川西林盘

Advances in Energy Science and Equipment Engineering II – Zhou, Patty & Chen (Eds) © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-71798-5

1 INTRODUCTION

Sichuan is located upstream of the Yangtze River and is home to the Minjiang River, a main river in Sichuan and a tributary to the Yangtze River. The culture of western Sichuan originates from the Minjiang River, naturally descending from the Yangtze River civilization. The origin of the Yangtze River Hydraulic civilization is 1000–2000 years later than the Nile Valley civilizations and Mesopotamia. In 221BC, Ying Zheng, the first empire in Qin dynasty, ended a period of fighting country, which lasted over 250 years and set up the Qin, the first uniform and centralized feudal countries comprising multiple nations. Some large-scale irrigation projects were started in Qin dynasty, such as Zhengguo Canal, ZhangShui Twelve Canal, and Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Designed and built by Li Bing and his son, the Dujiangyan Irrigation System enhanced the connection of Minjiang River and Chengdu Plain to the Yangtze River and changed the natural and social forms of Chengdu Plain, making Chengdu a political, economic, and cultural center in southwest China (Chen, 2011).

Chengdu Plain is located in the Dujiangyan irrigation core area with the Minjiang River flowing into the farmland of the plain, forming a highly networked irrigation system. Located here is Linpan in Chengdu Plain, a unique farming civilization to China and a model of ecological and livable habitation (Duan, 2004). Dating from the ancient Shu period, Linpan typifies early settlements that form a unique rural landscape in Sichuan.

Development through national urbanization has produced changes in the traditional Linpan, both in the number of Linpan quantity and Linpan architecture form. Quantity has been gradually reduced, especially in the second circle layer referring to Wenjiang District, Longquanyi District, Xindu District, Shuangliu County, Pi County, and Qingbaijiang District. Rural residents moving into the town or the rural communities have converted the traditional Linpin into an empty nest. Therefore, it is important to consider the growing demand of farmers of Linpan in western Sichuan for the protection and development of the rural landscape.

2 MATERIALS AND METHODS

2.1 Description of the study area

Chengdu city with a total area of about 12,390 km2 is located in the vicinity of the largest plains in the

Brief discussion on rural landscape design in Chengdu Plain based on the demand investigation of farmers

Jiang Tao, Li Shu

Landscape Architecture, College of Landscape Architecture,611130 Chengdu, China

Li Chunnong

Institut Entwerfen von Stadt und Landschaft, College of Karlsruher Institut für Technologie,76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Li Junzhuo, Fan Luyuan, Chen Qibing

Landscape Architecture, College of Landscape Architecture,611130 Chengdu, China

ABSTRACT:National urbanization construction has presented modern-day challenges to the rural landscape in China. Unprecedented challenges are typified by environmental pollution, farming cultural loss and changing landscape characteristics. The typical rural settlement landscape in Chengdu Plain, Linpan, which has long benefited from Dujiangyan irrigation system founded 2000 years ago, is under the above mentioned threat. Farmers are the heart of Linpan and it makes sense to understand their demand in Linpan protection and development. Therefore, this paper focus es on the existing difficulties of Linpan’s rural community based on the demand of farmers through questionnaire surveys and field investigations, which were conducted in Dujiangyan city, Wenjiang District, Longquanyi District, Xindu District, Shuangliu County, Jintang County, Dayi County, Pengzhou County, Pi County, and Qionglai city as the representative samples in Chengdu city, Sichuan Province. Rural residents were asked to rate personal satisfaction as related to requirements for their rural areas. Results followed indicating priorities on monetary income, living conditions, production conditions ˄traditional or modern˅, and environmental quality. Discovery of these priorities may help develop some design strategies in establishing a balance between conservation and development of the rural landscape.