The origin of interesting place names in Wuhan

Changes in the vicissitudes of the three towns of Wuhan from

Wuchang: the Three Kingdoms Sun Quan in today's E City built the capital, the name of Wuchang, soon to build a city in the current Snake Hill, called Xiakou; 280 AD, the Jin Dynasty will be changed from the County of Jiangxia to the County of Wuchang, that is, for the beginning of today's Wuchang City of the proper name, and then changed the name of the Jiangxia until the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi had set up a Wuchang House. After the Xinhai Revolution, Jiangxia County was changed to Wuchang County, Wuchang became the official name.

Hankou: During the North and South Dynasties, Hankou appeared as a place name in history. Today's Hankou is actually only 500 years old, began in the Ming Dynasty during the Chenghua diversion of the Han River. The Han River originally flowed into the Yangtze River from the south of Guishan Mountain, but during the Chenghua period, its main stream flowed into the Yangtze River from Jijiazui in the north of Guishan Mountain. After the diversion of the Han River, the low-lying barren continent area developed into Hankou, which was known as one of the four most famous towns with Zhu Xian in Henan Province, Jingde in Jiangxi Province and Foshan in Guangdong Province during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. After the Opium War, Hankou opened up for business, the development of more rapid.

Hanyang: In 606 AD, the second year of the Sui Dynasty Daye, changed Hanjin County to Hanyang County, Hanyang name since the beginning. It developed rapidly only after the Tang Dynasty moved the county seat to the downtown area of Hanyang. in early 1927, the National Government of Wuhan merged the cities of Wuchang and Hankou (under the jurisdiction of Hanyang County) to serve as the capital city, and named it Wuhan. Today, the city of Wuhan, which is a combination of the towns of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang, has a history of only 74 years.

The name of the roads from Yiyuan Road to Liuhe Road

In Hankou, there are six very distinctive road names, which are Yiyuan Road, Eryao Road, Sanyang Road, Siyou Road, Wufu Road, and Liuhe Road.

These six roads were originally perpendicular to the river boulevard in the German Concession, leading directly to the docks. During the period of the German Concession, these six roads had dual names. To the Germans, these six roads were named after German colonizers. For example, Hao Street was called Augustus Street (Augusta street), Fu Street was called Victoria Street (Victoria street), Lu Street was called Utsen Street (Utsen street), Shou Street was called Nien Street (Nien street), Bao Street was called Cnarlotten Street (Cnarlotten street), and Shih Street was called Dorotheen Street (Dorotheen street). Dorotheen street).

It is interesting that, for the Chinese, the German Concession has taken another naming method, that is, the German transliteration of the six streets, slightly changed, with Chinese customs and habits in line with the auspicious characters to name, so that the road name has a strong Chinese folk customs and festive meaning, which is Hao Street, Fuk Street, Luk Street, Luk Street, Shou Street, Bao Street, and the real street. Quite characteristic.

So, when were these six road names renamed Yiyuan Road to Sixth Road? According to "Wuhan Gazetteer" records, the National Revolutionary Army entered Wuhan in 1926, the national government will be given a new meaning of these six roads. Taking the meaning of "the beginning of the year, the renewal of all things", the Hao Street was renamed Yiyuan Road; taking the meaning of "the sun and the moon", the Fuk Street was renamed Eryao Road; taking the meaning of "three suns", the Lu Street was renamed Sanyang Road renamed Lu Street as San Yang Road; take the meaning of "propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame, the four dimensions of the country" renamed Shou Street as "Four Wei Road"; take the meaning of "longevity, wealth, well-being, virtue, and life is called the five blessings" renamed Bao Street as the five blessings Road; take "six contract spring", "heaven and earth in all directions for the six" meaning that the real street renamed the Six Harmonies Road. For a long time, all involved in the six road name of the article are in accordance with this statement line. It seems to have been finalized.

In recent years, the author of the "Hankou Concession" writing group by consulting a large number of documents and historical maps, and found that this statement is really a blackmail. The German Concession was recovered in 1917. in 1918, there was a change of name within the Concession. Although there is no exact information to prove that the names of these six roads were changed in 1918, reading the Market Map of the Three Towns of Wuhan drawn up by the Hubei Army Survey Bureau in May 1922, the names of these six roads already existed on the map. Therefore, it is entirely possible to say that these six road names were not named by the National Government, and that they appeared four years before the National Government arrived in Han.

