Abstract: This essay takes the Jiangnan watery settlement and the Lingnan watery settlement as research objects, and through the comparison of the external nature, humanistic environmental systems and traditional settlement forms between the Jiangnan and Lingnan districts, to reflect the different living cultures of Khanfu Clan and Yuehai Clan, hence reveals the mechanism of how the external comprehensive environment affects the settlement form.

Key words: Khanfu clan, Yuehai clan, Jiangnan watery settlement, Lingnan watery settlement, traditional settlement form

摘要： 本文以江南水乡和岭南水乡传统聚落为研究对象，通过对两地的聚落外部自然人文环境系统的比较和聚落形态系统的比较，反映了广府民系和越海民系居住文化的差异，也能深层次的揭示外部综合环境对于聚落形态和住居模式的作用机制。

关键词: 广府民系, 越海民系, 江南水乡, 岭南水乡, 传统聚落形态