清末新疆雨泽奏报制度研究

The late Qing Dynasty’s Rain Report System

清末新疆建省后实行雨泽奏报制度,各级官吏将地方雨泽信息层层上报,使中央及时、准确、全面地获取新疆地方雨旱等农情信息,对新疆经济发展和社会稳定起到重要作用,有效加强了清代朝廷对边疆地区的统治。

After the establishment of Xinjiang province in the late Qing Dynasty, society tended to be stable and agriculture has restored and developed. Fallowing that, a local agricultural information reporting system mainly based on rain, harvest and grain prices was implemented. The weather forecasters of the county and the unified county political districts recorded day-by-day weather and the amount of rainfall(snowfall), etc. The senior political districts only made general reports to the emperor. Officials at all levels must report the local rain(snow) information step-by-step regularly. During the New Deal period, a weather statistical table was added to enable the central government to obtain timely information on agricultural condition like rain, drought in Xinjiang province. It played an important role in Xinjiang’s economic development and social stability, effectively strengthening the Qing court’s rule over the frontier areas.