Therefore, the history of the change of these six road names should not be given a political color, and should be returned to the original historical appearance, that is, at least before 1922, these six road names existed.

The article was published in <Yangtze River Daily>Yellow Crane Tower

Three-story building

The three-story building is located in the northern part of the city of Wuchang, referring to the area where Heping Avenue and Xinhe Street intersect. This area was originally a piece of pond wasteland. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the new Hezhou gradually residents, and gradually formed outside the city of Wuchang market place. 1912, engaged in building industry capitalist Yu Xinglong in today's Heping Avenue, No. 445 at the construction of a brick and wood structure of the three-story building, the bottom of the groceries Jin, coffin store, the second floor of the open teahouse, the third floor of the storytelling and shadow puppet theater, business is booming, known far and wide. This three-story building perched on top of the surrounding cottages and huts, very prominent, and became a prominent symbol of this area, people then use the three-story building to refer to this area in general. After the liberation of the expansion of peace avenue, the original building has been demolished, but the three-story building is still the name of this area. From Wuchang to the red steel city of 16 road bus **** bus in this three-story building station. Nearby is a small street, still called the three-story building street.

Fruit Lake

Fruit Lake refers to a large area in the northeast of Wuchang City along the East Lake, which is now the seat of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the Hubei Provincial People's Government.

Fruit Lake does not produce fruit. Originally a barren hill and ridge, gullies and ravines, even farmland and vegetable land is not much. Whenever it rains, the rain on the hills and valleys along the gullies gathered here in the lake branch, the exit into the East Lake, people will be the East Lake branch known as ShuiKou Lake. Long blackmail change, the harmonic transformation of the fruit lake.

Fruit Lake, the eagle platform, rumored to be the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai eagle place. After the liberation of the Neolithic cultural sites found here, unearthed stone axes, stone shovels, rice hulls burnt soil and ceramic household utensils, indicating that Wuhan region in four or five thousand years ago, there are human beings living and reproducing. Now there are high-rise buildings in this area, such as Hongshan Hotel, Telecom Center Building and Metrology Center Building.

Shimen

Shimen is the general name for the intersection of Jiefang Road and Democracy Road in Wuchang. The Wuchang District People's Government, which is now located on the northwest side of this intersection, was the government office of the Hubei Municipal Government in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, i.e., the government office of the feudal lord, also known as the government office of the feudal lord, commonly known as the government office of the feudal lord. Yamen sitting north to south, the gate is facing the long street, that is, today's Jiefang Road.

Historically, the Long Street was blocked by Snake Mountain and stopped at the southern foot of Snake Mountain. Snake Hill to the north of the Clan Yamen gate of the street, known as the Secretary door. The end of the Ming Dynasty, superstitious feng shui, to destroy the "tortoise and snake two mountain guards" approach to protect the Ming Dynasty, digging through the Snake Mountain (at the same time cut off the head of the tortoise), so that the extension of the street to the gate of the feudal magistrate's Yamen, but still accustomed to say that a section of the north of the mountain for the entrance to the door of the Division. 1935 expansion of this road, the north end of the old feudal magistrate's Yamen, so that the road extended to Zhongshan Road, the middle of the waist cut off! Snake Hill, on the reinforced concrete Snake Hill Bridge, so that the door of the general term extended to the south of Snake Hill, almost including the main commercial downtown area of Jiefang Road today.

Reading Horse Park

Reading Horse Park is located in the central part of Wuchang City, east to the snake cave extended out of Wuchang Road, south to Reading Horse Park Elementary School, west to Hubei Theatre, north to the southern foot of the Snake Hill, east-west length of 100 meters, north-south width of 300 meters, is a high visibility of the square. Wuluo Road as a starting point, across the middle of the square, stretching east, northwest and the Yangtze River Bridge approach highway connected to the southwest and Peng Liu Yang Road, is connected to the three towns of Wuhan's main road.

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the governor Liu Zhaolin in the Ming Dynasty Chu Wangfu of the East opened up the construction of military training and martial arts school field, the field has a drill hall, is held in the martial arts examination place, the name of the reading of the horse factory. After the liberation of the writing changed "factory" to "field", has been agreed upon.

