Brief introduction to the cultural characteristics of Wuhan wharf

The wharf culture in Wuhan has experienced the long-term development stages of natural economy, commodity economy, planned economy and modern market economy. Traditional dock culture is the product of multi-cultural interaction and integration, which not only contains the characteristics of China traditional culture and local Jingchu culture, but also bears the traces of modern western culture.

The function of the terminal is distribution and circulation, and the city is the product of distribution and circulation. The development of Wuhan city is closely related to the rise and fall of Wuhan docks. Wuhan Wharf can be roughly divided into three development stages.

With the expansion of water transport scale, the port areas on both sides of the Hanshui River can no longer meet the needs, and the docks began to develop to the banks of Wuchang River. People dug an artificial river in Tangjiao (near the third floor of Wuchang today) outside the gate of Vu Thang in the north of Wuchang, and named it Xinhe, which was dedicated to berthing salt boats from Xiajiang. "Salt boats parked in the river often stretch for more than ten miles." The scene is spectacular. This is the first big stage of the development of Wuhan Wharf, which is defined as "the era of inland river economy".

The development course of Wuhan Wharf for hundreds of years is not only the change and expansion of geography and its radiation range, but also the development track of Wuhan's gradual transformation from inland to ocean and from inward-oriented economy to export-oriented economy. The corresponding dock culture has gradually changed from conservative to open, and each transformation has had a far-reaching impact on urban development.