From the poet Hu Ceng's Bianshui.
Whole poem:
Once the long river is opened, it will be nine days of the demise of the Sui Dynasty.
The brocade sail has not fallen, and the dragon boat has not returned.
Interpretation of vernacular Chinese:
The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is like the Yangtze River that rises in one day. Excessive taxes and levies caused the peasant uprising against the Sui Dynasty to break out. The brocade sail of Yang Dinan's Youlong ship has not yet fallen, and uprisings have been in full swing everywhere. I can't help feeling disappointed. When will the Dragon Boat return to Chang 'an? Can't go back, Yang-ti was killed by Yuwen Chengdou.
Extended data:
The Opening Background of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built in the Spring and Autumn Period. After the unification of the world, the Sui Dynasty made a decision to run through the North-South Canal, the motive of which was to strengthen the management of the South. Chang 'an needs to contact rich economic zones to supply food and materials from the south to the north, whether it is the central government, bureaucrats or nobles or the northern border.
At the same time, the long-term partition has hindered the economic exchanges between the North and the South. With the improvement of productivity, economic development urgently requires strengthening economic ties between the North and the South.
From the Sui Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, both the unified regime and the separatist regime paid attention to the dredging and improvement of the canal, and their motives were nothing more than economic, political and military aspects, making full use of the canal to transport water.
Based on the canal, a huge and complicated water transport system was established, which transported materials from all over the country to the capital continuously to maintain the rule of the feudal dynasty.
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