Over the past three hundred years, many major historical events have taken place here. 1688 June, Wuchang mutiny, elected Xia Fenglong for the President of the Marshal of the army and horses, set up a command in the Read Horse Factory. 1853 January, Taihu Kingdom of Heaven captured Wuchang, in the Read Horse Factory tower preaching revolution. During the Xinhai Revolution, the military government of the Wuchang Uprising was set up in the Red Building in the northern part of Yimafang, and the generals were worshipped in the southern part of the Pagoda, with Huang Xing as the Commander-in-Chief in wartime. During the May Fourth Movement, thousands of students held rallies and demonstrations in Yimafang. After the Northern Expeditionary Army captured the city of Wuchang, the people of Wuchang gathered here to celebrate the victory of the Northern Expedition. Since then it has been a place for people to celebrate the victory over Japan and the liberation of Wuhan. 1981 a grand event was held here to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution.

Dufu dike

Dufu dike is located in Wuchang Jiefang Road, the north section of the west, east of the original Division Lake, the Qing Dynasty in this embankment, embankment near the Governor's Office, so the name of the Governor's Office dike, also known as Dufu dike. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, along the dike to form a residential area, called Dufu dike Street, people are still customarily known as Dufu dike. The street runs in a north-south direction, starting from Freedom Road in the south and ending at the gate of the former site of the Central Farmers' Movement Seminar in the north, with a length of 560 meters and a width of 6 to 10 meters. No. 41 on this street is where Mao Zedong lived when he hosted the Farmers' Lecture Calendar in the first half of 1927, and where the famous Report on the Examination of the Peasant Movement in Hunan was written. Cai Hesen, Peng Pei, Yang Kaihui, Xia Minghan and Mao Zetan all lived here. No.10 of this street was originally the primary school of Wuchang Higher Teacher's College, which was the former residence of Chen Tanqiu, the secretary of Wuhan local committee of C*** in 1924. on April 27, 1927, the first meeting of the fifth congress of C*** was held here. It is now the site of Zhonghua Road Middle School and the Wuchang branch of Jianghan University.

Jiyu Bridge

Jiyu Bridge refers to the north and south sides of Zhongshan Road, east of the northern end of Jiefang Road in Wuchang, east of Shahubei Lane, south of the northern end of the bridge (Street), north of Heping Avenue and a road junction. There was a bridge in this area, "Jiangxia County Records" recorded as Carp Bridge, built in the thirteenth year of the Qing Guangxu (AD 1887), is a stone bridge with an inner room of more than ten feet. Every summer when the lake rises, the nearby residents in the bridge hole in the fishing shrimp, the fish caught mostly for crucian carp, so called the bridge for crucian carp bridge, and general reference to the neighborhood. Later, this place became the transportation of casting copper yuan material vehicles to the copper yuan bureau must pass through the place, they take the meaning of the pile of gold and jade, the carp bridge harmonized elegant for Jade Bridge. 1931 stone bridge destroyed, 1934 was converted into reinforced concrete piers, wooden bridge, 1938 and destroyed, now only remains the bridge foundation, can still be vaguely recognized. Jade Bridge as the name of the district is used today.

"Yang Yuan" into Yang Yuan

Yang Yuan Street is located in Wuchang Heping Avenue.

According to evidence, during the Qing Dynasty, a foreigner in Wuchang Bridge Village (the former outpatient department of the Railway Hospital) built a garden, people called Yang Yuan. Later, the garden became Zhang Xueliang's garden, but the name "Yang Yuan" has not changed.

In the early 1960s, Yang Yuan was renamed Yang Yuan, has been used to this day, the original four buildings built by the foreigners, is now the Ministry of Railways, the Fourth Design Institute office. Yangyuan Street is named after this.

Flower Bridge

The Flower Bridge is located at the northwest end of Jiefang Park Road in Hankou. According to legend, in the original Huangxiao River, across a wooden bridge, on both sides of the carved boards, commonly known as the "Flower Bridge". The name "Flower Bridge" came from this.

In 1965, a reinforced concrete bridge was built here, 19.2 meters long, 4.02 meters wide, the abutment is a slurry block surface, which can be used for cars with a load of less than eight tons.

Later, in order to root out the Huangxiao River, the entire river was changed to an underground culvert, on the fourth trunk road in Hankou --- Construction Avenue, this concrete bridge was also demolished, leaving no trace.

Now, although both bridges no longer exist, but the place name Huaqiao is still used today.

