试论春秋时期吴国都城的规划理念

On the Planning Concept of the Capital of Wu Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period

人们一直认为春秋吴国晚期都城吴大城位置在今苏州老城内,有关吴都规划的研究均在此基础上展开。最新考古发现提出“吴大城在今灵岩山侧”。根据这一发现,对吴大城的规划特点、规划理念进行初步探讨,认为其规划设计充分考虑了安全、经济、交通等因素,其规划理念对于我们今天构建苏州最佳人居环境、促进苏州大旅游的发展、提高城市整体的防灾能力、发展水上交通及吴文化的研究等方面都具有十分重要的借鉴作用,并且进一步增强了利用苏州西部山区丰富的自然资源和人文资源促进苏州经济大发展的势头。

It has been traditionally accepted that Wudacheng City—the capital city of Wu Kingdom in the late stage in the Spring and AutumnPeriod was located in the present ancient city of Suzhou and concerned studies on the planning of the capital city are all done on this basis. Ithas been proposed in recent archeological work that the Wudacheng City was located by the side of what is now called Lingyan Hill. The paperdiscusses the planning concept and characteristics of Wudacheng City on the basis of the discovery. It points out that the planning ofWudacheng city had taken into full consideration such factors as safety, economy and traffic, etc. and the planning of Wudacheng City is ofgreat significance to the construction of Suzhous best residential environment, the promotion of the big development of tourism in Suzhou andthe improvement of the citys capacity in fighting disasters, development of traffic on water and the study of the Wu Culture. In addition, it canfurther promote the utilization of the rich natural resources and human resources from the mountainous regions in the western region of Suzhouto push the economic development in Suzhou.[