Lianyungang old street

Lianyungang old street

Lianyungang old street is located in Lianyun street, Lianyun District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, also known as "Lianyun old street" and "Lianyun ancient town". It is one of the four old streets (Haizhou ancient city, Minzhu Road Cultural Street, Lianyungang old street, and Nancheng Liuchao Street) in the historical development of Lianyungang City. Since the founding of Lianyungang in 1933, Laojie has been managed by the government of the Republic of China, occupied by the Japanese invaders and liberated in 1948. The special geographical features of the stone houses in the mountain city and the time marks left by different historical stages have formed a stone town with certain natural characteristics and cultural accumulation.

In 2013, Lianyungang Municipal Party committee and municipal government agreed to the specific plan for the construction of old streets with the characteristics of "the starting point of land bridge, the port of Laoyao, the stone city of mountain and sea, and the mixture of Chinese and Western". The reconstructed old street of Lianyungang integrates the charm of the Republic of China, traditional folk civilization, waterfront bar civilization, fashionable boutique shopping and sea view leisure and vacation. It is a seaside stone street with unique characteristics of mountain and sea port city.

Introduction to old street

Lianyungang old street, formerly known as Laoyao, is also known as "Lianyun old street" and "Lianyun ancient town". It used to be a small fishing village near the Yellow coast and at the foot of Yuntai mountain. People settled here more than 1000 years ago. In ancient times, it was the place where prisoners were exiled to burn kilns, so it was called the old kiln. After 1935, with the eastward movement of Lianyungang coastline

In 1933, the port was moved to Laoyao, where a port named "Lianyun" appeared. At that time, Liao qiujie, director of Longhai Railway Bureau, thought that the port would still be called laoyaotaitu after it was completed. He took the first words from Liandao in the north of the port and Yuntaishan in the south to spell "Lianyungang". Later, he met Wang Gongyu, the then county magistrate, on the train passing Suqian. After discussion, they reached a consensus and then published it in the newspaper.

Dr. Sun Yat Sen listed the "Haizhou" port as the second of the four second-class harbors urgently needed to be built in China in the general plan for the founding of the people's Republic of China. In 1933, Dr. Sun Yat Sen's grand idea began to be implemented in the old kiln and Lianyun old street. After the construction of the port, the small fishing village gradually became lively, and gradually formed Lianyun old street. This old town covers an area of 370000 square meters, but it has gone through the vicissitudes of the Dutch port construction, the Republic of China city construction, the Japanese occupation and the war of liberation. The buildings of the Republic of China, such as "guochengli building complex", "Shanghai Hotel", "Zhu's residence in strait lane", "Lianyungang people's cinema" and "the former site of Lianyungang railway station", are full of Chinese and Western characteristics, which can be seen in the past. In particular, the "guochengli complex" built by the Dutch when they built the port is full of exotic customs. The Japanese invasion of China, the battle to defend Lianyungang, the uprising of the third regiment of the Kuomintang umbrella army, the uprising of the Kuomintang Huang'an warship, Lin Zexu and Lianyungang, Sun Yat Sen and Lianyungang, Wan Yi and Lianyungang, Gu Mu and Lianyungang, Zhang Zhenhan and Lianyungang, although Lianyun is small, there are many stories. This is not only the starting point of the east section of Longhai railway across China, but also the location of Lianyungang port, an important port in China's coastal navel. It used to be the birthplace of Lianyun City, the seat of Lianyun District Party committee and government, the political, administrative, economic and cultural center of Lianyun District, Lianyungang City, and the starting point of East Longhai line. It is also the first town at the east bridgehead of the new Eurasian Continental Bridge, witnessing the start of Dagang and becoming the birthplace of a 100 million ton port.

Historical evolution

In the past 100 years of Chinese history, the situation is changeable and numerous. Under the background of Chinese history, Lianyungang has its own unique history. According to the history of Lianyungang port construction and the historical background of China, the history of modern Lianyungang can be divided into three stages

Before the establishment of the port in 1933; after the establishment of the port in 1933 - 1949; after liberation in 1949.

The first stage: before 1933

In history, Lianyungang has long been a good port in the east of China. Its predecessor, qugang port in Haizhou, began to communicate with Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka and other countries in the Qin and Han Dynasties. It is known as "the first journey of the sea route" and "the maritime silk Road". In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Qu port of Haizhou could communicate with inland waters and open seas, connecting Dengzhou, Rongzhou, Jiaozhou, Yantai in the north, Thailand, Jiang and Xi in the South; in the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it became the "imperial port" of the imperial court, setting up a customs and collecting marine cargo tax. In 1668, an earthquake of magnitude 8 occurred in Haizhou, the city collapsed, the sea water retreated 30 miles, and qugang was abandoned.

