in inspirit civilization,but also a revelation of their strength in running the grassroot community.The tenet in this article is to recover former appearance about management of irrigation work in Chenggu ,and strive to reproduce configuration, skeleton and prospect of countryside,we can understand and build great history through study particular history consequently.