自然与人文双优的长江文明

Nature-Humanity Double Excellency of the Yangtze River Civilization

长江孕育并滋养了中华文明。长江流域是北纬30度线附近少有的降水丰沛区,兼有丰富的水热资源供应,具备较大的文明发展潜力。国人对长江的径流干道的认识,经历了江汉不分—"岷山导江"—金沙江几个阶段。清代以来,人们又探寻江源,经历了从通天河到布曲,再到沱沱河,直到现在沱沱河和当曲相争的认知过程。长江流域按上、中、下游划分,依次为巴蜀—荆楚—吴越三个大的文化区,它们由不同族群在大致相同的时段创造,并在相互借鉴中共同发展,形成多元共生、和而不同的流域文化特征。最新的考古成果证明,长江流域的文明生发决不晚于黄河流域,她滋养并回护着中华文明,逐渐成为中国经济文化的重心,并引领着中国的现代化进程。如今,长江经济带仍是中国经济发展的龙头,其生态状况切关大局,"共抓大保护,不搞大开发"已成为长江文明建设的新共识。

The Yangtze River nurtures and nourishes the Chinese civilization. The Yangtze River basin is a rare area with abundant precipitation near the 30-degree line of northern latitude. It is also rich in water and heat resources and has great potential for civilization development. Chinese people's understanding of the main runoff road of the Yangtze River has gone through several stages, from mistaking the Han River or Min River as the main runoff, to finally finding the Jinsha River being the right one. Since the Qing Dynasty, people have explored the source of the river and experienced the cognitive process, starting from recognizing the Tongtian River as the source to the Buqu river, the Tuotuo River, till the Dangqu River. Divided into upper, middle and lower reaches, the Yangtze River basin is divided into three major cultural areas:Bashu, Jingchu and Wuyue. These civilizations were created by different ethnic groups in almost the same period and developed together through mutual learning, forming the cultural characteristics of multiplex symbiosis and harmony in diversity. The latest archaeological findings prove that the civilization of the Yangtze River basin is no later than that of the Yellow River basin. It nourishes and protects the Chinese civilization, and gradually becomes the focus of China's economic and cultural development, and leads China's modernization process. The Yangtze River economic belt is still the leading force in China's economic development, and its ecological situation matters. It is a new consensus to make the long-range preservation instead of the large-scale development.