Zhongying Street

Located in Yantian District, Shenzhen, the Sino British street in Sha Tau Kok town is deposited in the river bed of the Dapeng Bay by the Wutong Mountain. It is less than 0.5 km long and less than 7 m wide. The center of the street is bounded by the "boundary stele". The boundary stele "No.X Sino British boundary in the 24th year of Emperor Guangxu" carved in 1898 stands in the center of the street, dividing Shatoujiao into two parts. The east side is Shatoujiao of Huajie, and the west side is Shatoujiao of Yingjie (Hong Kong), so it is called "Zhongying Street". There are eight boundary markers in Zhongying street. Among the eight boundary markers, No. 1 and No. 2 were left after Britain unilaterally replaced them in 1905. No. 3 to No. 7 boundary markers were lost by the Japanese army. The No. 3 to No. 7 boundary markers we see today were erected jointly by the Kuomintang government and the British authorities in Hong Kong in 1948. There are many shops on both sides of Zhongying street. There are products from five continents with a wide range of products.

Zhongying Street

Chung Ying Street is located at the junction of Sha Tau Kok Street and the northern part of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region in Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is backed by Wutong Mountain and Dapeng Bay in the south.

The river bed, which flows from Wutong Mountain to Dapeng Bay, is deposited in the river.

It is about 250 meters long and 3-4 meters wide,

Shenzhen and Hong Kong each account for half of the total. The street center is bounded by the "boundary stone". To get along with Hong Kong First Street, you need to apply for a pass to enter the "Zhongying Street". Therefore, the "Zhongying Street" is called the "special zone" in the special zone.

Zhongying street has five streets and roads, including pedestrian street, Huancheng Road, Haibang street, HengTou street and Bihai road,

The main buildings are entrance square, entrance building, arcade, street corner building, corner square, banyan Avenue, regression square, Tianhou Palace Square, Binhai View Road, Zhongying Street landmark Park, waterfront green water corridor and Zhongying street sculpture wall,

There are many shops on the street, reflecting the historical landscape and cultural customs of "one street, two systems".

On June 8, 2012, Zhongying street was rated as "famous street of Chinese history and culture" by the Ministry of culture and the State Administration of cultural relics;

In 2004, Zhongying street was rated as one of the "Eight Sights of Shenzhen".

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Historical evolution

On June 9, 1898, under the force of British imperialism, Li Hongzhang and Dou nale, British minister to China, signed the Sino British special clause on the extension of Hong Kong's boundary in Beijing. The treaty stipulated that the Kowloon Peninsula and its adjacent waters should be leased to Britain for a period of 99 years. In 1898, the boundary stele "No. X of the British territory in the 24th year of Emperor Guangxu" carved in the 24th year of Emperor Guangxu divided Shatoujiao into two parts, with Shatoujiao in the East and Shatoujiao in the west, so it was named "Zhongying Street".

On March 16, the 25th year of Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1899), Chinese and British Border surveyors came to Shatoujiao and began to survey and survey along the river from the seaside. Wooden boundary posts were erected at the measured points, on which the words "Xin'an County boundary of the Qing Dynasty" were written. On March 18 of the same year, the demarcation of Shatoujiao was completed. The boundary stakes line up and extend forward on a dry river channel in Sha Tau Kok, dividing Sha Tau Kok into two parts, which become "Sha Tau Kok in the New Territories" and "Sha Tau Kok in the Chinese territories". Not long after the boundary survey, some people built houses on both sides of the river bed, and villagers who set up stalls to do business appeared one after another. Here gradually formed the rudiment of a small street, which was the predecessor of Zhongying street.

On December 25, 1941, Hong Kong was known as "Black Christmas Day". During the Second World War, the Japanese army invaded Hong Kong from Sha Tau Kok, Shenzhen, and the British garrison in Hong Kong was unable to resist. At that time, the governor of Hong Kong, Yang Muqi, had no choice but to surrender. When Hong Kong was occupied by Japan, the "Japanese rule period" of three years and eight months began, and then Zhongying street was first occupied.

On February 15, 1951, the Guangdong provincial government began to implement border management. All personnel must enter and leave the official port with the exit entry permit issued by the public security organ of Shenzhen. "Zhongying Street" is an informal port, so it began to restrict the flow of people. In addition, in the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, Sino British relations were still tense. The Chinese side began to implement political and military border defense policies, while the British Hong Kong government "imposed a curfew" at Sha Tau Kok in the new territories, turning Sino British street into a frontier restricted area.

Since the early 1980s, Zhongying street has attracted tourists from all over the country due to its special geographical location adjacent to Hong Kong and the advantages of high quality and low price of duty-free shops. It has been hailed as a "shopping paradise" by mainlanders.

