洛阳与隋唐大运河

The Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties with Luoyang City

隋唐大运河是以洛阳为中心,沟通海河、黄河、淮河、长江、钱塘江五大水系,全长2千多公里的大运河。其开凿对于隋唐时期政治、经济、文化交流、维护全国统一和中央集权起了不可估量的历史作用。本文分析了洛阳的地理环境、建都史略、水运基础、隋唐大运河开凿的历史背景和由其开凿而促进的隋唐时期洛阳政治、经济、文化中心位置的形成,以及中晚唐时期受战争、通航条件、气候、灌溉和漕运制度改革等因素的影响,使洛阳逐渐远离了中心位置。

The Sui and Tang Dynasties grand canal was more than two thousands kilometers as the center of Luoyang , and connected the five river systems like the Hal river, the Yellow fiver , the Huai river, the Yangtse fiver and the Qiantang fiver. It has important historical function for the politics, economic, culture and maintenance of national unity. This article researches the geographical environment, the history of building capital, the foundation of water carriage and the reason of Louyang losing the center position due to the war, the condition of navigation, the climate and the Caoyun system reformation.