Study On Water Transportation In Qin And Han Dynasties

During the qin and han dynasties,the transportation industry developed greatly,and the waterway transportation developed rapidly and showed some new characteristics.According to the natural conditions as well as the political and military needs,the central and local governments set up different shipbuilding institutions and gradually formed several major shipbuilding regions based on them.The development of shipbuilding industry is reflected in the significant improvement of shipbuilding technology and the gradual enrichment of ship types.The types of ships can be divided into daily ferries,transports and warships by purpose.At this point the central set of ship management personnel is also gradually perfect,especially in the collation of literature in recent years,see more at about ship officer is recorded in the "in liye",journal of zhangjiashan,etc.,also increase the auxiliary for the literature handed down from ancient times,enrich and deepen the people in the government documents to know about the development of the qin and han dynasties water transportation.In the qin and han dynasties,the inland river navigation developed rapidly,which was mainly manifested in the mutual communication between natural rivers and artificial canals,and the joint construction of a huge inland river navigation system.At that time,the inland water transportation was mainly natural watercourses,and the canal transport of the Yellow River system was the largest and the aorta on which the central government depended for survival.The Yangtze river systemAlthough it was not as large as the Yellow River basin,it had a certain scale,which laid the foundation for the later shift of economic center of gravity.At this time,the artificial canal was also developed to a certain extent,mainly playing a role in assisting the natural river channel,so that all regions are more closely linked.Natural river and artificial canal supplement each other,so that the capital food supplies supply has been greatly guaranteed.Compared with the land transport,the water transport volume is large,saving time and labor,and obviously has more advantages,which lays the foundation for the consolidation and prosperity of the unified country in the future.There were many reasons for the great development of maritime traffic in qin and han dynasties.On the one hand,the emperor had a strong desire to find immortals in the sea;on the other hand,it was for the purpose of expanding political influence and publicizing national prestige.The emperor of qin and han dynasty attached great importance to maritime development,and maritime traffic was greatly developed.In addition,I have mastered a variety of knowledge,such as the changing law of the maritime monsoon,so as to provide guarantee for smooth maritime navigation and promote China's close maritime ties with neighboring regions.On the one hand,he inspected the local people,and on the other hand,he advocated the reasonableness of qin's rule and the virtue and government of the king of qin through the feudalism along the way to make his ruling position more justifiable.However,far from being an established territory,shi huang's strong desire to conquer led him to explore further overseas.Xu fu made his way east to JapanThe great exchanges between Chinese and foreign cultures reflect the trend of the extension and integration of the inland civilization to the Marine civilization,and promote the development of the maritime industry.During the reign of emperor wudi of the han dynasty,the sea route from the south China sea to the Indian Ocean was opened for the first time,which was also the first ocean route of ancient China,marking the formal formation of the "maritime silk road".The south China sea silk road starts from the ports of panyu,hepu and xuwen.The han dynasty began to communicate with Rome and other countries,including the spread of geographical knowledge,the trade of silk and other strange stones and the exchange of gifts,which promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between the east and the west.