"Household Alley" how to get the name

Household Alley named from the origin of folklore, a lot of folklore, the more credible for: the Ming and Qing dynasties, Wuchang city government offices gathered. Today's doorway near the door, formerly the central government office in Wuchang Province, the Office of the Secretary of the Yamen agency location, so called "Secretary of the door. And the Chief Secretary in charge of money, food and household registration, folk called "Household Department". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the east of the Household Department Lane for the Clan Treasury, is the Chief Secretary to store money and grain vaults and granaries; Household Department Lane for the west of the Wuchang Province, the location of the granary. Tobu Lane is located exactly in the middle of the two warehouses, hence the name.

It is estimated that Tube Lane has a history of at least 400 years.

Qin Yuan Road becomes Qin Yuan Road

Qin Yuan Road is located south of the Second Yangtze River Bridge, connecting Youyi Avenue, Heping Avenue and Linjiang Avenue.

The origin of the Qin Yuan Road, from an allusion: in the late Qing Dynasty, the rich merchant Ren Tong (qin father) living in Wuchang, because of attachment to the scenery of the sand lake, so in the west side of the sand lake to build a garden, named Qin Yuan. Later, Ren Tong in the garden near the garden and opened up a road with the sand lake, the road named Qinyuan Road.

Later, the garden was gradually abandoned, and Qinyuan Road was rumored to be Qinyuan Road

Jianghan Chaozong - Zongguan

Zongguan got its name from the flourishing trade in Hankou.

Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Hankou's commerce has become increasingly prosperous, and its trade throughput, such as rice, cowhide, tea, are among the highest in the country. Such a fat position, which is not coveted? China's way of doing business, there has always been a good "pile up" habit: the more prosperous the sale, the more competitive, the easier it is to make money. This is the so-called "goods sold mountain" effect. Merchants gathered, business opportunities hit the face, smooth flow of goods, money rolling in, so the temple of the high "meat eaters", "smell the horse", set up a customs tax here, a share of the pie, also makes sense. In the early years of the Qing dynasty, Wuhan has four "off": Wuchang off, Hanyang Chao Guan, Hankou Zong Guan, Han Guan. Four off three towns, Hankou has its half. Among them, hankou han pass originally called the next pass; ZongGuan in the upper reaches, located in hankou town west of 5 miles on the shore of the han water, it is called on the pass. Tax collectors wallet head warmed up, there is a cultural cultural meaning: this Hankou's first pass, for us to close into this much silver, can not always so on the off off to call it? Isn't there "Jianghan Chaozong" elegant say? Yes, let's call this upper gate as Zongguan! This episode occurred in a certain year, a certain month, a certain day involving someone, but it is difficult to audit, if someone knows, disclose it can also be used as a supplement to the history of our city.

At the beginning of the construction of the customs, due to the Han River Basin, especially the Jianghan Plain area has always been a place of affluence, Wuhan is located in the land and water, coupled with the railroad was not yet open, the line of goods more waterways, take the Han River to carry goods down to the ship, more than in the Zongguan docked around the area, the completion of the tax, trading. There are goods on the money, money on the attraction, around a money word, Zongguan around the more inns, teahouses, restaurants, as well as theaters, houses, businesses, and even the green house and such like, but also "Chaozong" meaning to strike, so the popularity of more and more flourishing, by the simple tax off and become a lively dock town. After the opening of the Beijing-Han Railway, Zongguan as "off", although increasingly dilapidated, as a dock and people flocked to the residential area, but lively.

Now, standing in the Zongguan where the Han River, when the Zongguan, shape and shadow are nowhere to be seen, pier ferry, and also asked for no one; only the gushing Han River, with a cavity of the Yangtze River's tenderness, after thousands of miles of trekking, tired and excited to put into the embrace of the river, a long-cherished wish of the Chaozong.

Lost soulmate - Zhongjia Village

After walking down the slope of Hanyang Beicheng Lane that is less than 30 meters, is Zhongjia Village.

Zhongjia Village is associated with a beautiful legend - during the Spring and Autumn Period, a great musician called Zhong Ziqi of Chu, living in the ancient market place of Hanyang. One day, the bell musician in the foot of the tortoise mountain pick woodcutting, back bundles of firewood, in the riverside rest. Suddenly, a wisp of music curls into the ear, Zhong Ziqi is a literate, listening to listen to, actually listened to the rhythm of the high mountains and flowing water, can not help but sigh in admiration. This sigh does not matter, led to the piano player Yu Boya. This Bo Ya was a high-minded and proud person, and after a meeting with the woodcutter, he regarded the woodcutter as his soulmate. A year later, Bo Ya went to visit his soulmate's hermitage, but he realized that he had already passed away. At that time, the scene should be: sadness urges passion, Bo Ya played a song in front of Zhi Yin's spirit, got off the boat to untie the cable, the sound of the yagura carry owed to be, shed tears and go. Rowed to a ferry, Bo Ya will be the wutong zither, fondle for a long time, think, zither harmony, when there is a soulmate, the world has no soulmate, to qin for what! A sigh of relief, the piano will be broken in a Saga on the strange stone!

