ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT IN HUIZHOU PREFECTURE UPON THE HUIZHOU MERCHANTS AND THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF HUIZHOU LOCAL DWELLINGS
Abstract：From the point of view of cultural-ecology, this paper discusses the influence of Huizhou geographical conditions upon Huizhou trade and the traditional folk house in Huizhou and puts forward some views as follows:1. Commercial activities of Huizhou people originated from the structural maladjustment of products in this region. Narrow and small arable and dense population made folks in Huizhou concentrate on Commerce. 2. Under the control of geographical environment, the trade clique of Huizhou had to transact business on the basis of the surplus and deficiency of products in Huizhou. 3. With mountains closed up, Waterways, such as the Xinanjiang River etc, are main passageways of internal and external trade. 4. Owing to causes of products and market. Huizhou merchants invested beyond this district. 5. The location, land use, material, structure, modelling and decorating of the traditional house in Huizhou are in harmony with natural environment in Huizhou.
黄成林. 试论徽州地理环境对徽商和徽派民居建筑的影响[J]. 人文地理, 1993, 8(4): 57-63.
Huang Chenglin. ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT IN HUIZHOU PREFECTURE UPON THE HUIZHOU MERCHANTS AND THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF HUIZHOU LOCAL DWELLINGS. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 1993, 8(4): 57-63.
