沙田是珠江三角洲海陆交接地带特殊的地理单元，在人力围垦与自然淤积相互作用下，构成了水网互通、顺水而居、稻作发达的文化景观。通过历史文献、田野调研、历史信息对比等研究方法，发现堤围和聚落是构成沙田文化景观的两个突出要素，呈现空间格局基本保持稳定，要素形态由单一至复杂的发展过程，即为“空间连续、要素变化”的特点，其变迁过程中凝练的生存智慧与生态智慧具有重要的现实意义，另可为有效保护和展示沙田文化景观提供参考。

Shatian is a special geographical area in the sea-land cross area of Pearl River Delta. Through the interaction of human reclamation and natural sedimentation,Shatian develops a cultural landscape of intercommunication of water network,co-habitation with water,and development of rice cultivation.By taking manners of archives review,field work,geographic data collection,and other related methods,this paper unveils that embankments and settlements are the two prominent elements constituting the cultural landscape of Shatian.It is found that the spatial quality of Shatin cultural landscape can be featured as singularity to complexity,characterizing spatial continuity and landscape elements variation. The findings of this paper uncover the ecological living pattern of Shatin,which can provide more academic support to the further conservation of Shatin cultural landscape.

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教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目；广东省普通高校青年创新人才类项目；《广州大典》与广州历史文化研究资助专项。