唐代武陵民族地区水路交通初探

On the Waterway Transportation in Wuling Minority Region in Tang Dynasty

唐代武陵民族地区水路是该区内部各地域之间以及与外界商贸往来的重要通道,其主要特点是相对发达。表现有三:一是有水路的县数量较多;二是一条水路贯穿数县,水上交通网络稠密;三是水路流经许多州、县的政治经济文化中心。这一特点在宋元明清时期仍得以继承和发展。尽管武陵民族地区水路交通相对发达,但险滩和季节性降水等因素一定程度影响了水路交通的通畅。

In Tang Dynasty ,the waterway transportation was the important channel for Wuling minori‐ty region to contact within and outside their areas .It was well‐developed in the following three aspects ：firstly ,many counties possessed the waterways;secondly ,generally one waterway run through several counties with dense networks;thirdly ,the waterway flowed through the political ,economic and cultural centers of many counties .These features were inherited and developed in Song‐Yuan‐Ming‐Qing Dynasties . However ,rapids and seasonal precipitation were the main factors to affect the fluid of the waterway trans‐portation .