Kuanzhai alley

Kuanzhai alley is located near Changshun street, Qingyang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. It is composed of Kuan alley, Zhai alley and Jing alley in parallel. All of them are antique quadrangles with indigo tiles. It is also a relatively large-scale ancient street of the Qing Dynasty left over from Chengdu. Together with Daci Temple and Wenshu courtyard, it is also known as the protection block of Chengdu's three famous historical and cultural cities.

In the 57th year of Kangxi (1718), after the Zhungeer rebellion was put down, more than 1000 soldiers were selected to stay in Chengdu, and the Manchu city was built on the basis of the Shaocheng city of that year. In the early years of the Republic of China, the city managers changed "Hutong" into "alley". In the 1980s, Kuanzhai alley was listed in the protection plan of Chengdu's historical and cultural city. In 2003, Kuanzhai alley appeared in the dictionary of living people.

Kuanzhai alley is a national AA level tourist attraction. It has won the titles of "commercial pedestrian street with Chinese characteristics" in 2009, famous historical and cultural street in Sichuan Province, new ten sceneries in Chengdu in 2011, and top ten most beautiful streets in Sichuan Province.

In the 57th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1718 AD), after the Zhungeer rebellion was put down, more than 1000 soldiers were selected to stay in Chengdu, and the Manchu city was built on the basis of the Shaocheng city of that year. In the Qing Dynasty, only the eight banners of Manchuria and Mongolia lived in Manchuria. After the decline of Manchuria, Manchuria was no longer a forbidden area, and the people could go in and out freely. Some foreign businessmen took the opportunity to open pawnshops near Manchuria and bought a large number of properties of banners. It formed a unique pattern that the descendants of banner people, high officials and noble people, peddlers and pawns lived in the city together. The wide lane here is called Xingren lane, the narrow lane is called Taiping lane, and the well lane is called Ruyi Lane (Mingde Lane).

After the revolution of 1911, Zhao Erfeng, the governor of the Qing Dynasty, handed over his power and demolished the wall of Shaocheng. Some dignitaries came here to set up mansions and houses. Yu Youren, Tian Songyao, Li Jiayu, Yang Sen, Liu Wenhui and others successively settled here. Chiang Kai Shek also came here, which preserved these ancient buildings. In the early years of the Republic of China, the city managers changed "Hutong" into "alley".

In 1948, a city survey was carried out. It is said that after measuring, the staff at that time labeled the wider lane as "wide lane", the narrower one as "narrow lane", and the one with well as "well lane".

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the houses were allocated to the nearby state-owned units for the resettlement of workers, and the houses were redistributed during the cultural revolution.

In the 1980s, Kuanzhai alley was listed in the protection plan of Chengdu historical and cultural city.

In 2003, the main reconstruction project of kuanzhaixiangzi historical and cultural area in Chengdu was established. On the basis of protecting the real buildings in Old Chengdu, a compound cultural commercial street with tourism and leisure, distinctive regional characteristics and rich Bashu cultural atmosphere was formed. Finally, it was built into a "Tianfu Shaocheng" with the connotation of "Old Chengdu film, new urban living room", and kuanzhaixiangzi block was officially launched Now in the world's dictionary.

In 2005, the reconstruction of wide and narrow blocks started.

On June 14, 2008 (the third Chinese cultural heritage day), Kuanzhai alley was opened to the public as a landmark event of Chengdu's tourism recovery after the earthquake.

In 1718, more than 1000 soldiers were selected to stay in Chengdu to build Shaocheng after the Zhungeer rebellion was put down. Today's Kuanzhai alley is a legacy of Shaocheng. Kuanzhai alley has more than 70 courtyards and 300 rooms. Now the old city wall and Jinshui River have disappeared. Kuanzhai alley is composed of Kuan alley, Zhai alley and Jing alley, three parallel old streets and courtyard clusters. It is one of the three major historical and cultural reserves in Chengdu. It is the last relic of the urban pattern of "a thousand years old city" and the original architectural pattern of a hundred years old in Old Chengdu. It is also the "sole origin" of the northern Hutong Culture and architectural style in the south. This Qing Dynasty block records the vicissitudes of Old Chengdu, and its architectural style has the characteristics of both Western Sichuan dwellings and Northern courtyard. Kuanzhai alley covers an area of 479 mu, and the core protected area is 108 mu. After the transformation, the overall space style of Kuanzhai alley is relatively complete, continuing the style of Western Sichuan dwellings in Qing Dynasty. The shape of the street belongs to the northern Hutong street, and its main feature is the road pattern of "fish spine". This pattern is convenient for street residents to manage their own energy, and lays a quiet and leisurely life tone.

Kuanzhai alley is gradually integrated with Western Sichuan dwellings from barracks and dormitories. The harsh courtyard form with Western Sichuan style in the dwellings is basically preserved. The architectural components such as window sashes and quetilai style reproduce the life charm of Old Chengdu in detail.

The street space scale of Kuanzhai alley is defined by the buildings and courtyard walls on both sides. The width of Kuanzhai alley is about 7 meters, and that of Zhai alley is about 5 meters. The buildings along the street are 1-2 floors, and the height is 5-8 meters. The height width ratio of the street section is about 1:1.

