文、圖／楊涌泉

○運(yùn)河全景。Panorama view of the canal

在這個(gè)魯南重鎮(zhèn)，運(yùn)河帶來(lái)經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮，造就了十里港灣不夜城，留下了“京杭大運(yùn)河僅存的古運(yùn)河段”月河古道。

○運(yùn)河船閘。Navigation lock of the canal

○關(guān)閘蓄水。Close the navigation lock to retain water.

○集結(jié)在船閘中準(zhǔn)備通過(guò)的船只。Boats prepared to pass through the navigation lock.

從煙波浩淼的微山湖東口，一條蜿蜒曲折的河流迤邐向東，流經(jīng)廣袤的魯南大地進(jìn)江蘇入中運(yùn)河，這就是臺(tái)兒莊運(yùn)河。全長(zhǎng)42.5公里的臺(tái)兒莊運(yùn)河，是整個(gè)京杭大運(yùn)河中唯一的一段完全東西流向的河流。在這個(gè)魯南重鎮(zhèn)，運(yùn)河不僅帶來(lái)經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮，造就了十里港灣不夜城，留下了“京杭大運(yùn)河僅存的古運(yùn)河段”月河古道，同時(shí)還親歷了一場(chǎng)對(duì)中華民族生死攸關(guān)的大戰(zhàn)。

1985年漫步運(yùn)河兩岸，我親眼看到了船閘過(guò)船的整個(gè)過(guò)程，于是用鏡頭定格了下來(lái)。未曾想，這竟然是永恒的記憶，聽(tīng)說(shuō)這個(gè)船閘已經(jīng)成為運(yùn)河水利風(fēng)景區(qū)的一個(gè)景點(diǎn)。我無(wú)數(shù)次在夢(mèng)里，回到那個(gè)安靜又熟悉的小城……

編輯／郭蓓蓓

○船上的婦女和孩童。Women and children on boats.

○開(kāi)始通行。Begin to pass through.

○船工用竹竿控制船只通過(guò)船閘。Boatmen used bamboo poles to control the boats passing through the navigation lock.

From the east of the mist-covered Weishan Lake, a winding river flows eastwards, and enters the Zhong Canal in Jiangsu by way of the vast land of South Shandong. It is the Taierzhuang Canal. With an overall length of 42.5km, the Taierzhuang Canal is the sole section in the Grand Canal flowing entirely from west to east. When strolling along the canal in 1985, I saw the whole process of ships passing through the navigation lock, and took a picture of it. Unexpectedly, it became an eternal memory. It is said that the navigation loc k has become a n at t rac t ion in the Taierzhuang Canal Water Conservancy Scenic Area. In my dreams, I have returned to that quiet yet familiar town a million times….