Since 1986, gold jewelry has become a hot spot in Zhongying street. The number of gold shops on the Chinese side has grown rapidly from three to 47. In 1988, when the "gold craze" reached its climax, three gold shops opened at the same time in Zhongying street one day. At that time, there were 89 gold shops in the whole street. In terms of total sales, in 1979, the sales volume of Chinese shops was 5.9 million yuan; in 1984, it exceeded 100 million yuan; from May to October 1988, the sales volume of gold jewelry in Zhongying Street reached 5 tons, with sales volume of 650 million Hong Kong dollars; in 1988, it reached the highest level in history, with a total of 1.57 billion yuan.

In the middle and late 1980s, Zhongying street was built with low and middle floors (2-6 floors). The urban construction on both sides of Zhongying street is unbalanced. The Chinese buildings in Zhongying Street are mainly multi-storey buildings, while the Hong Kong buildings are mainly one storey buildings.

In the early 1990s, Zhongying Street set a record of receiving nearly 100000 tourists in Japan.

After the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, the business industry of Zhongying street has declined and is on the road of transformation at the beginning of the new century. Zhongying Street puts forward the new development orientation of "tourism, sightseeing, shopping and patriotism education".

In the 21st century, the government of Yantian District has invested in the renovation of the style and features of Zhongying street, repairing and constructing ten scenic spots of Zhongying street, such as arcade, ancient pagoda Park, regression square, etc.

In 2005, Zhongying Street restored "eight scenes of Zhongying Street".

In 2014, the project of "let history tell the future" of large relief wall in Zhongying street was completed.

On December 16, 2014, Zhongying Street authority was established and officially opened on January 5, 2015. It is an agency of Yantian District People's Government approved by the municipal editorial board and issued by the district editorial board. It is responsible for the management of social, economic, cultural, ecological civilization, urban management and other affairs in Zhongying Street area (Shatoujiao border special management area), serving community residents, enterprises and tourists. The Yantian District government gives corresponding administrative power and administrative law enforcement power.

In 2016, "Shatou Jiaoyu Lantern Dance Folk Museum" opened in Zhongying street.

Street pattern

Chung Ying Street, backed by Wutong Mountain, is located in Dapeng Bay in the south.

It is about 250 meters long and 3-4 meters wide,

Shenzhen and Hong Kong each account for half of the total. The street center is bounded by "jiebeishi". There are many shops on the street. There are 136 shops on the side of Shenzhen and 68 shops on the side of Hong Kong. There are products from five continents with a complete range. Because people going to the Special Administrative Region have to go to the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau for a "pass to the border Special Administrative Region" before they can enter "Zhongying Street", so "Zhongying Street" is called "special zone" in the Special Administrative Region.

Zhongying street has five streets and roads, including pedestrian street, Huancheng Road, Haibang street, HengTou street and Bihai road,

The main buildings are entrance square, entrance building, arcade, street corner building, corner square, banyan Avenue, regression square, Tianhou Palace Square, Binhai View Road, Zhongying Street landmark Park, waterfront green water corridor and Zhongying street sculpture wall.

Architectural features

Chung Ying Street, which flows from the Wutong Mountain to the Dapeng Bay, is known as the "Heron path".

To get along with one street in Hong Kong, we have the historical landscape and cultural customs of "one street, two systems".

Zhongying street is positioned as a "business and tourism area". It is planned to build a historical and cultural street with strong historical atmosphere, distinctive characteristics of patriotism education and business and tourism. Zhongying street plans to build "one boundary, one market, one lane and seven streets". "One boundary" refers to the boundary between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, "one market" refers to the memory block of Donghe market, "one lane" refers to the narrow Hakka lane with Shalan village characteristics, "seven streets" refers to the seven old streets interspersed in the old buildings on the east side.

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Since the Qing Dynasty, the residents of Shatoujiao area are mainly Hakkas. They have lived here for more than 300 years. After the local people settled down, in order to recall the hardships of their ancestors' migration, the Hakka Ancestral Hall built by them has become an important place for religious assembly and gathering. However, the natural conditions of fishing at sea are unpredictable, endangering the safety of life and property. Therefore, the original residents of Shatoujiao built Tianhou palace and Wu's ancestral hall, which are important historical relics of local folk customs.

 

As the core area of "Shatoujiao, the hometown of Chinese folk art", Zhongying street not only has provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units such as Zhongying Street boundary monument, Wu's ancestral temple and Tianhou palace, but also has national, provincial and municipal intangible cultural heritage such as fish lantern dance, Hakka folk song and Tianhou birthday.

 

Fish Lantern Dance

"Fish Lantern Dance", the dancer dressed in blue clothes, feet wear black cloth shoes, body squat down, hands holding

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