流动的运河与江西

The Flowing Canal and Jiangxi

运河是流动的,其本质特征在于“通”而“达”,正是因为运河活态的特质、丰富的功能而使其意义充分释放,外延的拓展远远超越了固有的地理空间,所以理解运河的价值若只是停留在运河所在的空间范围是不够的,它所延伸的意义不可忽视。隋炀帝开凿的隋唐大运河,通过长江、赣江与后来唐代兴建的大庾岭古道连接,形成了中原通往岭南的国道,江西因此成为南北贯通的中轴,推动了江西的迅速崛起。进入宋代,江西人文鼎盛,经贸发达,达到了前所未有的高峰,正是运河之通成就了江西之变。大运河在其南北贯通之后所具有的历史贡献在江西之变的过程中可以得到进一步丰富。江西尚有一个历久弥新的梦想,即实施开凿赣粤、浙赣运河以形成与京广铁路平行的“京广运河”的历史性壮举。当代的大运河文化带建设旨在以大运河深厚的历史文化积淀开启走向未来的新路,这是江西圆运河之梦的契机,期待运河在重续江西辉煌篇章的进程中再次留下浓墨重彩的一笔!

The canal is mobile,and its essential feature is“communication”and“reaching”.It is precisely because of the living characteristics and rich functions of the canal that its significance is fully released,and the extension goes far beyond the inherent geographical space.Therefore,the value of the canal cannot be fully understood if only the spatial scope,where the canal is located,is considered,and its extended significance cannot be ignored.The Sui Tang Grand Canal dug by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was connected through the Yangtze River and Ganjiang River with the Dayuling ancient road built in the Tang Dynasty,forming a national road from the Central Plains to Lingnan.Therefore,Jiangxi became a central axis connecting the north and the south,which promoted the rapid rise of Jiangxi.In the Song Dynasty,Jiangxi had a prosperous culture and developed economy and trade,reaching an unprecedented peak.It was the passage of the canal that made Jiangxi change.The historical contribution of the Grand Canal after its north-south connection can be further enriched in the change of Jiangxi.Jiangxi still has had a long-standing dream,which is to attempt the historic feat of digging the Ganyue and Zhejiang Jiangxi canals to form the“Beijing Guangzhou canal”parallel to the Beijing Guangzhou railway.The construction of the contemporary Grand Canal cultural belt aims to open a new road to the future with the profound historical and cultural accumulation of the Grand Canal.This is an opportunity for Jiangxi to realize the dream of canal.We look forward to the Grand Canal leaving a heavy color again in the process of renewing the brilliant chapter of Jiangxi.