古代桥梁与社会文化浅谈

The Relationship between Ancient Bridges and Social Culture

古代桥梁是世界文明不可缺少的一部分 ,现代桥梁的结构体系与桥梁型式大都能追溯于此。古代桥梁的发展和取得的成就与当时社会的政治、经济、军事、科学技术、文化等密切相关。古代僧人和西方牧师在古代桥梁建设中作出了积极贡献 ,他们采取收取过桥费来维持桥梁日常养护的做法 ,在今天看来仍具有借鉴和参考价值 ,而古人那种不断探索、不断创新的积极态度 。

The ancient bridges take great places in the world civilization.The structural systems and types of modern bridges can mostly be cast back from them.The development of the ancient bridges is closely related to politics,military expand,social progress,scientific technique and social culture.The contribution made by the monks and clergymen in the development of ancient bridges was discussed for the first time in the paper.The method to accept the travel fee to maintain the bridges has the valuable references yet today.The spirits of incessant exploration and innovation are worth studying and developing also.