江南水乡古镇的共性特征及其价值分析——以太湖流域六大古镇为例

江南水乡古镇凭借独具魅力的吴越文化和水乡风情，在近年来的旅游开发中显示出巨大的经济效益和社会效益．本文在全面剖析太湖流域古镇概况的基础上，以六大古镇为例，重点从自然地脉和历史文脉两个层面展开研究，得出古镇在形成类型、地域分布、空间结构、文化承载、人文生态等方面存在共性特征，并进一步分析了这些共性特征在历史文化研究、旅游开发和社会主义新农村建设方面的现实价值．

A study of ancient town in Jiangnan from the commonness and value——Six ancient towns in Taihu River Basin

Depending on the attractive sceneries and culture of water country, many ancient towns gained huge eco- nomic and social benefits by the development of their tourism in the previous years. Based on the general situation of ancient towns located in the drainage area of the Tai lake, and by taking the Six ancient towns for instance, the ancient towns have been found to have something in common in their form type, terrain distribution, space configu- ration, culture history, etc, from the perspectives of geography and culture. At last, the value of previous common- ness about culture and history study, development of tourism and country evolution in further analyzed and discussed.