钱王射潮传说与10世纪杭州的海塘建设

Abstract:According to the 11th century’s work，the Overall History of the Kingdom of Wu and Yue（《吴越备史》），in the eighth lunar month of the fourth year of the Latter Liang Dynasty’s Kaiping reign（910 A.D.），Qian Liu，the founder of the Kingdom of Wu-Yue，directed the Seawall Project in Hangzhou. For against the great tide of Qiantang River，he ordered five hundred crossbowmen to shoot the tide densely. Soon the tide changed its direction and returned to the sea，so the project was done successfully. In the subsequent eras，Qian Liu had been deified gradually and the Seawall Project became one of his miracles，which was the context of the foregoing historical work. Although the legend of the Seawall Project had been added some elements in later ages，it could be identified as a tale of Taoist，and it was also explainable that the Buddhist monks exaggerated the power of Liuhe Tower against the tide. Taoists also played important roles in Chinese conceptual history of the tide，and the 10th century saw the leap of the seawall building technology，in which Qian Liu was the key person. Qian Liu was also the pioneer in constructing the seawall in Southeast China. The seawall protected the sedentary society in coastal regions，and it also became the guarantee of the transport routes in the port areas.

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