Research On Some Problems Of Cities And Towns History Of Youjiang District In Qing Dynasty

The cities and towns in Youjiang district is one of the most important component of Guangxi, and the most significant period of it is Qing dynasty.The history of cities and towns in Youjiang district actually is the development history of it. Restricted by the special natural geographical environment, social humanistic environment, late and slow development, cities and towns in Youjiang district is extremely slowly. However, as the land reform and other measures, various kinds of resources in Youjiang district had been exploited. Under the promotion of different factors, the cities and towns in Youjiang district gained a long development in Qing dynasty.The cities and towns in fact shows the power of centre government was went deep into Youjiang district.Take into account the development process of the cities in Youjiang district, it is easily found that how the power of centre government contained the Youjiang district into the ruling system of it.This process also shows the change of power of centre government and power of national minority.Jimi policy, as one of the major measure, the centre government uses it to control the minority area. It plays an important role in the development of cities and towns in Youjiang district. As the boost of the land reform, the centre government gained its development and the cities and towns growed up quickly in Qing. Thus the cities and towns in Youjiang district gained a new period in Qing dynasty.Moreover, because the country was in danger in the late Qing dynasty, as one of the most important border, Youjiang district gained lots of promotion. Finally, it became an important border in the south of this country. Therefore, border areas were quickly developed in this period.The development of Youjiang district in Qing dynasty not only shows on the area of the development of cities and towns, but also shows on the area of the system of cities and towns and the establishment of centre cities and towns. In the earlier period of Qing dynasty, because the centre government was not stronger enough to go deep into Youjiang district which controlled by the powerful minority. Hence, Youjiang district was controlled by Sien prefecture at that time. In the middle age of Qing dynasty, the centre government took back the chieftain’s power on the land. That means the rebuilt of the local power. The officers from centre government controlled the power of local military, financial, revenue, judicial and other powers which used to be controlled by the chieftain. It changes the former administrative systems and ways.Under this background, the political pattern in Youjiang district was changed and a new level of administration began to form.Baise becoming the administration centre of Youjiang district as the rising of it in the late period of Qing dynasty. Therefore, the level of administration systems about cities and towns began to change.The same as the level of administration systems about cities and towns, the local economy system also formed in Qing dynasty.It mainly owns to the stable social environment, the development of long distance of water transport, and the trade of copper and salt in Yunnan and Guangdong district. Based on the above-mentioned factors, an economy system which centers on Youjiang district was formed.Baise also became the centre of Youjiang district as the superior geographical location.Baise became the centre town in Youjiang district as the foundation of the level of administration systems and the economy system.The development of cities and towns in Youjiang district has some prominent characteristic. For instance, the characteristic of diversity and anaclisis during the development.The diversity in Youjiang district mainly reflected in the backwardness of it and the different develop between cities and towns and mountain areas cities, and those cities and towns which belong to the centre government and which belong to the chieftain.The anaclisis in Youjiang distict reflected in that it didn’t formed its own inner impetus, but relied on the policy of the country, outer economy push and the other push from outer cities.