元明时期嘉湖地区的河网、圩田与市镇

River net, wei fields and towns in Jiaxing and Huzhou area in Yuan and Ming dynasties

元明时期嘉湖地区的河网分化非常明显,四面运河的封闭使水流保持相对平衡。围田的发展使水面破碎化。随着河网增多,圩田进一步变小,桑基农业大量出现。在河网发育的基础上,低地地区出现了江南的市镇走廊。市镇激活物流,推动了植桑的发展,并使市镇附近的旱地升值。桑基农业或桑基鱼塘与市镇经济相联系,生态系统的持续能力大大提高,支持了明清时期江南的繁荣。

In Yuan and Ming dynasties, River net differentiation in Jiaxing and Huzhou area is very apparent, the closing of the canal all around keep the relative water balance. The development of the wei fields made the water fragmentation happened. As more river networks, the scale of Wei fields further decreasing, Mulberry basis agriculture appeared in large numbers.