Taierzhuang ancient canal

Taierzhuang canal is a bend of Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, with a total length of 42.5 km. This section of the river is high in the West and low in the East, with a large drop, so that eight locks have been set up in the waterway less than a hundred miles away. As a result, a large number of ships and goods from the South and North gathered in Taierzhuang to wait for the lock. The river was full of ships and masts. Due to the long detention time, a large number of merchants left the ship and landed, Gathering in Taierzhuang, this unknown village soon became a well-known dry and flood wharf and an important commercial town, presenting a prosperous scene of "merchants meandering, fishing and fire in a river, singing for ten miles, and never going out at night".

Taierzhuang canal is known as the "living canal". Because the ancient streets are well preserved and full of life flavor, it really has a sense of returning to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The world tourism organization calls it the "only cultural heritage of the Qing Dynasty" of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Taierzhuang ancient canal

Taierzhuang canal, known as the "living canal", was left when the Taierzhuang section of Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal was changed outside the city in 1959, with a total length of 3 kilometers. Because the ancient streets are well preserved and full of life atmosphere, it really feels like going back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The world tourism organization calls them the "only cultural heritage of the Qing Dynasty" of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal.

geographical position

brief introduction

From the east entrance of the vast Weishan Lake, a winding river meanders eastward, flows through the vast land of southern Shandong, into Jiangsu and into the Grand Canal, which is the Taierzhuang canal. The 42.5-kilometer-long Tai'erzhuang canal is the only section of the entire Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal that flows completely from east to west. In this important town in southern Shandong, the canal not only brought economic prosperity, created a ten mile harbor never night city, left behind "the only ancient section of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal" Yuehe ancient road, but also experienced a vital war against the Chinese nation.

Taierzhuang canal

Known as the "living canal", its historical style is really comparable to other places. It was left in 1959 when the Tai'erzhuang section of the Grand Canal was diverted outside the city, with a total length of 3 kilometers. As the ancient streets are well preserved and full of life atmosphere, it really feels like going back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The world tourism organization called it "the only remaining cultural heritage of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal" in the Qing Dynasty. Danish tourism expert Peterson said: "this is what the Grand Canal of China I dream of looking like. "

Historical changes

From Beijing in the north to Hangzhou in the south, the Grand Canal is the longest ancient canal in the world. When talking about the Grand Canal, people often think that it runs through the north and south of the river, straight to and from. In fact, it is not. From the east entrance of the vast Weishan Lake, the winding canal meanders eastward, flows through the vast land of southern Shandong, enters Jiangsu and enters the central canal. This section is the Taierzhuang canal in Zaozhuang, Shandong. It is the only section of the whole Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal that flows completely from east to west.

The Tai'erzhuang canal was once a great achievement of several major diversion projects of the Beijing Hangzhou canal. However, in the late Qing Dynasty, 300 years after the Taierzhuang canal flourished, the canal was in disrepair due to the fatigued government, and the water transportation was interrupted. Since then, the Tai'erzhuang canal has become a flood corridor, which has affected both sides of the Strait.

After the founding of new China, Taierzhuang canal shipping industry ushered in recovery. Since October 1956, 110000 migrant workers from four counties in Southwest Shandong Province have been excavating and harnessing the Yijia River in three phases. Later, using the Yijia River system, the state invested in the construction of Taierzhuang control lock and Taierzhuang ship lock in 1972, and built Liuzhuang control lock and Liuzhuang ship lock on the Yijia River, as well as ports and docks such as Lizhuang, Liuzhuang and huashanzi In 1996, the construction of the Beijing Hangzhou canal, which lasted four years and invested 1.2 billion yuan, was completed, bringing the 42.5 km main waterway of the Taierzhuang canal up to class III standard The "golden waterway", which used to be well-known in the past, has been reborn and has become a veritable "trunk line of wealth".

Nowadays, ships carrying coal, sand, building materials and other materials are like "long dragons" flowing from the waterway to the north and south of the river After 60 years of great changes, the Tai'erzhuang canal has grown from a waterway with only 10 shippers, 174 wooden sailboats and no professional port to a "golden waterway" and a "national cultural model waterway" with four comprehensive ports and 1000 ton ships throughout the year. The shuttle like ships reflect the economic development along the line. Here, it not only creates a beautiful city with ten li harbor, but also brings vitality and vigor to the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal.

