Beijing Hangzhou Canal Vicissitude And Liaocheng's Development

Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is a great water conservancy project of ancient China, in the history of our country played a significant role, the current Grand Canal in the ascendant. This paper attempts to collate, analyze historical data, the use of urban history and historical geography of the method, and explore the Ming and Qing Canal and the close relationship between the development of Liaocheng.Liaocheng before the opening of the canal is a purely political and military fortresses, canals developed after the opening of water transport, there's a new situation in the North-South exchanges, led to the development of Liaocheng. This article from the economic, cultural and other aspects of the canal opening and discussed the close relationship between the development of Liaocheng. Liaocheng agriculture, mainly in the Ming and Qing Dynasties to become an important province and the country's cotton-producing regions, cotton is not only transportation but also for the outward development of the local textile industry raw materials. In addition to cotton textile handicraft processing aspects of things, including fruit processing, brewing and willow weaving, gold and silver products, brush making and other crafts processing, which are in the canal opened, the north-south along the canal around the business all the Liaocheng specialty into the country, thereby stimulating the development of commodity economy Liaocheng. There is various services including financial and commercial cities and towns, including Liaocheng also flourished. Meanwhile, the opening of the canal also broke the rule of Confucian culture in Liaocheng situation, the rise of the canal and the business culture greatly developed in Liaocheng, Liaocheng social customs are also changing. With the opening of the canal, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam and other major religions, and some civil religion has spread rapidly along the canal to Liaocheng.This article discusses the canal from various angles smooth the impact of the development of Liaocheng order in today's Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal World Heritage environment, the ancient capital of Liaocheng can make good use of the canal this card, then brilliant.