近代广东四邑地区城镇建设的形态特征

The Morphology of the Cities and Towns in the Sze Yap Area,Canton in Modern China

基于当地商贸经济的持续繁荣,近代广东四邑地区的城镇建设比较先进。以各县城和江门城为代表的中心城市改造普遍采用骑楼街市的形态,形成了均质的城市肌理,发展了繁荣的商业街市;地方中小城镇则普遍采用圩场加骑楼街的形态,以适应农村定期墟市和常日商品供应的要求。中心城市的市政基础设施完备,公共交通发展较快,建设了大量的公共建筑和公园等,构筑了新型的市民公共空间和生活空间,完成了对传统城市空间的分解和重构,反映了四邑近代城市形态深受西方现代城市文明影响的特点。

The constructions of the cities and towns in Sze Yap Area in modern era,were based on the continuous prosperity of their economy from mid Qing Dynasty.A kind of commercial market named arcade was the typical morphology that was used to rebuild the central cities in the movement of municipal improvement,such as Jiangmen,Taishan.The patterns of these cities were changed to be even,different from the traditional ones.Local towns usually had both arcade streets and open market.The most important function of the open market was to provide a space for the peasants and merchants to exchange goods,just like what happened in a primary market.These cities built up inclusive urban facilities,developed public traffic,and built enough public buildings and gardens in the central cities in this era.It was a great step to build modern cities with the decomposition and reconstruction of the traditional cities.