Images of Chongqing City in Literatures and Historical Maps in Early Modern Period
Abstract：City image is an important tool to study the relationship between the behavior of urban resident and urban environment.Maps and texts are among the best medias for the study.Through analyzing the changes of Chongqing city maps in different period from Qing Dynasty to the 1940s,and comparing the urban development process,this paper argues that the traditional city image has much more relationship with entity,meanwhile,the early modern city image is developed with the perception of path heavily.The transformation of image is the consequence and reflection of urban transformation.By reading the city images,landscape and evolution of city culture in the text by Zhang Henshui,Zhu Ziqing,Bing Xin,Si Mayu and others,this paper concludes that the urban form and urban culture of early modern Chongqing has undergone tremendous changes and profound impacts by ＂Xiajing＂ people.＂Chongqing is a small world like Shanghai＂ is becoming a common discourse.
Keywords：historical city mapurban literaturecity imageearly modern Chongqing
Publication Date：2011-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 33-37 )