Shizi Street

Shizi Street

Shizi street is located in the ancient city of Suzhou. It starts from the gate of Suzhou University in the East, passes Wangxing bridge in the west, crosses Fenghuang street and Wusan Road, and runs north to Renmin Road at Yinma bridge. It is connected with Daoqian Street on the west side of the road. It was originally connected by three streets: tiancizhuang to the east of Wangxing bridge, mingyanqian from Wangxing bridge to Fenghuang street, and Shizi street from Fenghuang street to Renmin Road. In 1966, it was collectively known as Hongqi East Road. In 1980, it was renamed today and is still in use today.

geographical position

Shizi Street starts from the main gate (West Gate) of Suzhou University in the East, passes Wangxing bridge in the west, crosses Fenghuang street and wu30 Road, and ends at Renmin Road (north of Yinma bridge), opposite Daoqian street in the west of Renmin Road.

Place name allusion

As a folk saying goes, "ten trees are planted in front of Taiping Department". Shizi street in Suzhou is the qianheng street of the old government offices (Prince Wu Cheng and Pingjiang government office). It is also said that ten trees were planted on the street, so it is named. Shizi street used to be three connected streets. The east of Wangxing bridge is called tiancizhuang, the section from Wangxing bridge to Fenghuang street is called yanyaqian, and the section from Fenghuang street to Renmin Street is called Shizi street. Since the "Cultural Revolution" in 1966, it has been called Hongqi East Road. It was changed to its present name in 1980.

Tianci village was named jiangjiaxiang in ancient times. Han Yong, the right servant of the Ministry of war in the Ming Dynasty, built Fengxi thatched cottage here, also known as tiancizhuang. The place was then called hanyaqian. In the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, it was named Tianci village. In the late Qing Dynasty, the American Methodist Church came here to establish Soochow University, Boxi hospital, and St. John's church.

Yanya was formerly known as jiqingsi lane. In the Ming Dynasty, it was the hometown of Yan Na, a great scholar.

Shizi street is named for its ancient catalpa trees. The ancients took Zi as the head of a hundred trees and called it the king of trees. The governor of Jizhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty should be honest, upright and selfless, and he should believe in rewards and punishments. After the event, his mother was filial. It is said that catalpa trees were born in the hall, so there is a saying that "the prefect should plant ten catalpa trees in front of the office.". This street is located in front of Zicheng official office in ancient times, so it has this name.

Historical relics

There are many former residences of celebrities in this street in modern times. The most famous are the former residences of Chen wangshanji, the president of Boxi hospital, Chen Wuming, an expert in pediatrics, Gu Tinglong, a publisher and director of Shanghai Library, Yu Zicai, a landscape painter, and Huang Moshe, a writer.

Reconstruction history

In the Republic of China, the street was only 3 meters wide. In 1950, it was rebuilt as elastic stone pavement. In 1964, it was widened to 9-11 meters, and asphalt pavement was paved. The west section of wu30 road was widened to 30 meters in 1989, and the section from wu30 road to Fenghuang street was widened to 30 meters in 1999.

Address: Shizi street, Canglang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.6324310327

Latitude: 31.30216407759

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