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Current situation of the canal

Taierzhuang canal

Along the North Bank of the ancient road, some ancient streets, such as Shunhe street, Yuehe street and T-shaped street, as well as the two sides of the bank are still intact. The original Ming and Qing ancient shops, ancient dwellings, and the ancient docks on the bank are the oldest with a history of more than 500 years. These streets, alleys and ancient houses are built along the river with ingenious layout. From a distance, they are uneven, winding and well arranged. What is rare is that the folk customs of the ancient streets are still simple, and the residents still keep the living habits and rhythm of a hundred years ago. This is probably the case with "living history". On the Yuehe street, where the architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties is the most concentrated, the ancient road is snaking along the edge of bluestone paved road and pebble. However, there are heavy buildings on both sides of the street, the horse head walls are scattered high and low, and the head is high and the sky is high. It has both the stability of northern architecture and the dexterity of Jiangnan architecture. A close look at the shop facing the street and the courtyard facing the canal not only conforms to the favorable location and people, but also has the commercial characteristics of fast-paced, convenient and practical. The tuojia wharf, Yujia wharf, wanggongqiao wharf and 400000 wharf, which still exist along the ancient Yunhe River, are all built of bluestone with bright steps, from which we can see the prosperity of that year. On the South Bank of the ancient canal road, there are still a large area of ancient villages. They are all thatched cottages, mud walls and grass roofs. They are simple and quiet, and live in seclusion among towering ancient trees. In the Qing Dynasty, chastity archways, Xinglong bridges, mosques and other monuments and relics are scattered everywhere

Zhonghetang, a time-honored drugstore on T-shaped street, can not only serve as a witness of the canal's economic prosperity, but also a representative of Taierzhuang's peaceful business climate. The existing two-story drug shop was built in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, there were six pharmacies with the same name as the health hall, Renshou hall, rongshou hall, Baoshou hall, Taishan hall and Yisheng hall, which mainly sold traditional Chinese medicine and also treated patients. Since its opening, Zhonghe Tang has been full of customers. The purpose of the drugstore is to sell good medicine and not make money. Everyone has a legend that "Zhonghe Tang's medicine is good.". The prosperous business of Zhonghe Tang is also related to its service attitude. The couplet on both sides of the store reads: "Zhongzheng intends to accumulate virtue deeply, cultivate spirit peacefully and make money widely. "Accumulating virtue to make money" is the way of Zhonghe Tang's management. Unfortunately, most of the pharmacies at that time were destroyed in the Taierzhuang war.

Red Canal

In modern history, Taierzhuang is a name made of blood. In March 1938, the fifth and tenth elite divisions of the Japanese invading army attacked Taierzhuang separately and jointly. General Li Zongren, commander of the fifth theater of the Chinese army, ordered the three divisions of sun Lianzhong division of the second group army to deploy along the canal. With the advantage of weapons, the Japanese army invaded the city, and the two sides then launched a fierce street battle. The Japanese army once occupied two-thirds of the city. The Japanese news media declared: "Taierzhuang has been occupied by our army, and the sun flag has been flying in the wind in Taierzhuang. "

Commander in Chief Sun Lianzhong made an emergency call to General Li Zongren: "the second group army has lost seven tenths of its casualties Could the chief agree to withdraw to the South Bank of the canal temporarily, so that the second group army can keep some seeds. "Li Zongren sternly ordered sun Lianzhong:" we have a bloody battle in Taierzhuang for a week. The winning or losing will be decided by the last five minutes. Reinforcements will arrive at noon tomorrow, and I will also supervise the battle in Taierzhuang tomorrow morning. You must stay till the dawn of tomorrow. If you disobey, you should be a soldier. "Sun Lianzhong gave up the idea of retreating and decided to stick to it. He called Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st division, the city commander, and said, "we're going to use flesh and blood to fill in the enemy's artillery fire. When the soldiers finish fighting, you fill in. If you fill in, my commander-in-chief will fill in. Anyone who dares to mention the River will be killed. "On April 3, the battle became white hot, and the Japanese attacked the Chinese garrison positions in an all-round way. In an emergency, Chifeng City said to the whole division: "Taierzhuang is the tomb of the whole division! Even the remaining soldiers and soldiers should hold their positions. No one is allowed to retreat. Violators will be severely punished! "He ordered the engineers to blow up the floating bridge of the canal, break the bridge and fight back.

In the area of less than 10 square kilometers, the enemy and US fought for 16 days. The beautiful canal town was full of houses and walls, and corpses were everywhere. The Japanese helmets blocked the water flow of the canal, and the wooden handle fragments of grenades were more than an inch thick. The canal water was dyed red. The Chinese Army annihilated more than 10000 enemy troops and won the great victory in Taierzhuang at the cost of 30000.

The Grand Canal is undoubtedly its best witness. In fact, who knows how many bloodbath, killing and death have occurred on both sides of the canal since its opening? It is an unchangeable truth that hatred and war only bring death and destruction. But in today's world, peace and prosperity is still just a dream.

The canal is speechless. When I visited the war memorial hall and Li Zongren historical materials hall by the Tai'erzhuang canal, I couldn't help asking myself: if the spirit and integrity of an ancient nation still need to be inspired and returned by such an inhuman killing, is it worth proud or reflection?

Address: South of Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province

Longitude: 117.73193629151

Latitude: 34.55491120295

Tel: 0632-6621295

Tour time: 30 minutes

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