The traditional facades along Kuanzhai alley are basically well preserved, among which the form of courtyard gate is the most abundant. Each door presents different styles, different materials, different orientations and different scales, including house style and Shikumen. With the black and gray walls and small green tiles, the main tone of the whole street shows the characteristics of the Qing Dynasty. As the surface of space, architecture is the external representation of the sense of space history. Through the strengthening of these physical interfaces, historical blocks can reshape the time thickness of space.

Kuanzhai alley starts from zhijishi street in the north, Jinhe street in the south, Changshun street in the East and Tongren Road in the West. It covers an area of nearly 300 mu, including the core protection area and the environmental coordination area. Among them, the core reserve is located in two neighborhoods, KuanXiangZi and zhaixiangzi, south of zhijishi street and north of jingxiangzi, covering an area of more than 80 mu; the remaining 200 mu is the environmental coordination zone.

KuanXiangZi: a nostalgic area with an old face

KuanXiangZi was named Xingren Hutong in Xuantong period of Qing Dynasty. There are many buildings in the narrow alleys in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and some western style buildings left by the church. KuanXiangZi is a "leisure life" area and a representation of life in Old Chengdu. KuanXiangZi has the old Chengdu life experience Museum, where the local customs and the old Chengdu folk customs are all located.

Narrow alley: a favorite emotional extension line of petty bourgeoisie

The narrow alley is a "slow life" area, which shows the courtyard culture of Old Chengdu. Most of these courtyards are occupied by bars and restaurants with a certain style. Tourists and literati spend the whole afternoon idly in the alley, feeling the stop of time. Zhaixiangzi is an exquisite life taste area with the theme of western style catering, light catering, coffee, art and leisure, healthy life and special cultural theme shops.

Jingxiangzi: the reappearance of an old city Chengdu

Jingxiangzi is close to the south of zhaixiangzi. It was named Ruyi Hutong or Mingde Hutong in Qing Dynasty. Reform after the revolution of 1911

It's called Jing Xiang Zi. In the remaining half of the street, a 500 meter long brick culture wall and a 500 meter long folk photo wall were built on the other side of the street.

Kailu is located at No. 11, KuanXiangZi, which is named Kailu. This gate is one of the most iconic gates in kuanzhaixiangzi. The gate of the courtyard is made of specially made green brick, which is arched with an arc. A traditional Chinese stone plaque is embedded on the top of the door opening. The plaque is engraved with "Kailu" in seal script. The two character writing method is innovated, which is contrary to the Chinese rule of reading words from right to left at that time. The oval pattern built above the stone plaque represents the high hanging "refuge mirror", which is intended to eliminate all kinds of demons and ensure the safety of the whole family forever.

Located at No.8 KuanXiangZi, demen Renli is a courtyard for experiencing the life of Old Chengdu, which truly reflects the life scenes of people in Western Sichuan on a certain day. It was once one of the shooting places for the TV series master Lin in Seoul. Now it is a boutique hotel, fully showing the perfect combination of classical and modern Kuanzhai alley.

Shuanmashi is located on the old wall of gate 32 in Zhaixiang, about 1.2 meters above the ground. Weathered and mottled, it is one of the only three stones left in Kuanzhai alley. A hundred years ago, it used to be the residence of the eight banners of Manchuria and Mongolia and their families in the north. It was used to riding. Shuanmashi is a symbolic expression of northern culture in Western Sichuan.

Brick cultural landscape wall is a 400 meter long East-West sculpture wall in jingxiangzi. It is the first museum in China with brick as the carrier. Through artistic creation, old bricks with different historical sections are built into historical and cultural fragments of Chengdu, such as platforms, cities, walls, roads, steles and doors. It describes the history of Chengdu for thousands of years and interprets the history of a hundred years. The western section of the cultural wall, from "Baodun City, Jinsha bamboo mud" to "Yangzi adobe, Qin City outline", and from "Han brick heritage, Tang built Luocheng" to "Song brick ancient road, Ming city destroyed". It shows the history of Chengdu.

The small western style building is located in Kuanzhai alley, with roman columns, Western arched doors and windows. The big five-star decoration on the window lattice is a Western symbol. The wooden railings, carved diagonal braces and hanging are traditional Chinese components. The combination of Chinese and Western culture has made the small western style building. It is said that in the 1930s, soldiers surnamed Wang bought the courtyard with western style buildings. During the Anti Japanese War, soldiers were called to the front line and never came back. In this small western style house, the wife has been waiting for her husband to return until her death.

From March to April every year, Kuan and Zhai alleys started in 2009

Launch a series of activities with the theme of "Kuanzhai tea party" to make the traditional tea culture and modern new life style perfectly integrate, make "Kuanzhai tea party" a business card of Chengdu tea culture and a new place of tea culture, and let tourists experience the leisure life style of Chengdu with tea as the carrier in Kuanzhai alley.

From 2010 to 2015, Kuanzhai alley successively held a series of activities with the theme of "Kuanzhai Street Music Season" and "summer recovery music movement Kuanzhai" to build a display platform for street music and give full play to its functions

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