Qingjiangpu was opened in 1415 during the Yongle period, and as early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was the transportation hub, grain storage and commercial city of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with a history of more than 600 years. It is known as "South Ship North Horse", "Granary of the World", "Nine Provinces Thoroughfare" and other reputations. The Changying warehouse with 1.5 million quintals of grain storage has made Qingjiangpu have the reputation of "the world's granary".
In the old days, Qingjiangpu was prosperous
In the old days, due to the canal north of Qingjiangpu, it was difficult to travel slowly, and there were many accidents of broken cables and sinking boats. Therefore, people from south to north, after arriving at Qingjiangpu, go ashore here and change horses to go north. After the people from north to south arrived at Qingjiangpu, they abandoned their carriages and horses and boarded boats to go south. This saves time and is safer. This is the origin of the "South Ship North Horse, Shezhou Landing".
South Ship North Horse Boat Landing Tablet
Qingjiangpu is the Ming and Qing Dynasty Caoyun Key Jin, the throat of north-south traffic, to the "Nine Provinces Through qu", the Governor of the River, the Governor of Caoyun live here, the official office such as the forest, there is a "more officials than the people" reputation.
The old Qingjiang Pulou, built in 1729 AD (the seventh year of Yongzheng), on the south bank of the Grand Canal, has two floors and is square. Later, the New Qingjiang Pulou was rebuilt on Zhongzhou Island.
Qianlong title Qingjiangpu
Now we see that the name of the building "Qingjiangpu" was inscribed by the Qianlong Emperor, but the word "Pu" is a typo. It is said that Qianlong had already used the imperial meal when he wrote the inscription, and also drank some wine, a little drunk, and when he wrote the last point of the word "Pu", his hand shook slightly, and the last point fell to the bottom of the "Pu" character. The emperor wrote a typo, for a moment he was overwhelmed, and the officials next to him did not know how to find the steps for the emperor, and at this embarrassing time, a very clever local official said to the emperor, Your Majesty, your three words are really well written! In particular, this last point can be said to benefit the people of Qingjiangpu. Since ancient times, there have been floods here for many years, and Qingjiangpu has been flooded by heavy water every year. You put this point under a horizontal line, which means that from now on, the water will fall, and Qingjiangpu will never be flooded again. This is really a blessing for us Qingjiangpu people!
After the Qianlong Emperor heard this, Long Yan was overjoyed and said, "Shuo Zheng has this intention!" He then ordered these three characters to be framed and hung on the upper floor, which has been used ever since.
Kangxi River Patrol Map
Since the opening of the port, Qingjiangpu has been highly valued by the emperors of all dynasties, and when the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty first inspected the river affairs in the south, he commended the river governor for his work in controlling water and built the river embankment. There is a pavilion looming in Chuxiu Garden among the green pines and cypresses, with green top purple pillars and glass cornices. In the middle of the pavilion is a stone stele, which is where the Imperial Poetry Pavilion is located. The seal on the stele is "Reconstruction of the Kangxi Poetry Pavilion".
The Imperial Monument Pavilion, a stele given to Gao Bin, the governor of the river, when the Qianlong Emperor descended jiangnan. The Royal Monument Pavilion has now become an important cultural heritage of Qingjiangpu, which carries the long ancient canal culture of Huai'an and witnesses the prosperity of the former Huai'an city.
Imperial Monument Pavilion
The stone pier was built in 1728 AD (Qing Yongzheng 6), which is a pier made entirely of stone, so it is called a stone pier. Because the Qianlong Emperor once landed here, it was also called the Royal Wharf.
The story of Wu Tang, who was then the commander of Qinghe County, mistakenly sending two silver to Empress Dowager Cixi took place at the place where the ship was moored at the royal wharf.
As the Ming and Qing dynasties, Huai'an, which integrated the four major places of "Cao, River, Salt and Yu" in one, was even more prosperous and was known as the capital of Chinese transportation. Kangxi and Qianlong made six southern expeditions to this place. Salt has always been produced near Huai'an, and salt transportation has been superimposed on the water transportation, so that silver from all over the world has been gathered far away, and Huai'an commerce has never stopped. Wu Xilin, a Qing dynasty, called this place the abyss of all merchants, rich and without, A is in his town. "The cities on both sides of the strait are rampant, and there are dozens of miles, and even "Ten Miles Zhu rides a boat on both sides of the strait, singing and dancing in the middle of the night." ”
Night view of Qingjiangpu
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to the opening of the Jinpu Railway and the opening of the sea ban, the canal's neglect of governance, coupled with political corruption, the rapid decline of caozheng, so that the canal-dependent water transport gradually declined.
In 1901 (the 27th year of Guangxu), the Qing court officially announced the suspension of Caoyun, and the millennium Caoyun officially withdrew from the historical stage. Since then, the status of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the cities along the route has plummeted. The capital of Huai'an has also fallen to dust, the scenery is no longer there, and Qingjiangpu has witnessed the rise and fall of Caoyun.
More than a hundred years later, Huai'an has ushered in a new life. In 2016, with the approval of the State Council, the Qinghe District and Qingpu District in the former Huai'an City were abolished and qingjiangpu District was established, so that the name of "Qingjiangpu", which has a rich historical and cultural heritage, will shine and shine again in the new century. Today's Huai'an transportation is developed in all directions, and airports, railways, highways, and water transport waterways constitute a complete transportation network. As a Taiwan-funded highland, Huai'an is a phoenix nirvana and reborn from the fire. Today's Huai'an people are catching up with the city spirit of "embracing the world and rising Jianghuai" and striving to reshape their glory. I believe that the fame of "the first state in the magnificent southeast" will certainly be able to reappear in the near future.
The Changying Bridge, named after the Changying warehouse