浅析晚清交通的发展和社会心理的变化

Traffic Development and Changes in Societal Mentality in the Last Phase of the Qing Dynasty

在晚清动荡而复杂的环境中,社会的方方面面都受其影响而发生了变化,其中属于物质文化的交通的发展则比较深刻。交通的发展不是一个孤立的过程,它和社会心理的变化紧密地联系在一起。交通的发展不是一帆风顺的。西式交通工具最初传入中国受到了很大的抵触,但随着社会的发展和对西式交通工具认识的深化,人们逐渐认同并接受了西式交通工具,而这一认识的变化也使交通的发展有了更宽松的社会环境,促进了交通工具的发展。二者是一个互动的过程。

In the last phase of the Qing dynasty, the society witnessed many drastic changes. The development of traffic was an outstanding instance. It was inseparably connected with societal mentality. The new mode of traffic was not successful at the beginning because it received a flat refusal. With the development of society and deepening of people's understanding of the western vehicles, people gradually accepted new fashioned vehicles. This change eventually accelerated the development of traffic.