Research On The Comparison Between The Village Cluster Areas Of Southeast Shanxi And South Anhui

Southeast Shanxi and South Anhui are taken as the research scope of this paper.By using the methods of literature research,geographical division,contrast analysis,qualitative analysis and so on,the author analyze the elements in the both two village cluster areas first and summarize their overall characteristics before compare them as well as draw a conclusion from the physical geography and the cultural geography factors.The physical geography factors like altitude and hydrographic net has a strong effect when it comes to the aspect of village’s distribution.The 235 national traditional villages in Southeast Shanxi tend to distribute in Zezhou Basin and Changzhi Basin,a majority of which can be dated back to the years before Yuan dynasty.In South Anhui,over 90% of the 367 national traditional villages are located in Huangshan and Xuancheng,the cities of which belong to ancient Huizhou.Similarly,most of the villages there are also found occurring from the years before Yuan dynasty.In the aspect of village’s arrangement,the two areas have the analogous evaluation criteria for village environment owing to the influence of the physical geography and the cultural geography factors.However,the different regional culture and historical events also lead to their respective unique features.In terms of building system,the physical geography factors impact the material selection,the structure selection and the building interval,while the cultural geography factors mainly decide the combination forms,the architectural appearance and the architectural details.