Research on the Water Culture of Ziquejie Terrace and how to Protect and Utilize it

Abstract:

The Ziquejie Terrace is one of the earliest cultivated terraces in the world, so it has important theoretical and practical significance to study its water culture for the protection and development. By on-the-spot investigation, interview and literature review, this paper reduces the Ziquejie terraces water culture as follows: efficient use of water resource, consciousness of water resource protection and scientific and reasonable irrigation area planning and management. At present, there are many problems existing in the Ziquejie Terrace area, such as soil and water erosion, runoff reduction and the shortage of irrigation water, environmental disruption caused by tourism development, terraced collapse, water culture facing destruction and other issues. To solve these problems, the paper proposed to study the contradictions between ecological protection and tourism development, between irrigation construction and water culture, and gived protection strategies.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 353-356)
• Pages: 2987-2990
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.353-356.2987
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Jun Deng*, Xu Ming Tan
• Keywords: Protection, Utilization, Water Culture, Ziquejie Terrace

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