30年前的台儿庄老船闸

文、图／杨涌泉

○运河全景。Panorama view of the canal

在这个鲁南重镇，运河带来经济繁荣，造就了十里港湾不夜城，留下了“京杭大运河仅存的古运河段”月河古道。

○运河船闸。Navigation lock of the canal

○关闸蓄水。Close the navigation lock to retain water.

○集结在船闸中准备通过的船只。Boats prepared to pass through the navigation lock.

从烟波浩淼的微山湖东口，一条蜿蜒曲折的河流迤逦向东，流经广袤的鲁南大地进江苏入中运河，这就是台儿庄运河。全长42.5公里的台儿庄运河，是整个京杭大运河中唯一的一段完全东西流向的河流。在这个鲁南重镇，运河不仅带来经济繁荣，造就了十里港湾不夜城，留下了“京杭大运河仅存的古运河段”月河古道，同时还亲历了一场对中华民族生死攸关的大战。

1985年漫步运河两岸，我亲眼看到了船闸过船的整个过程，于是用镜头定格了下来。未曾想，这竟然是永恒的记忆，听说这个船闸已经成为运河水利风景区的一个景点。我无数次在梦里，回到那个安静又熟悉的小城……

编辑／郭蓓蓓

○船上的妇女和孩童。Women and children on boats.

○开始通行。Begin to pass through.

○船工用竹竿控制船只通过船闸。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….