“重农轻牧”思想与中国北方草地资源的利用

Grassland Use in Northern China and the Concept of "Farming as the Essential"

从分析中国北方草地资源利用中存在的问题入手,引出了这类问题产生的深层次文化根源—“重农轻牧”思想。并指出“重农轻牧”思想作为中国农耕文化的核心部分,长期以来通过影响国家的土地利用政策导向、民众的思想意识以及土地利用行为而导致中国北方草原地区严重的生态环境问题的产生。

According to the problems of grassland use in northern area, its deep cultural root that is the traditional Chinese concept of ＂Farming as the Essential＂ was brought forward. The culture affects land degradation not only through impacting the manner and behavior of land use directly but also through influencing the social economy and natural status indirectly. This paper points out that the concept of ＂Farming as the Essential＂ as the core of land cultivation culture has greatly affected land use during a long period in northern China prairie. This concept has resulted in serious environmental and ecological problems through affecting the policies of national land use, the idea of people and the land use action.