明清时期郑州水患及其治理

水患曾经是郑州历史上最大的自然灾害之一,明清时期尤为严重。它不仅吞噬了无数人口,冲毁大量良田,淹没大批城池和村庄,而且加剧了社会阶级矛盾,成为社会不稳定的重要因素。这一时期郑州地区水患严重,主要是黄河经常决口,降水集中,土质疏松等原因所致。明清政府为此采取了一系列防洪治水措施。这些措施虽有许多缺陷,但对我们今天治水、治河,仍有一定的借鉴意义。

The Study on the Flood of Zhengzhou in Ming and Qing Dynasty

Flood was ever the most serious calamity in the history of Zhengzhou,especially in Ming and Qing Dynasty.Flood did not only swallow innumerable people,destroy a great deal of fertile farmland,and submerge many cities and villages,but also could strengthen social contradiction and was one of important reason of social turbulence.The reasons why flood usually took place in Zhengzhou were frequent burst of Yellow River,concentration of rain,loose soil in Zhengzhou district,etc.Although the measures of preventing flood had a lot of shortcoming,many experiences can still be followed today.