京杭大运河与临清城市的人文转变

The Grand Canal and the Humanistic Transformation of Linqing City

京杭大运河的贯通,使临清迅速成为各地商贸滋聚之地。在规模、人口和经济繁荣程度上,临清都是全国性的一流大城市。鳌头矶是临清的一个特殊生长点,是临清最具代表性的地点,同时也是临清人文景观的亮点。它集中展示了临清城市的生命历程,也展示了这个城市的精神本质和作为大都会的文化生命意义。运河强烈地改变着临清人的价值观念、生产价值模式、消费观念,以及日常生活及其审美观念。运河提升了临清的精神结构,使临清深受江南既重利又重文的城市精神的浸染,绝不类于一般北方城市。

The excavation of the Grand Canal made Linqing City the aggregating center of businessmen from all parts of ancient China, and promoted Linqing City to be the national first-grade metropolitan in terms of scale, population, and prosperity. Aotouji, a typical place of humanistic scenes of Linqing City, reveals very well the spiritual features and cultural significance of Linqing City. The Grand Canal has greatly changed the values of residents in Linqing City, significantly reformed the production model, and remarkably transformed the concept of consumption and daily life of residents in Linqing City. Meanwhile, the Grand Canal has promoted the spiritual structure of Linqing City, and has influenced it with urban spirits of cities on the South of the Yangtze River.