The Protection Consciousness and Measures of Government Officials and Civilians in Huizhou in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Zhou Haiyan
Abstract：On the basis of related collected works, local chronicles, travel notes as well as genealogy, etc, a re?search has been carried out on protection-awareness and measures of living environment of government officials and civilians in Huizhou during Ming and Qing Dynasty. The results show that government officials and civilians in Hui Zhou has taken measures to protect natural resources such as trees and forests, as well as mountains and entrance and exit of currents, and also tourist attractions, such as Yellow Mountain and Qi Yun Mountain, etc. It has, on the one hand, manifested the cultural traditions of Huizhou like the belief of Feng Shui, and also the re?spect of ancestors, on the other hand, displayed their traveling ethics of respecting nature and developing harmo?niously. Besides, it has also showed from another perspective that as the economy develops, the increasingly in?tense of the relationship between people and lands as well as people's eagerness for benefit, it is undeniable that the natural environment in Hui Zhou has already become worse and worse.
Keywords：Ming and Qing DynastyHuizhouliving environmentprotection
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 72-75 )