| The earthquake gives the disaster a huge population casualties and the social wealth loss, but also affect the normal operation of society and development in the history. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there have been three earthquakes occur or spread to the southern of Shanxi province, affected a wide range of casualty population, affected extremely is also profound. This article in formerly in various disciplines research's foundation, from social history angle embarking, the area social change launched the deep research regarding three earthquakes and the southern of Shanxi province during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This will not only help to understand the traditional period of earthquake relief and reconstruction process, moreover is helpful in promulgates the big earthquake to the region society's tremendous role and the influence.At the same time, our research will afford some lessons that merit attention in establishing social security system and carrying out earthquake prevention and alleviation.In the paper, respectively Huaxian earthquake,Linfen earthquake and Pinlu earthquake that three large flat land after the earthquake, the affected the southern of Shanxi province as well as emergency and post-earthquake restoration and other measures discussed. We find the southern of Shanxi province has been damaged by earthquake three times, the state power in post-earthquake relief and reconstruction activities will always be in a dominant position too. Also then, from aspects and so on livelihood economy, region social development and culture, explanation earthquake later local society's part change as well as earthquake to social development effect and potential impact.In the numerous natural disasters, the earthquake seriousness by its immensity, the wide range of influence head of the group of disaster. Especially recent years, in the worldwide frequency of major earthquakes, so focus on exploration and research of earthquakes has been the academic circle's hot spot. In fact, the earthquake takes on the social development course the big event, has the special significance to the region society future development vicissitude. It has not only hindered the step which the region society continues to go forward, but also directly or is affecting society's following development indirectly. |