The three places related to this legend have their own names: Zhong Ziqi's hermitage, the village where Yu Bo Ya lost his soulmate, called Zhongjia Village; the place where the two soulmates sparred with each other, called Qintai; and the crossing where Yu Bo Ya broke his violin in despair, called Qin Broken Kou.......

Go back to Zhongjia Village. Seek out Zhong Ziqi's hermitage. Legends guide, out of the North City Lane right hand, is Phoenix Hill, Phoenix Hill, southwest of Turtle Hill and Phoenix Hill, when there is a small hill --- Zhongjia Mountain, this is Zhong Ziqi hut place.

Unfortunately, although Phoenix Hill is full of buildings, after all, the shape of the mountain is still there; Turtle Hill is also full of verdure; and Zhongjia Mountain, but has long been gone. The old clouds, the last century 50s, here is a Zhongjia Mountain, a bend under the mountain lotus pond, spring lotus hairpin summer lotus autumn lotus root, the scene is a scene, is also a paradise for mosquitoes and midges. When building the first bridge over the Yangtze River, shoveling hills to fill the pond, thus east-west, building Hanyang Avenue, east of the river, west to ten miles of stores; in the north side of the avenue built a cluster of buildings; built this bridge, there are many Soviet experts, clusters of buildings on the red tiles and red walls, a few Slavic flavors, and is very leading to attract the human eye for a number of years. Because this residential area is located in the ancient Zhongjia Village site, also inherited the name of Zhongjia Village. Later, along the Hanyang shopping mall intersection around the area, are called Zhongjia Village.

Four Officials Temple

Four Officials Temple is indeed a temple, the temple does have a temple, the temple is indeed enshrined in the four "officials" - heaven, earth, water, fire.

The four official hall was first built in the Qing Shunzhi years, rebuilt in the Kangxi six years. Liu Jizhuang, the author of "Guangyang Miscellany", recounted that he traveled to Hankou in the 30th year of the Kangxi period, the Four Officials Hall Temple and Temple, and the temple enshrined is still the "Four Officials". Later, in view of the four official hall of the residential area more thatched boarding house, frequent fires, the authorities would like to be a little as, ordered: one, the demolition of thatched boarding house, all converted to tile house; two, fund-raising to rebuild the four official hall, as a dedicated fire official is also known as the fire god Zhu Rong place. However, although the object of worship streamlined the establishment, removed three-quarters of the "number of posts", but the name of the temple remains. Funny thing is, this re-modeled temple dedicated to the God of Fire, in the twenty-sixth year of the Kangxi (1687), was actually a fire burned to pieces, creating a "fire burned the Fire Temple" miracle.

This in the end is the fire god between the "fire fight" it, or the fire god dissatisfied with the renovation of the old bottle of new wine does not change the name of the temple of it? The first time I saw this is when I was a kid, and I was a kid, and I was a kid. However, since then, the four official hall indeed no longer. However, "four Temple" three words, as a place name in Wuhan, but used to this day.

Also, in the past, "twenty miles long street eight wharves", as one of the eight wharves of the Hankou prosperity mark, four official temple is the only dedicated to the Yangtze River wharf. Here, dense residential, prosperous trade, needless to say; New Year's festivals, here is also a very regional flavor of folk culture, Han flavor is pure, especially commendable. For example, before and after the Lantern Festival, children carrying lanterns, wandering the streets and alleys, childish, the signs of a good year, the most is a scene. And the four official temple around the Cunren Lane, such as the area, more than some extraordinary skills of craftsmen, bamboo paper mache all kinds of fish, insects, rabbits and dogs belonging to the animal lanterns, are exquisite and can shake their heads and tails. Chic is that the seller selling, do not call the name of the lanterns, called: "live, live!" Passers-by heard the sound of selling, after a stunned, more than a heartfelt smile. Over time, this "live, live", will become the four official temple of the pronouns. From this development to go, give birth to an epigram: "four Temple of things - live!" Said also good, four official temple production of those "live" play, indeed, "live shake activities", it is not what solid household goods!

