武昌城墙变迁与武昌城市发展的关联性研究

Research on the Correlation Between the Transition of Wuchang Ancient City Walls and the Urban Development of Wuchang

城墙作为城市的门户,体现了城市政治、经济、文化的综合发展水平。同时,城墙也是城市的边界,划定了城市的范围,展现了城市的体量与形态;而城市的发展也推动了城墙规模、技术及设施的更迭。本文选取作为我国中部地区重要的政治与商贸口岸城市——武昌城为研究对象,探讨它从作为军事要塞的夏口城,到地区政治经济文化中心的武昌城,这个过程中其城墙变迁与城市发展的关联作用。武昌城市发展使城墙向外扩张,并与山川地貌有机结合。城墙的形态也引导了城市空间的布局,从城门延伸的街道形成了空间的骨架,这些贯通城内外的街道在今天仍是城市干道所在地。城市经济与功能的发展也是推动武昌城墙变迁的有力因素,城墙的存续状态一定程度上体现了城市经济社会的整体实力。武昌城墙拆除后,在其基址上筑环城马路,与现代城市融合发展。

Serving as the gateway of a city,the city wall embodies the comprehensive development of the politics,economy and culture of a city.Meanwhile,city walls are also the city boundaries,which restrict the range of the city,and embody urban volume and morphology.City development also leads to changes in size,technology and facilities of the walls.As vital political and commercial port cities in Central part of China,Wuchang was selected as the research object.This paper discusses the correlation between city wall transition and urban development of Wuchang in the process that the city develops from a military castle to a regional political,economic and cultural center.The urban development of Wuchang made the city walls extend outward,and dynamically integrate to the mountains and rivers.The shape of the city wall also leads the layout of urban space,with the streets extending from the city gate to form the skeleton of urban space.These streets running both inside and outside are still the main roads of the city today.The development of city economy and function is also a powerful factor to promote the transformation of Wuchang city wall.To some extent,the city wall’s survival status reflects the overall strength of the city economy and society.After the demolition of the city wall in Wuchang,a road around the city was built on its site to integrate with the development of the modern city.