BBC中国故事第二集丝绸之路与中国航船 Part8 唐朝商业都市--扬州

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[00:01.60]the number one city of the Tang Dynasty in trade, Yangzhou.唐朝首屈一指的商业都市--扬州。
[00:22.87]If Xi'an was the centre of the imperial administration, Yangzhou was China's commercial heart.如果说西安是王权统治的中心，扬州就是中国的商贸核心。
[00:31.53]It is the beginning of the industrial south.它是南方工业发展的开端。
[00:37.57]You can still get a feel of the Tang in the core of old Yangzhou.在扬州古城的中心，还能依稀感觉到大唐风貌。
[00:42.75]And the key to the success of the city and to the rise of the south was one of China's great practical achievements, the Grand Canal.也能看到繁荣扬州与南方经济崛起背后的中国史上伟大工程之一--京杭大运河。
[00:59.81]Built at the start of the 600s the canal connected the north and the south with the river routes east and west.运河建于公元六百年初，连接南北，并与东西走向的长江相接。
[01:09.79]And it is still crucial to today's economy.直到今日，它依然发挥着重要的经济作用。
[01:13.64]Originally built 1,500 years ago, Shaobo Lock today handles over 70 million tonnes a year.邵伯船闸始建于一千五百年前，现在每年仍要负责七千万吨的货物吞吐。
[01:22.43]It's an amazing scene. 非常壮观。
[01:24.47]It goes on all through the day, does it? 它全天运作吗？
[01:26.43]Yes, 24 hours a day. 是的，一天24小时不停歇。
[01:28.22]- 24 hours a day! 一天24小时！
[01:29.31]- Yeah. 是的。
[01:29.83]- Wow! 哇！
[01:33.43][01:30.86]It took five million men to build the first section in 605, eventually running north to a small place called Beijing.第一部分建于605年，动用了五百万人手，最终一路向北到达一个小地方--北京。
[01:43.86]And it was built 1,000 years before the Industrial Revolution in Europe.它建成一千年后，欧洲才迎来工业革命。
[01:50.75]On the up is number three and in the middle is number two and behind is number one.顶上是三号闸，中间是二号闸门，后面是一号闸。
[01:59.19]Mainly carrying heavy materials.主要是运输沉重的材料。
[02:02.43]Erm... 哦...
[02:04.78]- Coal. 煤。
[02:05.42]- Coal. 煤。
[02:06.34]- And building materials. 还有建筑材料。
[02:08.19]- Building materials. 建筑材料。
[02:08.91]China is building everywhere! 中国无处不建造！ 
[02:12.77]Fantastic! 太惊人了！
[02:20.66]Just as today, such projects were only possible with a command economy.和今天一样，这样的工程只可能在计划经济下完成。
[02:27.15]And with it, the Tang transformed China. 借助这条运河，唐朝使中国转型。
[02:32.87]In the seventh century the economy boomed.七世纪，经济繁荣起来。
[02:38.45]The canal shipped 165,000 tonnes of grain each year just to feed the new garrisons in the south.运河每年运输十六万五千吨谷物，这还仅仅是供给南方驻军的。
[02:50.76]And standing at the intersection of China's waterways, Yangzhou became a new kind of city.矗立在中国水路交叉口的扬州成为新型城市。
[02:59.70]It's the first sign of the beginning of the modern.它是现代社会的第一缕曙光。
[03:07.98]The city never slept.这是座不夜城。
[03:12.37]It is probably the first large city in history to employ artificial lighting on a grand scale.它可能是史上第一座大面积采用人工照明的大城市。
[03:20.90]Even the barge traffic on the Grand Canal was able to keep moving through the city until well after midnight.甚至大运河上的船只也能在午夜穿越城市。
[03:28.45]So Tang Dynasty Yangzhou was always open for business.所以唐朝的扬州，商业从未断绝。
[03:35.00]And so too, of course, was the entertainment industry, the taverns and music bars and the brothels 娱乐业也是如此：酒肆、乐坊，还有青楼
[03:43.12]described with delicate euphemisms in Tang Dynasty poetry as Yangzhou's "ten miles of summer breeze".唐诗中暧昧地描述为“春风十里扬州路”。
[03:53.12]In the 830s it was all immortalized by the poet Du Mu in a tag which has hung around the city, for all its ups and downs, from that day to this - "the Yangzhou dream".公元9世纪30年代，这个城市有了一个标签，因诗人杜牧而长青。无论兴衰，贯通古今，那就是“扬州梦”。

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BBC中国故事 第二集 丝绸之路与中国航船 Part8 唐朝商业都市--扬州

BBC中国故事第二集丝绸之路与中国航船 Part8 唐朝商业都市--扬州