Study on the spatial structures and their transformation of Chinese capitalcities

本研究首先在前人研究的基础上探讨了中国的城市传统，并通过撰写《大元城市：中国首都城市的理念、空间形成与转型》一书来确定研究策略的范围。我讨论了《周礼》中关于中国城市的理想模式，并阐明了规划师和建筑师在设计城市形态时是如何解读文本的。在实地调查的基础上，研究揭示了开封、南京和杭州的转变过程。第三，将研究范围扩大到华南地区，对漳州、福州和泉州三个港口城市进行了实地研究。对店楼和楼的起源和分布的确认是本研究的重要成果。研究成果有助于中国城市史研究领域的发展，也有助于夯实亚洲城市研究的基础。

The study firstly discussed the urban traditions in China based on the previous study and is getting the scope of the research strategy by preparing the book "Da Yuan City: The Idea,Spatial Formation andTransformation of Chinese Capital Cities". I have discussed theidealmodel ofChinese City written in "ZhouLi"(Classical Books) and clarified how the planners and architects interpreted the text in designing the city form. Baed on the fierld surveys, study revealed the transformation process of Kaifeng, Nanging and Hangzhou, secondarily. Thirdly, the reseacher extended the field to the South of China and carried out the field study on three port cities, Zhang zhou, Fuzhou and Quanzhou. The confirmationofthe origin andthe distribution of shop house and Qilou is the important outcome of the study. The results of the study contributes the development in the field of urban history of China and strengthen the base of urban studies of Asian cities.