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西仓桥:
西仓桥(广济桥),原本是一座三孔石拱桥,明成化十七年(1447年)修建,长48.25米,宽4.9米,因位于常州西仓街,桥南是(朝廷廒仓)重要粮仓得名。隋唐以来,常州就是皇家转运漕粮的中心,是往来南北两京“贡赋必经之路”,诗人陆游称赞:“苏常熟、天下足”。当时,桥北的西直街、新市路店铺林立,旗幡酒幌迎风招展,人流摩肩接踵,好一派清明上河图景象。
西仓桥是京杭大运河进入常州的第一座大型石拱桥,1987年因运河拓宽疏浚,西仓桥拆除,按照比例缩建于市区东部的舣舟亭与半月岛之间,融亭、岛为一体,桥由南北向改为东西向。
京杭大运河开掘于春秋时期,完成于隋朝,发展于唐宋,取直于元代,疏浚于明清。主要经历了三次较大规模的兴修过程,到隋朝,隋炀帝动用几百万人开凿贯通了大运河。经唐宋发展,在元代形成了沟通海河、黄河、淮河、长江、钱塘江五大水系,贯通南北的交通大动脉。江南的京杭运河犹有古韵,百舸争流,水乡江南。1987年京杭运河常州段进行拓浚,2008年又南移改道。京杭大运河是活着的、流动的重要人类遗产。
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Jiangsu located at Yangtze River, the Huaihe River downstream, shore of Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, north meets Shandong, west continually Anhui, the southeast and Shanghai, Zhejiang border on, is the Yangtse Delta area important component, is situated between the east longitude 116°18 ' -121°57 ', north latitude 30°45 ' - 35°20 ' between. Acquires fame in the Qing Dynasty Jiangning government office and the Soviet state capital two government offices the first character. Is one of Chinese population density highest provinces, the total area 102,600 square kilometers, account for the national total area 1.11%, the continuous nearly 1000 kilometer coastlines are hugging the approximately 9,800,000 Chinese acre gold shallow seas and tidelands. Within the boundaries plain is vast, the land is fertile, the product is rich, the rivers and streams lake is densely covered, in five big fresh water lake's Tai Lake, Hongze Lake recline in this, in the history is known as “the land of plenty” fine reputation, Jiangsu's abbreviation “Soviet” the traditional character is this Italy originally. The Jiangsu history is glorious. Here is the Chinese Wu culture and the Chinese culture birthplace, as early as area Nanjing already was the humanity lives together the place hundreds of thousands of years ago. more than 6000 years ago, nearby nearby Nanjing and Tai Lake as well as Xuzhou and Hongze Lake already presented the primitive village, started the primitive farming production. more than 3000 years ago, Jiangsu bronzeware's smelting and forging, has achieved the very high technical level. 3- the 6th century, Nanjing became south China's economic civilization center. 7- after the 10th century, south the national economical center of gravity moves, has so-called “the world important matter, supinely in southeast” the view, Yangzhou becomes the national liveliest city. A.D. 14- after the mid-17th century, places such as Suzhou, Songjiang District and Nanjing, become the birthplace which our country capitalism germinates. The 19th century end, modern industries and so on silk reeling, spinning and weaving, bread flour, mining coal, in places such as Wuxi, Nantong, Suzhou, Changzhou, Xuzhou emerge one after another. Hereafter, Jiangsu's economy, the social development have been among the best in China.