明清时期长江水运与沿岸城镇的互动发展——以松溉古镇为例

The Interactive Development of Yangtze River Water Transport and the Coastal Towns During the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Take Songji Town as an Example

水运和松溉古镇组成了一个互为依托的系统,两者相互推动,互为影响。水运的畅通影响松溉古镇的政治、经济和文化的演变,支持着古镇的繁荣;而松溉古镇本身也是水运畅通的前提,明清时期随着古镇地位的提升和城镇规模的扩大,古镇从以往被动地适应水运的发展到逐渐主动地适应和协调,人们开始利用水资源,在遵循自然规律的前提下进行改造,以达到古镇和水运的同步发展。

Water transport and the town of Songji formed a mutual dependence on each other. Smooth water transport boosted the prosperity of the ancient town of Songji ; and on the other hand, Songji town itself is the premise of water flow. In a word, the development of the town was synchonized with people＇ s growing awareness of the best ways to understand, transform and utilize water transport.