Guantao Road

Guantao road is an old street where old buildings are concentrated in Shibei District. There are not many visitors here. It's very quiet. There are German style buildings on both sides of the road. There are also several literary and artistic youth hostels here.

Guantao Road complex includes the former site of Mitsui Property Co., Ltd. at No. 11, Tangyi Road, the former site of Qingdao Branch of Yokohama Zhengjin bank at No. 1, the former site of Mitsubishi foreign bank at No. 3, the former site of HSBC at No. 5, the former site of Macquarie Bank at No. 7, the former site of Qingdao Branch of Bank of Korea at No. 12, the former site of Qiyan club at No. 13, the former site of Qingdao reference office at No. 22, the former site of European style residence at No. 24 and 25, and the former site of Baolong house at No. 28 The former site of Yanghang, the former site of Qingdao Branch of Dalian steamship Co., Ltd., No. 37 and No. 39, etc. are all closed, but they are very suitable for strolling and taking photos here to experience the feeling of retro.

Guantao Road

Located in the old city of Shibei District, Qingdao, it was first built in 1899. It is an extension of the old Zhongshan Road. At most, 50 or 60 enterprises from eight countries are stationed here. As the former "street of foreign firms", "Wall Street of old Qingdao" and "Bund of Qingdao", Guantao road still retains many old buildings.

Guantao road is one of the urban landscape protection zones approved by the State Council, and is the location of Qingdao German style street.

brief introduction

The most famous building on Guantao Road (once known as Kaiser street and yeyingting) is the "Qingdao index house" (Qingdao goods stock exchange), which was built in 1925. It is a famous building in the whole city and even in the whole country. "Zouesuo" is a Chinese character in Japanese, which means "Stock Exchange". In old China, the "Qingdao Index Office" was the largest stock exchange in China. After liberation, its securities hall was transformed into a theater with 600 audience seats; its futures hall was transformed into a gymnasium for volleyball and basketball games. This shows its scale.

The banks on Guantao road are: Zhengjin bank, Bank of Korea and Zhenglong bank in Japan, HSBC Bank and Macquarie Bank in the UK (Standard Chartered Bank), Dehua bank in Germany (later period), and Wanguo savings association in France. Among them, four bank buildings, namely, Zhengjin, North Korea, HSBC and Macquarie, can still be seen today.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the German style street project in Qingdao came to an end here. The German style street is an important measure taken by the Shibei District Committee and the district government according to the overall framework of the old city reconstruction of Qingdao, focusing on improving the cultural connotation of the old city, and realizing the win-win interaction of economic and social effects.

Historical buildings

The former site of Qingdao reference station

It is located at 22 Guantao road. It was built in 1920 and completed in 1925. It was designed by Japanese architect yoshijiro Mitsui. It has a reinforced concrete structure with a building area of about 18000 square meters.

Former site of Qingdao Branch of Zhengjin bank

Located at No.1 Guantao Road, the European style building built in 1919 covers an area of about 4780 square meters and a building area of about 1700 square meters. The technique of imitating ancient Roman temple is shown by eight square granite pilasters and pyramid shaped mountain flowers with protruding eaves. The hall in the upper part of the building is 5.5 meters high, and there is a square caisson in the hall. The Zhengjin building on the second floor is a rectangle with a loft and basement. Now it is the Bank of Qingdao.

Former site of Qingdao Branch of Macquarie Bank

Located at 2 Guantao Road, it was founded in 1925. The two-story square building is still in good condition. The building has a half story basement at the bottom and a pavilion on the roof, so it looks more like a four story building.

Former site of Mitsubishi foreign company

Located at No.3 Guantao Road, it was built in 1918 with a construction area of 2236 square meters. Mitsubishi foreign company used to be the business building of Qingdao Branch of Mitsubishi business association of Japan. The characteristics of the three sections of the building are obvious. Eight huge ionic stone pillars run through the upper and lower layers. The foundation of the pillars reaches to the platform on the base, and the capitals directly top the heavy eaves above. The building is built with granite, strong and strong. Now it is Qingdao Textile Corporation.

Former site of HSBC Qingdao Branch

It is located at the intersection of No.5 Guantao road and Wusong Road. Completed in 1917, with a construction area of 3150 square meters.

Former site of Bank of Korea Qingdao Branch

It is located at 12 Guantao road. Designed by Japanese architect yoshijiro Mitsui. The total construction area of 2000 square meters, rectangular plane, two floors above the ground, one floor underground.

Guantao road bus station

The first long-distance bus station in modern China was established in 1907, where the first bus line was opened.

Before liberation, Guantao road bus station had formed a scale and attracted many automobile companies to enter. There are Dahua, Longfeng and Tongtong automobile transportation companies on Guantao Road, and there are also three automobile transportation companies on Guanxian road nearby. There is a row of houses on the street near Guantao road bus station with ticket windows. At that time, the parking lot was relatively large, and it could park more than 40 cars. At that time, it was one of the best bus stations in China. When the bus leaves, it stops near the ticket office. When the passengers get on the bus, it leaves.

museum

Road traffic Museum

Located at 49 Guantao Road, it is the first professional museum with road traffic as the theme in China. The business hours are 9:00-16:30 every day.

Address: Guantao Road, Shibei District, Qingdao

Longitude: 120.321388

Latitude: 36.079174

Traffic information: take bus No.20, 211, 214, 222 to Guantao Road station

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