秦直道建筑探究

Architecture Study: The Straight Path of Qin Dynasty

秦直道作为军事运输工程,主体是道路,其沿线还有关隘、桥梁、阙台、烽燧、城镇、驿站等各类建筑。这些共同架构成直道的立体军事防御网和军需供给网,成为当时南北各民族间经济文化交流、融汇的桥梁和纽带。对直道沿线建筑的研究,有助于揭示其战略地位,也成为确定其走向的有利证据,同时对推动秦汉交通史、军事史、历史地理和丝绸之路等研究都有较大作用。

The straight path of Qin is a military transportation construction. The main function is street, together with passes, bridges, que, beacons, towns, posts and other kinds of buildings. All these construction ele- ments consist the three - dimensional military defense and supply network along the main straight road. The straight has became the bridge and link between the northern and southern national of the economic and cuhural exchanging. The research on these buildings along the straight is useful to understanding its strategic situation. It will also offer clear evidence to determine its geographic orientation. This research has also a great effect on the research of the transportation history, the geographic history of the Qin and Han Dynasties and also the research on the silk road.