The four official temple has a "live" history, but, really can let the four official temple song "live, live" era, I'm afraid, or now: four official temple above the Longwang Temple line, embankments such as the landscape; four official temple below the river beach wins the park; thus, the four official temple can be proud to say: "I'm not sure what I'm talking about, but I'm not sure what I'm talking about. Four official hall can proudly say: I follow any official are not required to worship, you guys see there, I once again "live" eyes, have been to you guys in the flavorful "throwing winks".... ...

Centennial is coming - Chijiajie

In Wuchang Chijiajie people walking through the bushes, sniffing the downtown brewed out of the thick taste of the city, suddenly thought of Zhang Zhidong: If Zhang Zhidong is still alive, will not three do not know (Note: Wuhan words, occasionally the meaning of) to his set up! This street to walk around?

Counting on his fingers, Chijiajie Street, almost a hundred years old.

The end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, in order to realize the dream of foreign affairs to save the country, Zhang Zhidong in Hubei is very tossed for a while: set up four bureaus of silk and linen, the first state-run textile industry in Hubei; open mines, set up steel mills, laying the foundation of heavy industry in Hubei; gun-making, gun-making and bullet-making, the development of the military industry; repairing the railroad, set up the persuasive farms, attention to the people's livelihood...

The street is the most important part of the city of Wuhan. -Tongxiangmen, in the Tongxiangmen near the open market, plans to house thousands of families, is a thousand streets ......

This street south of the railway station, west to the Linjiang Avenue, when the main land and water transportation, but also get the convenience of land and water transportation. Although Zhang Zhidong does not know Feng Shui and yin and yang, but a country to help the world's talent, to see this is a starting place to go. It is a pity that the Qing dynasty is left with a sick body frame, as if the candle in the wind, that is, or full of the court are Zhang Zhidong such a cadre, but also does not help. Thousands of streets to Zhang Zhidong died, not full of thousands of families. On the contrary, his old man was run by the education and industry, out of some of the results against his old man's intention: he sent out to study in the students, out of a few with the court, after returning to China, to his old man to do the new army barracks, gather the troops, and to his old man to do the arsenal, take the gun dragging the gun, his old man to protect the Qing dynasty pushed the bottom of a - - history remembers this day: history remembered this day: Zhang Zhidong, the old man to the court, not full of thousands of families. -History remembers this day: Wuchang Uprising ......

Now, east of Zhongshan Road, west to Linjiang Avenue, south of the Provincial Conservation Center, north of Wuluo Road, a total length of 1,100 meters of the Thousand Streets, has long exceeded the number of thousands of families, is the Wuchang District, a famous Downtown; Zhang Zhidong old man when the traces of the struggle, there is no trace to be found; that is, in 1937, General Feng Yuxiang temporarily lived in the Gospel Hall, there is no fanfare; only the jurisdiction of the Huashi one attached to the middle school, reputation sizzling, famous in China and abroad ......

Trance seems to hear the music of heaven- --Some people are dead, but he is still alive; some people live, but he is dead ...... Zhang Zhidong is dead, I wonder if he is still alive?

According to history, Zhang Zhidong as a feudal official, the hand of the silver money during his lifetime, more than hundreds of millions! But when he died, the family had no money, and even no money to do funeral, or a few filial piety students, seven put together, let him into the ground. According to this view, Zhang Zhidong should be able to live, and he set up a thousand streets, live, well.

Ancient charm and mellow--Tanhualin

According to the literary "flower", "Hua" through the falsehoods, Tanhualin that Tanhualin. In Wuchang, not to see the blossoms, not to mention the blossom forest. However, in any case, the reason why the bluestone forest for the bluestone forest, and flowers are always some relationship.

One said that, from here onwards, there are many small courtyards, and the residents are good at planting blossoms, hence the name; the other said that this ancient alleyway people, more like planting flowers, when the flowers bloomed, set up an altar in the outdoor area, and so, all year round, an altar of flowers, altar flowers flowers, azure into a forest, hence the name.

In fact, after years of kneading and rubbing, people are concerned about, often no longer the whole of history or the whole picture, but sieve down some of the fragments of history exuded by the flavor.

Bluhualin is a case in point.

Bluhualin is located in the south of Garden Hill and the north of Crab Point, with a small courtyard of green tiles built on the hillside; the dwellings are scattered and different from each other; the small courtyard of sycamore trees and the quiet paths of hemp stones will let people wash away the restlessness of the fickle city.

