唐代城市群发展过程中的经济因素

唐代基本农区经济的繁荣为城市群的形成和发展提供了坚实后盾和有利条件,使得唐城市群由中心向四周迅速扩散,南方经济的崛起带动了江南城市数量的大幅上升、城市地位的显著提高。值得注意的是,由于受到中国封建政治因素的重重重压,经济纽带因素在唐代城市群发展过程中举步维艰,但客观上其作用却日益凸现,并不以人的意志为转移。

Economic Factors Underlying the Blossom of Tang City Groups

The prosperous agriculture of Tang Dynasty laid a solid foundation for the formation and development of the city groups,and enabled them a rapid expansion.The Booming commerce in southern China brought its cities a vast increase in number and a prominent rise in status.One noteworthy fact is that though the economy developed quite slowly due to the feudal and political reasons during that period,it showed inexhaustible vitality.