简析清代松江府青浦县的水灾及应对

Flood and Countermeasures of Qingpu County,Songjiang Prefecture in Qing Dynasty

清代,青浦县是松江府重要的农业生产基地,然而这一地区因独特的气候条件与地理、水文因素,其水灾发生频率较高。据统计,整个清代青浦县水灾发生的次数达90次,即平均每4年就发生一次水灾,是青浦地区主要的自然灾害。面对频发的水灾,清政府与民间士绅采取了各种救助措施,如修建仓储、兴修水利、蠲免赈济等。这些防灾救灾措施对纾解灾情、救济灾民起到了一定作用,为今后该地区的防灾减灾工作提供了借鉴。

The Qingpu county was an important agricultural production base of Songjiang Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty.However,the frequency of floods was higher in the Qingpu County,due to its unique climatic conditions,topography and hydrological factors.According to statistics,as one of the most important natural disasters,floods numbered 90 times in total in Qingpu County in the Qing Dynasty,that is,once every four years on average.In response to the damage caused by the floods,the Qing Government and local gentry actively adopted disaster prevention and mitigation measures such as warehousing,water conservancy,clean-up and relief,which played a certain role in relieving the disaster and relieving the victims,which can still enlighten the modern Qingpu people and government in their disaster prevention and mitigation undertaking today.