梦想与符号

如果说1840年以后的相当长时间,中国人是“被迫”在现代化的道路上行进;那么,孙中山先生“今日之世界,非铁道无以立国”的呼吁,则应被看成是现代化的“主动”与“自觉”了。西方人比我们更早地认识到近代工业利器的作用。蒸汽机、电等一系列重大发明包括铁路的大量修筑,其一百年时间里所创造的物质文明超过了人类几千年的努力。清政府内部的洋务运动,激

DREAM AND SYMBOL

As the sculpture of Liberty to USA, Eiffel Tower to France, or Great Wall to China, each country has its own symbolic object or event. The completion of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway also has such symbolic significance as it has brought an end to the history that Tibet, an autonomous region analogous to a province had no access to railway on the territory of China.