North Street dream

North Street dream

North Street Mengxun is one of the famous scenic spots of West Lake.

Beishan Street starts from Huancheng West Road in the East, Lingyin road in the west, Lixi Lake in the South and Baoshi mountain in the north. It is a historical and cultural block with beautiful landscape as the carrier, historical culture as the soul, modern architecture as the skeleton, and natural and cultural landscape as one. It has a profound history: the former site of Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Bureau records the situation of the Anti Japanese War; the Industrial Museum of the first West Lake Expo reposes Lingyun's ambition of enriching the people and strengthening the country; Qiushui mountain villa interprets the heroic and sad story; Suilu has left the precious "handwriting" of Bajin old man; Bodhi jingshe, Jingyi villa, Baoqing villa, etc. Beishan street is only a thousand meters long, with beautiful scenery and long winding. There are many historical buildings here, which retain the original appearance of simplicity and string together many haunting dreams.

Development history

Zhejiang and Jiangxi

Less than 100 meters west of Beishan street is the Hangzhou Party School of Shanghai Railway Bureau. In the 1930s, it was the former site of Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Bureau. The 946 km Zhejiang Jiangxi line was first built in 1899 and was completed in September 1937 after the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war. According to historical records, in the four months from the opening of Zhejiang Jiangxi railway to the fall of Hangzhou, it transported more than 3.2 million soldiers, 28000 horses, more than 200000 tons of military supplies, guns and ammunition, and millions of refugees retreated to the rear through the railway. Zhejiang Jiangxi railway made great contributions to the Anti Japanese war.

On the Bank of the beautiful West Lake in Hangzhou, there is a humble three story building. A monument tells people that this is the former site of Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Bureau, which has been listed as a key cultural relic in Hangzhou. It recorded an important stage in the development of Zhejiang Jiangxi railway in modern Chinese history. In 1899, the Qing government began to build the Zhuzhou Pingxiang railway to transport Pingxiang coal, which was completed in 1905. In February 1929, in order to develop the economy in the South and west of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang provincial government raised funds to build a railway from Xiaoshan Qiantang River to Jiangxi Yushan. Because of the limited funds, we can only use the method of building and operating at the same time.

In March 1930, the opening ceremony of Hangjiang railway was held in Xiaoshan. It was opened to traffic to Quxian County on November 1, 1933, and completed on November 30.

In March 1934, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, the Ministry of Railways and related banks set up the Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Corporation after the opening of the Hangzhou Jiang railway.

On March 14, the board of directors of the company decided to establish Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Bureau. On May 1, the Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Bureau was set up, and the railway bureau is located on the Bank of the West Lake in Hangzhou. Du Zhenyuan, a famous railway expert in China, serves as director and chief engineer, Hou Jiayuan as deputy director and deputy chief engineer, and Xie Wenlong as deputy director.

After the establishment of the Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Bureau, the Zhejiang Jiangxi line continued to be built westward.

It was built in Nanchang in 1936 and Pingxiang in September 1937. The Pingxiang Zhuzhou section of the railway originally belongs to the Guangdong Han railway, which is under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Bureau by the order of the Ministry of railways. At this time, the Qiantang River Bridge has also been completed, with a total length of 1008 km (including the branch line). Although one end of Zhejiang Jiangxi line is located in Hunan Province, it is still named "Zhejiang Jiangxi line" because most of the sections are located in Zhejiang Province and Jiangxi Province.

The completion of the Zhejiang Jiangxi line connected the Shanghai Hangzhou Ningbo, Nanxun and Han Guangdong railways, which not only promoted the economic development of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, but also played an important role in military affairs. At that time, the Japanese aggressors made a terrible massacre in Nanjing. In order to prevent the Japanese aggressors from invading the south, Mao Yisheng tearfully blew up the Qiantang River Bridge, which was only opened to traffic for 89 days.

According to historical records, in 89 days from the opening of the Zhejiang Jiangxi railway to the destruction of the bridge, more than 3.2 million soldiers, 28000 horses and nearly 200000 tons of military provisions, clothing, guns, ammunition and equipment were transported along the railway.

In addition, all the materials, rails and locomotives retreated from Jinpu, Beijing Shanghai, Shanghai Hangzhou Ningbo, Nanxun and other railways were rushed to the rear through Zhejiang Jiangxi railway. Zhejiang Jiangxi railway made a great contribution in the history of Chinese Anti Japanese war. Du Zhenyuan, director of Zhejiang Jiangxi Railway Bureau

In 1910, he was admitted to Tangshan Road and mining school, with excellent academic performance, and won the honorary title of "feitao Feili society".

In 1920, he entered Cornell University to study for a master's degree. After graduation, he worked as an assistant engineer in the German black railway company. In 1924, he was sent by the Ministry of communications to investigate the railways in Europe and the United States. After returning to China, he served as the director and chief engineer of the railway bureaus in Hangzhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Myanmar and Guangdong. In a short period of more than 20 years, he presided over the construction of four railways and the repair of one railway, with a total length of about 3600 km. Therefore, he was known as "the great builder of Chinese Railways" and "the railway giant after Zhan Tianyou".

Exhibition Profile

Quiet Villa

Built in the 1920s, it is the private residence of Zhang Jingjiang, then chairman of Zhejiang provincial government. The name of "Jingyi" is composed of the names of Zhang Jingjiang and his wife Zhu Yimin. Zhang Jingjiang, whose genealogical name is Zengcheng, also known as Renjie, is from Nanxun Town, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was born in the family of silk merchants in Jiangnan.

