The Research On Development Of Canal And Kaifeng City During Tang And Song Dyansties

In this paper, mainly from the perspective of historical geography, Research form Sui Dynasty since opened up to the Grand Canal to the Northern Song Dynasty, the relationship between Chinese ancient Kaifeng city development and the development of the canal .After the opening of the Grand Canal Sui, Kaifeng city because of its unique geographical location in order to access the development opportunities, However, based on the feudal rulers of the policy factor, Kaifeng city had not been taken seriously.To the Tang Dynasty, the situation had changed.After An-Shi Rebellion, the China s economic center began to move south.As a result, Jiangnan s rapid economic development, Because in the late Tang dynasty many military governors established separatist regimes Tang central government had to rely on financial of Jiangnan region, in the canal central connecting the north-south Kaifeng city started to attach great importance by Tang dynasty government, but also attracted a variety of forces at the time of the scramble for Kaifeng city. Many troops and Jiangnan's finance given the inflow of population had attracted the convergence of these are beneficial in Kaifeng city construction and economic development.Wudai period, almost all of its rulers used of Kaifeng city as the capital because it was in the center of the canal and close to Jiangnan region. As soon as started Kaifeng's urbanization advancement in Kaifeng, Kaifeng become north China political economic and cultural center, the process of development to the Northern Song Dynasty to the peak. Northern Song Dynasty established the capital in Kaifeng was entirely dependent on the role of the canal, the canal is the Northern Song Dynasty time as the center.Canal greatly promoted the comprehensive development of Kaifeng, becoming the country's political economic and cultural center, had become an unusual lively metropolis in the world. Late Northern Song Dynasty, because of its political corruption, the canal losted its function, could not effectively put China's political center, military and economic center linking, resulting in the decline and fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Kaifeng City, also with the Canal blockage devastated. Chinese ancient city was a diversified development model, its determinants had the ecological environment, technical, economic, political, military and so on. Inspected the Tang Song time canal development with the Kaifeng urban development history, it can be seen from the canal opened for an unknown small town developed into a busy city has been a decisive role.