马岭关沿革考

Ma Ling Pas History Development

古代关隘关乎王朝的军事与交通,且具有征收赋税的功能,明代为了巩固北方的边防,大修长城,特别是中期以后,陆续在太行山脊修建长城,建立大量关隘。现今太行山保留的关隘,多数为明代修筑。邢台西接太行,东界齐鲁,南带漳卫,为河北之藩蔽,马岭关位于河北邢台县西北约90公里,山西昔阳与和顺交界的太行山山脊分水岭上。在明代,马岭关既是交通枢纽,又是抵御蒙古入侵的重要军事重镇,而在清末,由于皮毛贸易的繁盛,马岭关所发挥的经济作用日益凸显,只是现代交通手段兴起之后,马岭关才逐渐退出历史舞台,马岭关的沿革不仅见证了历史的变迁,更让我们意识到保护、发掘历史遗迹的重要性。

The ancient barriers influence military and transportation of dynasties, and had the function of levy taxes. In order to consolidate the north border, the Ming dynasty rulers repaired the Great Wall, especially in the medium term, they built the Great Wall in the Taihang mountain ridge and established a large number of the passes. Nowadays, most of the passes preserved in taihang mountain were built in Ming dynasty. West to Taihang, east to Shandong, south to Zhang- wei, Xingtai is the barrier of Hebei province. Ma Ling Pass is tocated in the northwest Of Xingtai about 90 kin, the Tai- hang mountain ridge of Shanxi Xiyang and Heshun. In the Ming dynasty, Ma Ling Pass was a transportation hub, and pro- tected important military towns from the Mongol invasions, and in the late Qing dynasty, due to the prosperity of the fur trade, Ma Ling Pass played a growing economic role. Only when the modem transportation means rose, Ma Ling Pass gradually withdrew from the history stage. Ma Ling Pass＇ s development not only witnessed the vicissitudes of history, but more let us aware that the importance of protecting and exploring historical sites.