20世纪上半叶的拉萨城市面貌研究

文章对拉萨城市面貌、拉萨市政管理机构以及拉萨近代化城市构建的尝试进行了初步分析研究。20世纪上半叶的拉萨经历了西藏历史上城市快速发展的时期,作为传统上的政治和经济以及文化中心,拉萨的经济和商业中心的地位也更加突出。十三世达赖喇嘛实行的“新政,”为拉萨城市功能的发展提供了政策上的支持;第二次世界大战期间,西藏断续作为中国内地物资供给的通道之一,拉萨贸易集散地的重要地位使拉萨商业空前繁荣,为城市发展提供了物质平台,也给市政设施建设带来了机会。

Study on the City Images of Lhasa in the First half of the 20th Century

The essay attempts to do a preliminary analysis of the city images of Lhasa and the municipal management system,and the city's trials in modernization construction in the first half of the 20th Century.The author indicates that in this period Lhasa underwent a great advance in city development in the Tibetan history.As the traditional political and economic and cultural center,Lhasa's function of serving as the economic and commercial center became more prominent.'The New Deal' of the13th Dalai Lama offered the policy support for the development of the urban function in Lhasa.During the Second World War,because Tibet was one of materials supply channels in China,Lhasa became a trading center,which resulted the commerce of Lhasa unprecedentedly prosperous.Thus,the conditions allowed room for urban development in Lhasa,and the city had an opportunity to construct municipal facilities.