黄河中游古代瘟疫与环境变化的关系及其对城市发展影响研究

Studies on the Relationship Between Environmental Changes and Plague Occurrence in Ancient and Its Influence on Urban Development in Middle Reaches of Yellow River

通过对地方灾害史料和疫病专著资料的整理收集,统计出黄河中游近2000年来共发生了140多次瘟疫。通过深入的分析,表明瘟疫发生与气候变化和环境以及自然灾害之间有显著的关系。从长期来看,在气候恶化时期瘟疫发生频率较高;尤其是在气候异常变化、旱涝灾害频繁出现时最容易发生瘟疫;从一年之内来看,春夏季是瘟疫多发的时期。况且,瘟疫在人口集中的城市最容易发生,它对城市发展造成很大的影响。

There were a total of nearly 140 times of plagues occurred in recent 2000 years in middle reaches ot Yellow River through statistics of local historical disaster data collection and relating information. It is showed that there was a significant relationship between the plague occurrences and the local climate changes and natural disasters. In the long term, the plagues occurred more frequently in the deteriorative climate period; Particularly in the unusual climate such as drought and flood, disasters occurred most frequently; In one year, spring and summer were plague -prone period. Moreover, the urban population was the most vulnerable by plague. So the plague occurrences had a great impact on local urban development in middle reaches Of Yellow River.