刍议太行八陉及其历史变迁

A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON THE EIGHT TAIHANG PASSAGES AND THEIR VICISSITUDES IN THE HISTORY

太行八陉是太行山脉的八条自然通道，由南至北依次为轵关陉、太行陉、白陉、滏口陉、井陉、飞孤陉、蒲阴陉、军都陉。历史时期太行八陉以其特殊的地理位置和自然险要起过重要作用。太行八陉是古代战争的必争之地，战争又促进了交通的发展，因而，太行八陉由关隘驿站逐步拓展为今日交通之干线直至高速公路。太行八陉由其地貌型态孕育出来的自然景点，拟以人文色彩，与已开发的名胜古迹相融合，形成有较高价值的旅游、观赏和疗养资源，将这些资源进行科学地规划与开发具有重要意义。

The eight Taihang Passages are natural passages through Taihang Mountains. From south to north , they are in the order of Zhiguan Passage , Taihang Passage , White Passage , Fukou Passage , Jing Passage , Feigu Passage , Puyin Passage , and Jundu Passage successively. In the history , the eight Taihang passages played an improtant role bacause of their special geographical positions and tenable defence positions. From the pre-Qin days to Qing Dynasty , wars broke out constantly here. Although the dynasties shifted rapidly , it was always a anational policy to stabilize the state by rely- ing on the strategical positions of Taihang Mountains and building passes there , According to their locations , the eight Taihang Passages were divided into two groups-four passage. in the north and another four in the south. Before the Song Dynasty , the country 's political centers were distributed in Changan , Luoyang , Kaifeng , and Ye , and at that time occupying the four passages in the south was believed to help ' uniting the states' . Since the Song Dynasty , the politcal center was moved to Beijing and holding another four passages in the north would ' stabilizing the country '. The eight Taihang passages had a prize in ancient wars , and in turn the wars promoted the development of transportation. Therefore , the eight Taihang Passages , the passes and post stations in old days , were changed into today' s main lines of transportation , or even highways. Moreover , the eight Tai- hang Passages are also natural sightes given birth to by their landforms and endowed with human characters. These sights . together with a hundred or so historic sites developed in this area , have become the highly valuable resources of tourism t admiration and recuperation. It is clear that the planning and developing of these resources are of great improtance.