太平天国运动对扬州衰落的影响

太平天国运动对以扬州为代表的传统工商业城市在近代以来的衰落有着重要影响.太平天国运动使得扬州彻底丧失了运河的交通优势,阻断了长江航运,从而打击了两淮盐业和其它商业部门,战乱严重破坏了城市本身,对扬州城中资本最为雄厚的徽商打击巨大,还成为上海崛起的契机,造就了扬州衰落的外部原因.太平天国运动成为扬州走向衰落的重要转折点.

The Influence of the Taiping Rebellion on the Decline of Yangzhou

The Taiping Rebellion has great influence on the declining of some cities of traditional industry and commerce represented by Yangzhou.The rebellion deprived Yangzhou of its advantage of canal transport,blocked up the Yangtze shipping,and brought a heavy blow to the salt industry and other commercial departments.The conflict seriously damaged the city itself,gave a huge blow to the Huizhou businessmen who had abundant capital and contributed to the declining of Yangzhou,but at the same time brought up the moment for Shanghai to be on the rise.The movement became one of the important forces to drive Yangzhou to decline.