In the Tuhualin, you can savor and appreciate the ancient charm that is steeped in a long history and deep cultural deposits. This kind of unspeakable flavor, in the Wuhan three towns like a star in the alley, has been a rare thing.

For example, we can not remember that the Tum Hualin is located in the northeastern part of Wuchang District, the southern foot of Huayuashan, east-west direction, because these may be geographers; we can not remember the Tum Hualin West from the northern section of the Tesheng Bridge, the East stops at Zhongshan Road, a total length of 1,200 meters, 3 meters wide, asphalt surface, the door number: 1-166, because these may be municipal or However, there are some historical fragments related to Bluharin, such as the fact that it was once the base of activities for the early revolutionary groups "Nichijikai" and "Qiyingxue", and these groups have produced a number of people who sang passionately and even sacrificed their lives generously for the sake of freedom; Also, in 1938, Guo Moruo, a poet, scholar, and revolutionary who was then the director of the Third Office of the Political Department of the Military Commission of the National Government, led a group of propagandists into Xia Duyin's apartment at No. 83 in Tanhualin, and the story of the passionate young people and the famous poet and famous scholars is sure to be a remarkable story. ......

In this regard, the fate of the blossoms that gave the name to the forest is the same as that of the blossoms --- the blossoms will pass away, but the forest will always be there.

The fact is that the forest is an ancient alley in the Qing Dynasty, which has been in existence for hundreds of years.

In the cracks of the skyscrapers, there is a place called Tanhualin that exudes a pure historical fragrance, which is really a blessing for Wuhan.

Defending Hankou - Bohua Street

Bohua Street has a very grand name.

But Bao Hua Street itself, not at all imposing: located on the north side of Zhongshan Road in Hankou, under the jurisdiction of Jiangan District Dazhi Street, south of Nanjing Intersection of Zhongshan Road, northeast to Huangshi Intersection, but 200 meters long. In Wuhan, this kind of "body", is too inconspicuous.

Bao Hua Street's name and famous, from Hankou's tenancy.

March 12, 1861 AD, a British called Bashari, because they have their own gunboats in the river "backing", they flaunted in Hankou circle up to the land: from the riverside of the Hualou Street to the east of eight zhang, to the Ganlu Temple, riverside card east corner of the end of the circle of the length of 25 fathoms, 110 fathoms deep square circle of the land as the British Empire in Hankou. The British Empire in Hankou, "the lease". The British took the lead, the other high nose and concave eyes are not willing to lag behind! So, builds builds the stacks, establishes the establishment foreign bank, successively has 17 countries in the Hankou to do business, sets up the consulate 9, builds the British, the Russian, the French, the German, the Japanese to rent the boundary 5 places. So, Hankou from the Xin Sheng Road (now Jianghan Road) down to Shabao Yiyuan Road, a good place to go along the river, are these people with the Hankou people have nothing to do with the exotic people divided up!

The bandits are insatiable. Thirty years after Hankou had its own lease, in 1898, the British brutally extended the lease to the north, straight to the back of the city on the road (today's Zhongshan Road). Due to the resistance of the Hankou people, the British used the security of the lease to build a fence between the lease and the Chinese border, and in 1901, the fence was dismantled and a solid wall was built.

This wall was the mark of the robbers to defy and discriminate against the robbed after they had succeeded in their robberies.

This wall, from the cooperation road (the original boundaries of the road), to the Bank of China on Jianghan Road, such as a swallowed, spit out the thorns, has been stuck in the heart of Hankou people.

In 1923, Hankou land king Liu Xinsheng with the Hankou "Chinese Merchants Association" businessmen, capitalized on the acquisition of today's Huangshi Road, Baocheng Road, built the Hankou "model area", intended to fight the power of the tenant community, the demolition of the wall of the proposal has been raised again. The idea of tearing down the wall was brought up again. After several setbacks, by the then municipal government and the British Ministry of Public Works Bureau of repeated negotiations, the contract: the government to bear the cost of demolition of the wall and fill in the engineering costs, annual subsidies to the British Concession to repair the road fee of 3,500 silver, only in exchange for the demolition of the wall in 1930!

Humiliation is humiliating some, after all, the thorn in the throat removed.

To commemorate this difficult history, along the wall of this fragmented section of the road named "Bao Hua Street", but also Hankou people show that the "defense of China" witnessed the will.