The Formation And Development Of Modern Hankow Racecourse On The Shape Of The City

With the opening of the Hankow in 1861,foreigners take Western lifestyle and entertainment to Hankow,The racing course became a leading trend,Hankow became the famous racecourse center in China.It is a special type of building as a product of times,from its emergence.development..decline to extinction,reflecting the social.economic.cultural.technical and other factors.In the process of development,the racecourse is not only a simple function of entertainment,but also include the complex social function,the prevalence of horse racing has an important influence on the social life,value orientation,consumer attitudes etc.This paper expounds the background and prevailing reasons of the modern racecourse in Wuhan,and summarizes the characteristics of the modern Hankow in order to further reveal its characteristics : The Particularity and Universality of Urban Modernization.This paper systematically combs the historical evolution of the modern racecourse,establishes the function evolution relationship between the modern racecourse and the urban public space,compares the evolution process of the three racetrack fields,and makes the similarities and differences.This paper analyzes the influence mechanism of the modern racecourse in Wuhan and the social events,the government policy and the characteristics of the spatial scale of the material,and clarifies the historical value of the modern racecourse and reveals the universal law of the development of the racecourse.Through the analysis and research of the historical map,the paper analyzes the influence of the modern racecourse on the urban form of Wuhan,especially the aspects of the external expansion of the urban space,and the effective mechanism of the racecourse and the new center of the city has been clarified.The impact of the racecourse on the public space and the social life form is also illuminated,which anticipates to give some inspiration on site selection,design,management and long-term planning of the racecourse nowadays.