棉花传入与中国古代人口增长  

The Afference of Cotton and Growth of Population in Ancient China

作　　者：李麦产[1] LI Mai-chan(Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development Research Center,Henan University,Kaifeng 475001,Henan)

机构地区：[1]河南大学黄河文明与可持续发展研究中心

出　　处：《延安大学学报（社会科学版）》2019年第4期109-115,共7页Journal of Yan'an University (Social Sciences Edition)

摘　　要：棉花的传入对中国古代人口有重大的影响和作用。在棉花传入与普及前,中国古代人主要穿麻葛、丝绸、皮裘等,吃黍、稷、菽、麦、稻等五谷。经历一个漫长的传入与推广期之后,棉花极大地改变、改善了中国人的衣着材料之构成,有效增强了他们应对寒冷等不利自然条件的能力,推动了该族群的发展、繁衍与进步。明朝中后期引入中国的玉米及红薯与原来种植的主要谷物一起,协同促进了中国人口在更大基数之上的进一步增加,并最终形成、保持了世界性人口大国的地位。The afference and introduction of cotton has a significant impact on China′s historical population factors.Before the afference of cotton into China,the ancient Chinese people mainly clothed silk,fur,hemp or coarse grass linen,etc.At the same time,they ate rhubarb,millet,beans,wheat,rice and other grains.After a long introduction and promotion period,cotton greatly changed the composition of the Chinese people′s clothing materials,and effectively enhanced their ability to response to cold and other adverse conditions of the nature,which also promoted the development reproduction and progress of them.After the corn and sweet potatoes entering into China in the middle and late Ming Dynasty,collaborated with the original grain types,they promoted the continued growth of the Chinese population on a larger base,and eventually formed and maintained the status of a world-wide country in population.

关 键 词：棉花 中国古代人口 人口增长 

分 类 号：K203[历史地理—历史学]