Title: The Development of the Grand Canal, West Lake and the Hangzhou City in Ming and Qing Dyasty in Foreigners' View
Abstract: The development of a city will have to require some conditions and the fluent traffic is the important natural factor. The Grand Canal makes it easy to travel from the south to the north, and the West Lake attracts thousands and thousands of travellers, which makes Hangzhou become one of the two cultural and economic centers in the south of the Changjiang River during the Ming and Qing Dynasty. When the foreigners come to Hangzhou, they will look at it in the new and fresh eyes, and their detailed records is the important material to study the development of Hangzhou during those two dynasties. It is one of the scientific method to study the Chinese history through the foreign materials.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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