84 Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

On July 20 19, I went to Beijing and happened to go to the Tongzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal-Cao Yun Wharf. There are greenways on both sides of the canal. One is a stone road by the river, which is suitable for walking. The other road, a little higher, is a relatively flat road paved with cement, which can be used for running and cycling.

Through the reeds of the Millennium, through the banks of the Millennium water transport, all this is attributed to the calm of the river.

20/kloc-in August, 2009, I was in Suzhou, and at 10: 00 pm, I rode my bike to visit Suzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The canal is still busy and ships come and go on the river. These cargo ships come from all over the world, some from Xiaoshan and some from Zhuji. Many cargo ships are carrying sand, and some of them are covered and can't see what it is. The water in the canal is unclear, but it is deep.

On both sides of the river bank, there are people who continue to live in old houses. Old people drink tea, look at willows, listen to the sound of ships and blow the breeze. ......

2065438+August 2008, I went to Shaoxing section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Shaoxing people themselves say, "A history of canal evolution is half the history of Shaoxing development." It shows the importance of the canal to Shaoxing. In other words, the canal laid the historical foundation of Shaoxing.

From 2,500 years ago, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, built and cut through the "ancient waterway in the shadow of a mountain" here, and communicated with it with "Goujian Town" as the capital, which not only achieved his hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, but also made Yue take off for the first time in history. Today, this ancient canal with a history of more than 2,500 years still flows quietly. The old waterway in Yin Shan has been flowing from Shangyu to Shaoxing city, and it flows in every corner of the city. Where there is water, there is a bridge, which makes Shaoxing ancient city "a small bridge with flowing water" poetic.

Time keeps passing. 1993 I actually spent some time in Zhenjiang section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, formerly known as Runzhou, is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River and at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The east-west Yangtze River and the north-south Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal are not only channels for the exchange of materials and commodities, but also channels for cultural exchanges. The unique geographical location where the river meets the river forms the multicultural connotation of Zhenjiang's "North-South integration and East-West integration".

1993, I don't know much about Zhenjiang section of the Grand Canal. Only by watching the news did I know that the length of the river was chosen on the Zhenjiang Grand Canal, and the Danyang section was also on CCTV.

"'You can hear songs on both sides of the strait, but there is no boat shadow in the water. "This is the description of Zhenjiang Canal in ancient poems.

"The grass turns into millet for three thousand miles, and there are a hundred thousand lights." Cha Shen Xing, a poet in Qing Dynasty, left such a poem when he passed through Zhenjiang section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

"Yunyang went to levy, and both sides spared the merchants." Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, passed through Danyang City in the sixth year of Tianbao (AD 747) and wrote "Ding Du defends the Song Dynasty", which became an eternal famous sentence describing the prosperous scene of the Danyang section of the Tang Canal.

"Dixiong Wu Chu Southeast Club, water connects the upper and lower reaches of Jingyang." Yang Weizhen, a poet in Yuan Dynasty, showed in his poem "Multi-view Pagoda" that the rise, development and prosperity of Zhenjiang are closely related to the Yangtze River and canals.

The endless Yangtze River and the endless canal meet in Zhenjiang, giving birth to the ancient city of Zhenjiang with a history of more than 3,000 years.

1995, my classmates and I went to Yangzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Yangzhou section of the Grand Canal is the oldest section of the Grand Canal. In the Tang Dynasty, the shipping of the North-South Grand Canal began to flourish, and Yangzhou became a treasure trove for merchants from all directions. For a time, "Guangling is the place where bells ring, and the wealthy businessmen in dajia move more and more." Jian Zhen's eastward voyage to Japan began in Yangzhou. From 1684 to 100 in 1784, Kangxi and Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River six times, passing through Yangzhou, and stopped in Yangzhou many times.

1995 I'm still at a loss. Yangzhou is just a trip here. It is impossible to perceive that without the ancient canal, there would be no ancient city of Yangzhou; The history of the rise and fall of the ancient canal is also the history of the rise and fall of Yangzhou ancient city.

Only recently, I came across books related to the Grand Canal. Alas, so many canal sections have been taken before. We are also lamenting the courage and knowledge of our ancestors and the culture flowing through the Grand Canal.

Writer Xu said, "In my opinion, if the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are the mother rivers in the innate sense of the Chinese nation, then the Grand Canal can be called our mother river in the acquired sense." It is this mother river the day after tomorrow, scattered in the daily fireworks.

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