明代城市砖石城墙修筑的时空过程

The spatiotemporal process of masonry city walls built in the Ming dynasty

明以前中国南北地区的筑城方式存在差异,东南地区的城市多修筑砖石城墙,北方地区的城市多筑夯土城墙。明初砖石城墙的分布范围大规模扩散,与明军的筑城习惯和战争进程密切相关。明代中后期大规模建造砖石城墙的活动,与边疆和内地屡次爆发的战乱有关。以往将明代城市大量修筑砖石城墙的原因归结于火器使用的看法,是一种较为片面的解释。

Before the Ming dynasty, the north of China and the south of China had different ways for the construction of cities. Cities in the southeast of China usually built masonry city walls while cities in the north of China usually built earth city walls. The popularity of masonry city walls in the early Ming dynasty was mainly related toits army＇s fortification habits and the course of wars. The large-scale construction of masonry city walls in the middle and later Ming dynasty was related to the repeated out- break of wars in the border areas as well as in the mainland. The use of firearms as the major reason for the construction of numerous masonry walls in the Ming dynasty in the previous studies is quite partial.