从馆藏文物看京汉铁路黄河铁桥的修建

Research on the Construction of the Yellow River Bridge of Peking-Hankow Railway from the Perspective of Cultural Relics in National Museum of China

京汉铁路是晚清纵贯中国南北的一条交通大动脉,其中的黄河铁桥是全路“沟通天堑”的最重要工程,在中国铁路史、中国桥梁工程史上具有十分重要的意义,而留存至今的与该铁桥相关物证亦为我们直观了解桥梁及铁路修筑与发展提供了巨大帮助。中国国家博物馆收藏有两件与京汉铁路黄河铁桥相关的文物,它们在对京汉铁路黄河铁桥的修建进行有力补充的同时,也体现了黄河铁桥在京汉全路中的重要性,为黄河铁桥历史的研究提供了直接证据,并见证了京汉铁路黄河铁桥在中国铁路史及中国桥梁工程史上的重要地位。

Peking-Hankow railway is a major traffic artery running through China in the late Qing Dynasty.The Yellow River bridge is the most important project of"connecting the natural barrier"among it.It is of great significance in the history of both Chinese railway and Chinese bridge engineering.The material evidence related to the bridge has also provided great help for us to intuitively understand the construction and development of bridges and railways.The National Museum of China has two pieces of cultural relics related to the Yellow River bridge of Peking-Hankow railway.They not only effectively supplement the construction process of the bridge,but also reflect the importance of the bridge in the whole construction and provide direct evidence for the study of the history of it.Also,they witness the important position of the bridge of in the history of Chinese railway and Chinese bridge engineering.