Erqi Memorial Tower

The February 7th memorial tower is a memorial building built to commemorate the strike of Beijing Han railway workers. In 1951, Erqi square was built near the former site of Changchun bridge. At that time, a 15 meter high wooden memorial tower was built in the square. In 1971, it was changed to the current tower type. The 27 memorial tower is a double body parallel tower with a total height of 63 meters. It has 14 floors (including three floors of the base) and is of reinforced concrete structure. The tower style is novel, unique, magnificent and has the characteristics of Chinese national architecture. On the clock tower stands a red five-star. Inside the tower are displayed various historical relics, pictures and written materials of the February 7th strike. At the bottom of the tower, there is a tunnel through the square to connect with the crossing.

Erqi Memorial Tower

The Erqi memorial tower, which is called the Erqi strike memorial tower in Zhengzhou, was built to commemorate the Erqi strike on February 7, 1923. It is located in Erqi square in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. It was built in 1971 with reinforced concrete structure. It is a unique antique twin tower in Chinese architecture. It is a memorial building built to commemorate the strike of Beijing Han railway workers.

In 2006, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit and the youngest national key cultural relics protection unit in China.

Early architecture

"Beijing Han railway strike" is the symbol of the first national workers' movement led by the Communist Party of China. On February 1, 1923, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the workers of the Jinghan railway held the founding meeting of the General Union of the Jinghan railway in Zhengzhou puleyan (now Zhengzhou Erqi Memorial Hall), which was obstructed by Wu Peifu, a reactionary warlord. To protest against the tyranny of the warlords, the Federation of trade unions decided to hold a strike. On February 4, when the general strike began, all passenger and freight cars on the whole line were stopped, and the 1000 kilometer long Beijing Wuhan line was paralyzed.

Lin Xiangqian, chairman and Communist of Jiang'an branch of Beijing Han Railway General Union, and Zeng Yuliang, leader of the picket team and Communist, bravely led the workers to smash the Warlord's plot to sabotage the strike.

In order to commemorate the Beijing Han railway workers' strike and the "February 7th" martyrs, inherit and carry forward the glorious revolutionary struggle tradition of "February 7th", a "February 7th" square was built near the former site of "Changchun bridge" in 1951. At that time, a 15 meter high wooden Memorial tower was built inside the square.

In the spring of 1971, it was designed by Lin Leyi, Yang Guoquan and Zhou Peinan, three architects of Zhengzhou Architectural Design Institute. The construction started on July 1, opened on October 1, and completed in three months.

On September 29, 1971, it was changed into tower type, double body parallel tower body, with a total height of 63 meters and 14 floors.

The tower style is novel, unique, magnificent and has the characteristics of Chinese national architecture. On the clock tower stands a red five-star.

Inside the tower are displayed various historical relics, pictures and written materials of the February 7th strike.

structure

Zhengzhou Erqi memorial tower is a double parallel tower body, with a total height of 63 meters and a total of 14 floors, of which the tower base is 3 floors and the tower body is 11 floors. It is a reinforced concrete structure.

The tower style is novel, unique and magnificent, with the characteristics of Chinese national architecture. The top corner of each floor is an antique cornice with green glazed tiles covering the top.

There is a bell tower on the top of the tower, with six big clocks with a diameter of 2.7 meters. It tells the time on the hour and plays the music "Oriental red".

On the clock tower stands a red five-star. The plane of the tower is two pentagons connecting the East and the West. From the east-west direction, it is a single tower, and from the north-south direction, it is a double tower. The bottom of the tower is connected with the crossing through the square.

The 27 memorial tower is now called the 27 Memorial Hall.

There are 10 halls on each floor of the tower and one hall on the ground floor in the museum. All kinds of historical relics, pictures and written materials of the February 7th strike are displayed in the tower.

With a total of 14 floors, "Erqi memorial tower" is an important symbol of Zhengzhou City and a must visit place for domestic and foreign tourists. It is also listed in the "list of modern famous buildings in Zhengzhou City". It is a protected and famous memorial building at home and abroad.

"If you haven't been to the Erqi tower, you have never been to Zhengzhou." This sentence is almost a household name in Zhengzhou City, it also makes the "Erqi tower" undoubtedly become the landmark building of Zhengzhou city.

Maintenance

The 27 memorial hall has received millions of tourists from home and abroad.

However, with the passage of time and the development of society, the building wall, paint, interior has been seriously damaged, and the exhibition form is mainly simple boards and photos, which can not meet the viewing needs of the majority of tourists.

According to the information released by Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of cultural relics, the 27 memorial tower will be closed for maintenance from April 5, and the exhibition form will also be changed to three-dimensional image system and electronic voice control equipment, so as to make this city card play a greater role in publicity and open to the public after the exhibition is completed.

Public opinion of Erqi tower

On August 13, 2013, Sina Weibo netizen "Panpan 9058" released a microblog with the content of "rebuilding a" Erqi tower "in Zhengzhou. Is that true?" And with a suspected Zhengzhou new 27 tower shape picture.

After the release of the microblog, the real estate industry insiders, local media and microblog netizens have reprinted and discussed it. Most netizens who participated in the discussion believe that Zhengzhou city is expanding, and it is necessary to rebuild a landmark building in the old city. At the same time, some people think that this may be another project speculation of a real estate development enterprise.

Where is the landmark of contemporary Zhengzhou? As an old Zhengzhou citizen, you may be able to say a lot: Erqi memorial tower, Yuda international trade, Henan Museum, Henan Art Center "If you haven't been to the Erqi tower, you have never been to Zhengzhou."

This sentence is almost a household name in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province in China. It also makes "Erqi tower" indisputably become the landmark of Zhengzhou.

As for the rumor of "building another Erqi tower in Zhengzhou", whether it can replace Erqi tower has also become a hot topic among many citizens.

Hot discussion among netizens

Netizen 1: Erqi tower is an old landmark. With the development of the city, the fashionable city needs new landmarks to establish a new image of green city!

Net friend 2: Zhengzhou has the highest Qianxi square, twin towers are also good, but they are all in the new area, and the old city also needs a new landmark.

Netizen 3: I feel that it's a big deal of a real estate developer, and I'm paying close attention to it

Traffic information

Zhengzhou's landmark buildings, traffic is very convenient, take No. 2, 9, 26, 28, 32, 57, 58, 60 bus can reach.

geographical position

Erqi tower is located in Erqi square of Zhengzhou city.

Address: Erqi square, 230 Erqi Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou (near the railway station)

Longitude: 113.666331

Latitude: 34.752103

Tel: 0371-66964758

Tour time: 2 hours

Traffic information: take bus No.2, 17, 21, 22, 32, 34, 85, 93, 105, 256, 729, inner ring of H105, outer ring of H105, K28, K6, k801, K805, k806, k809 to Erqi square station

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 08:30 ~ 18:30

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