近代水利之兴:民国陕西泾惠渠与区域社会经济变迁研究

Jinghui Canal and the Socio-economic Changes of Shaanxi in the Period of the Republic of China

泾惠渠建成于20世纪30年代初,是当时陕西乃至全国第一个大型现代化农田水利工程。泾惠渠建成后产生了广泛的社会经济效益,灌区农业生产、农村经济和社会均有显著进步。与严重旱灾时期的破败景象相比,泾惠渠建成后整个灌区社会经济面貌焕然一新,成为近代农田水利事业影响区域社会经济变迁的典型代表,也成为民国时期部分地区农业生产和农村经济在有利条件下发展进步的例证。

Jinghui canal was built in the early 1930 s.It was the first large-scale modern irrigation and water conservancy project in Shaanxi and even in China at that time.After the completion of Jinghui canal,it has produced a wide range of social and economic benefits.Agricultural production,rural economy and rural society in the irrigation area have made remarkable progress.Compared with the dilapidated scene in the period of severe drought,the social and economic outlook of the whole irrigation area after the completion of Jinghui canal has taken on a new look,which has become a typical representative of the impact of irrigation and water conservancy on regional socio-economic changes,and a case in point of the development and progress of agricultural production and rural economy in some areas under favorable conditions in the period of the Republic of China.