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西瀛里:
旧时为“迎恩坊”,俗名西营,位于古运河北岸城墙内,弋桥与文亨桥之间。明太祖朱元璋派大将汤和驻守常州,这里是西营所在地,故名。沿街店铺多,因失火,故改名西瀛,取以水克火之意。
自古这里就是常州的经济中心和军事重地,当年这里商贾云集,大运河上檣桅林立、船帆如织,古城上雉蝶蜿蜒,兵士在城墙上荷戈夜巡。元宵灯会、端午龙舟、中秋赏月、桨声灯影,这里是一幅常州版的“清明上河图”。上世纪三十年代这里更是常州人引以为荣的金融一条街,进入二十一世纪,西瀛里又成为莱蒙都会这一超大型的国际商业街区。
京杭大运河开掘于春秋时期,完成于隋朝,繁荣于唐宋,取值于元代,疏通于明清。主要经历三次较大的兴修过程。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。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.