铁路对近代中国社会文化的影响

The Influence of the Railway to Modern Chinese Society and Culture

铁路作为近代西方工业文明的成果之一,被西方列强引入中国。中国社会对铁路的认识经历了由拒绝到接受再到积极兴办的过程。而铁路在中国的艰难发展也促进了中国社会的进步,对中国的传统观念及社会风尚产生了缓慢而积极的影响。

The railway,as the modern western industrial civilization,was introduced into China by the Western Powers.The realization of the railway in Chinese society had experienced the course from refusing to acceptance and further from acceptance to construction actively.However,the hard development of the railway in the modern Chinese society contributed to the improvement of the Chinese social culture.Furthermore,it had an slow and positive influence on the notion of Chinese traditional culture and social fashion.