元末明初全国范围内的城市建设,是一次大规模的建城运动,是继元代受到外来文化影响之后的对中国传统文化的一次回归与重建过程。明代从都城到不同等级地方城市及边防或海防卫所的建造数量之多是历代所不曾见的,而明代对新建或既有城池用砖石进行的大规模甃砌,在数量与规模上既超越了其前的历朝历代,也是其后的清代所不可比拟的。而明代按照行政区划并分等级地分布与建造的城市也形成了清代及晚近城市与地方城镇的前身与基础。本文对这一建城运动的历史及动因进行了分析,并为这一课题的深入研究,提出了一个引子。 The construction of cities in the whole country from the late Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty is a large-scale city-building movement. It is a return and reconstruction of traditional Chinese culture after the Yuan Dynasty was affected by foreign cultures. Ming dynasty from the capital to different levels of local cities and border or sea defense clinics, the number of construction is not seen in any previous generation, and the Ming Dynasty on the new or existing urban masonry masonry, both in quantity and size both Beyond the previous dynasties dynasties, but also after the unparalleled Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty in accordance with the administrative divisions and the hierarchical distribution and construction of the city also formed in the Qing Dynasty and the late cities and local towns predecessor and foundation. This paper analyzes the history and motivation of this city-building movement and puts forward a primer for the further study of this issue.