30年前的臺兒莊老船閘

文、圖／楊涌泉

○運河全景。Panorama view of the canal

在這個魯南重鎮(zhèn)，運河帶來經(jīng)濟繁榮，造就了十里港灣不夜城，留下了“京杭大運河僅存的古運河段”月河古道。

○運河船閘。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)廣袤的魯南大地進江蘇入中運河，這就是臺兒莊運河。全長42.5公里的臺兒莊運河，是整個京杭大運河中唯一的一段完全東西流向的河流。在這個魯南重鎮(zhèn)，運河不僅帶來經(jīng)濟繁榮，造就了十里港灣不夜城，留下了“京杭大運河僅存的古運河段”月河古道，同時還親歷了一場對中華民族生死攸關(guān)的大戰(zhàn)。

1985年漫步運河兩岸，我親眼看到了船閘過船的整個過程，于是用鏡頭定格了下來。未曾想，這竟然是永恒的記憶，聽說這個船閘已經(jīng)成為運河水利風(fēng)景區(qū)的一個景點。我無數(shù)次在夢里，回到那個安靜又熟悉的小城……

編輯／郭蓓蓓

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

○開始通行。Begin to pass through.

○船工用竹竿控制船只通過船閘。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….