Histoy Of A Small Ferry: The Vicissitude Of Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry In The Past Century On Suzhou Creek

As the mother river of Shanghai,Suzhou Creek naturally divides Shanghai into north and south area. In order to facilitate the life and traffic of the residents of both sides, there used to be about twenty ferries along the Suzhou Creek from late Qing Dynasty to 1997.These ferries have played an irreplaceable role in smoothing the traffic between the two sides of Suzhou Creek. The author focuses the research on Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry, a small ferry located in the west of the downtown and at the border of both Putuo District and Changning District.Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry is the last ferry on Suzhou Creek. The author is going to explores a series of the causes of the development of this ferry and reveal its historical connotation by studying the changes of the boat crossing patterns and the abolishment of the ferry in different periods of time.Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry is the epitome of the vicissitude of Shanghai in the past century, which deduces the continuously metabolism in the process of modernization.Specifically, in addition to introduction and conclusion, this paper consists of four chapters.As the introduction, this part expatiates on the origin of topic selection, the present research status and analysis, research ideas and methods, papers need material.The first chapter of this paper is to comb out the changes of the ferries along the Suzhou Creek and present a historical picture of the vicissitude of ferries during the past century, which serves as a guiding work for detailed representation in the subsequent chapters.The second chapter of this paper mainly discusses Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry turned from a traditional obligatory ferry into a private ferry under the unified management of Shanghai MPUA in the period of the Nanjing National Government. Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry used to be a traditional ferry when it was founded. After Nanjing National Government was founded, Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry has experienced the hardships and difficulties in the standardization of ferry industry by government. It finally became a member of new private ferry. The third chapter of this paper mainly discusses the ups and downs of the private ferry——Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry from the period of Anti-Japanese War till early stage of the People's Republic of China. Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry turned into a desolate waste because of the war, but it was restored in the late ruling period of Anti-Japanese War later stage. After the People's Republic of China was founded, in the promotion of Shanghai Municipal People's Government and Shanghai Association of Ferry, Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry entered into a stable development period.The fourth chapter of this paper mainly discusses the development of Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry from a private ferry into the state-run business until it finally came to an end.After the innovation of the joint public and private ownership of individual enterprises, Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry entered completely into a new state-run era. With the development of the times, the ferry crossing could not longer meet the needs of the people.On December 16,1997, the last ferry——Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry finally completed its historical mission. The ferry industry on Suzhou River came to an end.Conclusion.Through the research of the changes of Qiang-jia-jiao Ferry on Suzhou Creek in the past century, the present study reveals the ferry on Suzhou Creek changed from traditional obligatory ferry to private ferry and changed from private ferry to state-run ferry. The research could provide some useful information for the management and the transportation construction of the city nowadays. The vicissitude of the ferry in the past century is an epitome of the social changes of cities in Shanghai in the 20th century.