In 1905, Dapu in Xinpu area was opened as a commercial port in Haizhou. In February 1921, Dapu officially opened to the outside world under the name of "Haizhou Branch of Jiaotong customs". On July 1, 1925, the Xuhai section of Longhai railway was opened to traffic to Xinpu and Dapu. After years of construction, Dapu port has five wharves (located outside the seawall at the west end of Dapu town today), and 3000 ton cargo ships can be imported and berthed. The opening up of Xinpu and Dapu has further promoted the development of maritime trade. Relying on both Xinpu and Dapu, the river sea two-way transport promotes the economic prosperity and the development of urban construction.

Linhongkou, where Dapu port is located, is the main estuary of Shuhe river. Influenced by the Yellow River seizing the Huaihe River in history, the lakes of Qingyi and sangxu in the upper reaches of the Qiangwei river mouth were gradually silted up. When mountain torrents break out in summer and autumn, the passenger water passes through the lake and overflows in the original Lake area. As a result, a bar is formed between linhongkou and Qinshan mountain, and the river water flows down. When it meets the tide again, it is easy to "swell the sea and silt".

In 1933, the siltation of linhongkou was more serious, and it was not worth dredging. So we had to build new ports in sunjiashan and Laoyao (now Lianyungang port). In 1934, with the No. 1 wharf of Lianyungang Port put into use, Dapu was prosperous for 30 years, and finally withdrew from the historical stage. The prosperity and development of Xinpu had to slow down and entered the decline period of the city.

Before 1933, the construction of Lianyungang port was not officially started. The basic economic form of Laoyao (now Lianyungang old street) was a backward, poor and closed small fishing village. After 1925, with the eastward movement of Lianyungang coastline, ships in the former Dapu port often ran aground, so the port was moved to Laoyao (now Lianyungang old street) in 1933. The development of the port has taken shape. In 1925, Dr. Sun Yat Sen's general plan for the founding of the people's Republic China's dream of building Lianyungang into an oriental port depicts a blueprint for the future development of Lianyungang.

The second stage: from 1933 to the founding of the people's Republic of China

The construction of Lianyungang port was officially started in 1933, which is a milestone event in the development history of Lianyungang. In 1935, Lianyungang was prepared to build a city, and in 1936, the first phase of port construction was completed. The development prospect of Lianyungang seems to be very good. However, under the turbulent historical background, the development of Lianyungang is full of difficulties. During this period, the development of Lianyungang advanced in turbulence, which laid the foundation for the Oriental port.

From 1933 to 1949, several landmark events divided this stage into several distinct periods: 1933 to 1937: port construction period, 1937 to 1945: Lianyungang occupied period, 1945 to 1948: Kuomintang ruling period

The third stage: after 1949

After the founding of new China in 1949, the development of Lianyungang ushered in a new stage of development. Especially after the reform and opening up, it has entered a period of great development and construction. Today, the dream of the Oriental harbor a hundred years ago is finally coming true.

Celebrity anecdotes

Zhang Zhenhan

Zhang Zhenhan (1893-1967), the first mayor of Lianyun City, was born in Tongshan County, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the 2nd Artillery section of Baoding military academy and was a lieutenant general.

After the outbreak of the northern expedition, he joined the Northern Expedition army. In 1928, he was the head of 283 regiment, 142 brigade, 48 division of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Army. In 1930, he was the brigade commander of the 48th division, and in 1931, he was the lieutenant general of the 41st division. In 1935, he encircled and suppressed the Red Army in Hunan and Hubei. He was captured by the Red Army in the battle of Zhongbao. He took part in the Red Army, personally took part in the Longshan siege, and joined the long march with the Red Army. In 1937, Chiang Kai Shek was forced to accept the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to resist Japan. At this time, Mao Zedong met Zhang Zhenhan in Zaolin and advised him to work in the Anti Japanese United Front in Jiangying district. After repeated thinking, he accepted the party's arrangement and returned to Hankou via Xi'an with the "settling down expenses" arranged by Zhou Enlai himself. Later, he moved to Chongqing to set up a company and did a lot of United Front Work for the party in the name of senior staff of the Kuomintang lieutenant general. He was appointed mayor of Lianyun city in September after the victory of the Anti Japanese war in 1945. He actually took office on April 1, 1946 and resigned in April 1947. The city hall is located in Shanghai hotel.

Zhang Zhenhan was the mayor of Lianyun city for only one year. His achievements are mainly reflected in the development and construction ideas of Lianyun city through investigation and measurement. In the article "on the construction of Lianyun city", he put forward the basic goal of the construction of Lianyun City, municipal construction and harbor construction plan.

Zhang Zhenhan's plan for Lianyun city is quite ambitious. He saw the unique location advantage and huge development space of Lianyun city. "Lianyun is located on the coast of central China Starting from this, Lianyun will not only become an important gateway to the northwest provinces of China, but also become an international transportation hub and an important hub in the East

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