清末民初铁路与生活观念

清末民初,铁路的出现对中国社会的影响是巨大的,其中生活观念的变化尤其令人注目。铁路的开通使沿线地区人们的时间观念由模糊的时段精确到时点,空间感知由静止向流动转变。随着铁路的延伸,火车渐渐成为人们的普通交通工具＂,少不入川,老不入广＂的传统出行观发生了转变。为了改善生活,谋求发展,人们通过铁路交通来到沿线城市就业,寻求商机。人们的思想观念也由原来的保守、封闭转变为开通、趋新,并以开放的心态来认识和接受新事物、新思想,从而形成一种新的社会关系和平等观念。

Railway and the Sense of Life in the Late Qing Dynasty and Early Republic of China

In the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China,railway arose and had great impact on Chinese society,especially the sense of life.Railway made the sense of time change from something vague to accurate,the sense of space from static to mobile.As railway extended,trains became people's common means of transportation,and people's traditional sense of journey changed as well.In order to improve their life and seek new development,people came to cities by train to get jobs,or explore commercial opportunity...