明清华北运河城市变迁研究——以馆陶县为例

The Research of the Canal Cities’ Change of the North China in Ming and Qing Dynasties:Take Guantao County as an Example

明清时期的馆陶县是华北一座典型的运河城市,其境内的河工、商业、漕运、区域社会的发展都受到了运河的影响.运河促进了馆陶在明清时期政治、经济、商业地位的提高,同时导致了严重的水患与灾荒问题.与临清、济宁这样的大型商业码头不同,馆陶更多代表的是华北运河沿岸一般性的县级行政单位,其兴衰具有普遍性的意义与特征.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guantao county was a typical North canal city. The territory of the river engineering, commerce, transportation, local society were influenced by the canal. The canal promoted the political, economic and commercial status of Guantao in the Ming and Qing dynasties. At the same time it’s trapped by flood and famine. Different from Linqing,Jining these large commercial wharf, Guantao was more representative of the ordinary administrative units at the county level along the canal in the North China. Its significance and characteristics of rise and declination were typical of the canal cities in the North China.