An era has the characteristics of an era, it will disappear in a rapidly developing society, but it will not disappear from people's memory.
In my impression, the Chengdu City God Temple area is like this.
In the remaining children's memories, the impression of the City God Temple is really not deep. The only thing that has an impression is that my father once took me to the City God Temple Audio-visual Products Mall to buy AVCD, and my father bought a set of 13 plates of "Garrison Death Squad" to go back to see, he said that this is the memory of his youth.
The memory of my youth is that I was pestering my father to buy me a game cassette for the little bully learning machine, and my father hesitated for half a day to choose two sets of "99-in-1" for me, saying that this was "played".
When I grew up and heard the news of the City God Temple, I saw in the newspaper that "the City God Temple Audio and Video Products Mall was closed". At that time, I sighed for a while, and ran to buy my dad a few sets of old TV series discs before closing the door.
Later, when I heard the news of the City God Temple, it was already the time when the "North Reform" policy was announced, and the City God Temple Electronic Market was planned to be demolished.
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The original meaning of the city god refers to the ancient city walls and moats. The City God is believed to be the guardian deity of ancient cities, and the City God Temple is a temple dedicated to the City God. The City God Temple in various cities has naturally become one of the most important temples in various cities, such as the Shanghai City God Temple and the Nanjing City God Temple.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Chengdu has been a city with the same county, and in one city, there are two counties in Chengdu County and Huayang County. Therefore, at that time, there were three sets of Yamen teams in Chengdu: Chengdu Prefecture, Chengdu County and Huayang County. Correspondingly, there are also three city god temples in Chengdu: Chengdu Fucheng God Temple, Chengdu County God Temple and Huayang County God Temple.
Chengdu Fucheng God Temple was originally on the north side of Xiadong Avenue, and the old Chengdu people generally called it "Dongmen City God Temple". Due to the relatively large temple and the large number of pilgrims, it became a place where the three religions and nine streams gathered during the Qing Dynasty. Now the Chengdu City God Temple is no longer visible. However, it left behind several special snacks of the City God Temple: "Fumiao Bean Soup" (similar to the bean soup rice with fat intestines now added), "Tooth and Tooth Rice" (a tooth and a tooth rice block, eaten with small dishes), and "Put the TangYuan" (pure glutinous rice with a tail without filling dumplings).
The standard dish of fat sausage bean soup rice is mixed with white meat
Huayang County God Temple is on the west side of the East Competition Field, and there is still only a small street called Chenghuang Temple Street in the East Competition Field Street and Yuhuangguan Street. Today, the former site of the City God Temple in Huayang County has become today's City God Temple Street Primary School.
Now we often say that the City God Temple refers to the old Chengdu County God Temple located in the north of the city, which is called the "North Gate City God Temple" by the old Chengdu people. Chengdu County God Temple is famous because there is a nationally renowned City God Temple electronic market. Since many shops were located in the original City God Temple at the beginning, it was also called "an electronic market open in the yamen" by the old Chengdu people.
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A relative of Huang Fatzi once did business in the City God Temple Electronic Market, and I asked Huang Fatzi to help introduce his uncle. So I heard from Uncle Shi the prosperity of the City God Temple electronic market in that era. (Huang Fatzi once made a cameo appearance in the issue of MoziQiao)
"Before 1992, the City God Temple Market was simply a stall that could make money." Uncle Shi took a sip of tea and said with a look of remembrance: "Everyone in your father's generation must know that at that time, everyone who was an old man would repair light bulbs, repair switches, and make semiconductors to play with their own powerful points." I made a few gadgets myself and put them on sale by the river, but I didn't expect to sell them. Later, the Xicheng District Industrial and Commercial Bureau established the City God Temple Electronic and Electrical Appliances Market, at that time the weekly temple fair, many people from the surrounding counties of Chengdu came to buy goods, even Jiangsu and Zhejiang came to join in the fun. “
"In 1995, this market was completely crowded, but there was not a single car in the market."
Uncle Shi sold a guanzi, and I asked with cooperation, "Why?" Uncle Shi said triumphantly: "Because there are too many people, it is not easy to drive out when you come in." I invested more than 20,000 yuan in the market to open a small shop in the market, selling audio speakers and other accessories. At that time, business was easy to do, sometimes as soon as the door was opened, there was no time to eat, and it was time for dinner when it was time to rest. At most, I invited four Qiu Er (guys) to help, and I could sell at least tens of millions of dollars of goods every day. ”
"And what about later?" Huang Fatzi saw uncle Shi stop and show a nostalgic expression and asked busily.
"Later, there was no later. At the end of the two thousand years, the state closed the audio-visual products mall of the City God Temple. The whole market will not work in the New Year. Uncle Shi took another sip of tea and was silent for half a day before he said: "We are in favor of the state cracking down on pirated audio-visual products with both hands and feet, but it is a fatal blow to those of us who sell audio accessories." The flow of people in the entire market has gone off for a long time. ”
"At the peak of the City God Temple, there were Yinfeng, Jinyue, Chengbei, Jinfang, Xingfa, Dafa, Hengtong, Xinli, Hongyun, Shu'an, Jardine, computer consumables wholesale city... There are 16 markets in total. Uncle Shi counted one by one with his fingers: "But the whole market is changing later, and the City God Temple has not changed." Logistics and transportation are not good, there are many crooked brands, services cannot keep up, and there is no overall market planning. Later, Gome Five-Star Suning these professional electrical appliance stores rushed, which can still withstand Oh. “
Later, I learned from Huang Fatzi's mouth that Uncle Shi was basically supported by old customers behind him. When the old customer did not come, he also withdrew from the City God Temple electronic market.
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Urban memory does not disappear with urban change, but rather burns deeper with the passage of time.
No one can stop the changes in cities, and all we can do is record these urban memories in our own way.
Later, when I was passing by the City God Temple, I unexpectedly saw Uncle Shi again. He held up a bag of buns he had bought in the "canteen of the national defense organs" in his hand and said: "I am used to this taste, and I have thought about it a little after not eating it for a long time." “