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 economic 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 configuration,culture history,etc,from the perspectives of geography and culture.At last,the value of previous commonness about culture and history study,development of tourism and country evolution in further analyzed and discussed.