开埠以前,天津与同处京杭大运河沿线、同为漕运所经之地的德州、临清、聊城、济宁等城镇间的商品流通,以粮食等为大宗。1860年以后,随着天津、青岛等地开埠通商、漕运废止、津浦等铁路通车和济南城市的发展、青岛城市的崛起,天津与这四个城镇间的商品流通分别以1860年、1911年、1937年为节点,呈现出较为明显的阶段性变化。由于商品流通是城镇间关系的重要体现,而城镇间关系又是城镇体系的重要内容,因此城镇间商品流通格局的变化不仅能够从一个方面展现近代华北城镇体系的变动,而且对当前相关城镇制定其发展战略也有一定的参考价值。 Before the opening of port, Tianjin and the Tongren Grand Canal along with the same, the same as the land of water by the Texas, Linqing, Liaocheng, Jining and other cities between the circulation of commodities, such as food for the bulk. After 1860, with the opening of port trade in Tianjin and Qingdao, the abolition of water transport, the opening of Jinpu Railway and the development of Jinan City, the rise of Qingdao City, the circulation of commodities between Tianjin and the four towns in 1860, 1911 , 1937 as a node, showing a more obvious stage changes. Since the circulation of commodities is an important manifestation of the relationship between cities and towns, and the relationship between cities and towns is an important part of the system of cities and towns, the changes in the patterns of circulation of commodities among cities and towns can not only reflect the changes in the system of cities and towns in modern North China from one aspect, Its development strategy also has some reference value.