In 1902, he went abroad with the minister in France as a commercial counselor in France and began to do business abroad. Since he met Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the forerunner of China's democratic revolution, he began to give economic support. After Chiang Kai Shek established the Nanjing National Government, he presided over the work of the Construction Committee. In his later years, he gradually faded out of politics and turned to Buddhism, so he was also known as "reclining Zen" and the Buddhist name was Zhijie.

He died in New York on September 3, 1950. His life is full of legends. Sun Yat Sen, the founder of the Republic of China, and Chiang Kai Shek, the founder of the Nanjing National Government, have an extraordinary relationship with him. Sun Yat Sen called him the "revolutionary sage". A couplet written by Sun Yat Sen on Zhang Jingjiang is: "three thousand people are drunk with flowers, and forty prefectures are frosted with a sword.". Chiang Kai Shek, on the other hand, called him the "mentor" of the revolution.

Sun Yat Sen died a long time ago. Zhang Jingjiang was about to split in grief. On April 2, Sun Yat Sen's coffin was moved from Central Park to Biyun temple in Xishan. There is a little-known couplet hanging in the niche. It is written by Zhang Jingjiang

Washington, D.C., is the most successful country in the world;

Guquan Zijin Mountain, Lingqi Biyun temple, Diwei Tianzhu, leaving the noble spirit in the world forever.

In the autumn of 1928, Zhang Jingjiang was the chairman of Zhejiang provincial government. Zhang has always followed Dr. Sun Yat Sen's motto of "saving the country through industry" and devoted himself to the cause of national construction with great enthusiasm and energy. Zhang Jingjiang is Chiang Kai Shek's ally brother. Chiang Kai Shek's prosperity is inseparable from Zhang Jingjiang's strong support. After the April 12 counter revolutionary coup in 1927, Zhang Jingjiang, who devoted himself to the national economy and the people's livelihood, was increasingly in conflict with Chiang Kai Shek, who was the dictator of China. Later, he was removed from office in 1930 because of conflicts with Chiang Kai Shek's cronies Chen Guofu and Huang Ying. The contradiction between the two sides is mainly due to their differences on how to develop the country after the founding of the people's Republic of China. Zhang Jingjiang believes that after the establishment of the Nanjing National Government, the main task of the country is to develop the economy. According to Sun Yat Sen's founding strategy, the production destroyed by the revolution will be rebuilt, so that the country will become rich and strong, so as to become a developed capitalist power in the world and get rid of the situation of weak countries being bullied since the Opium War. On the other hand, Chiang Kai Shek wanted to "suppress the Communist Party" wholeheartedly, and then "unify the whole country" by force to establish his dominant position in the country.

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Zhang Jingjiang first stayed away from Hankou, then went to Switzerland and the United States via Hong Kong, and lived in New York. Zhang Jingjiang spent the rest of his life eating fast and praying to Buddha. He died in New York on September 3, 1950.

Zhang Jingjiang was once called "the wonder of the Republic of China" by Dr. Sun Yat Sen. when he was in charge of Zhejiang Province, he devoted himself to revitalizing industry, supported the construction of Zhejiang section of Zhejiang Jiangxi railway and Qiantang River Bridge, etc., and followed the example of "Panama Expo" and held the first "West Lake Expo" in 1929.

The former site of the Industrial Museum of the first West China Expo is the highlight of Beishan street. The beam structure of the former site of the industrial museum adopts the form of industrial architecture with unique style. From the air, it looks like a huge "mouth" character, which is called "mouth hall". The opening ceremony of the first "Western China Expo" was a grand event at that time, with a large number of distinguished guests. Cai Yuanpei, Kong Xiangxi, Lin Sen, Zhu Menglin, Chu Minyi and other important people of the Republic of China attended the grand meeting.

In 1999, the Hangzhou municipal government resumed the annual "West China Expo", which is now the ninth one. In 2003, the former site of the industrial museum was renovated and built into the "West China Expo" Museum, which is open to tourists.

Qiushui Villa

Shi Liangcai, the main writer of Shenbao, built a love nest for his wife Shen Qiushui.

Shi Liangcai (1880-1934), a famous scholar, was born on January 2 in Jiangning County, Jiangsu Province (now Jiangning District, Nanjing). He moved with his father to Sijing Town, Lou County, Songjiang Prefecture. He opened Taihetang pharmacy and was a scholar in the 25th year of Guangxu. After the reform movement of 1898, influenced by the reform thought, he gave up the imperial examination and was admitted to Hangzhou silkworm Academy in the 27th year of Guangxu. During the annual leave, he raised money with local people, founded schools, and organized Jiangsu Academic Affairs Association with Huang Yanpei. In order to oppose the Qing government's borrowing money from foreign powers to build roads and participate in the movement of recovering the right of way, he was the chief writer of the times in the 34th year of Guangxu. After the outbreak of the 1911 Revolution, he participated in the Jiangsu independence movement, responded to the revolution and was elected as a member of the Jiangsu provincial assembly. In the autumn of 1912, at the time of rapid social transformation, Shi Liangcai, 32, was supported by industrialists such as Zhang Jian,

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