Coming to Ruili, Yunnan, we specially drove to the 23-kilometer Bridge in Ruili City. On the map of China, you may be difficult to find this ordinary boundary river bridge in the town of Wacho in ruili City's Qicheng Economic Development Zone, but it is indeed a rich and colorful stroke in China's modern and modern history. The HaChidō Bridge "reaches Kunming to Shanghai in the north, Lashio in South Myanmar to Yangon in the south, and india in the northwest, which can be described as a bridge lock, and the four sides are not open! Because the sky sets its dangers, history makes its majesty and is famous at home and abroad, and the world pays attention to it! ”。 The Hatamachi Bridge is a famous bridge of the War of Resistance, the Hatamachi Bridge is a famous bridge of commerce, and the Hatamachi Bridge is also a bridge of friendship. It writes the history of the country, shoulders the destiny of the nation, flutters the ribbon of friendship, has had scenery, and has had glory.
Located in the eastern part of Ruili City, bordering Mangshi to the north and northeast, and adjacent to Myanmar to the south across the Hata River, the national border here is 28.656 kilometers long. "Hatamachi" is a transliteration of Dai, "畹" means the sun, "町" means dangding or zhongtian, and "Hatamachi" is "the place where the sun is the top". Located at the end of National Highway 320, the national first-class port - Hatamachi Port is the boundary bridge between China and Myanmar, and at both ends of the bridge are stationed customs and border inspection stations of the two countries, and many traders and residents enter and leave from this port every day.
The history of the town can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, the Western Han Belonged to Yizhou County, the Eastern Han Dynasty belonged to Yongchang County, the Tang Dynasty belonged to Nanzhao, the Song and Yuan belonged to Dali, and the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty were divided into the Deputy Xuanfu Division and the Mengjiao Pacification Division. During the Republic of China period, it was subordinate to the Luxi Administrative Bureau. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in December 1952, the town of Qi (county-level) was established, which belonged to Baoshan District. In January 1955, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of Dehong Prefecture Dai Jingpo Autonomous Region. In January 1985, the town was withdrawn and set up as a city (county level). In January 1999, the city of Hatamachi was abolished and the Ruili City Economic Development Zone was established, under the jurisdiction of the town of Hatamachi and the farm of Hatamachi.
Since ancient times, the town has been one of the important passages of the ancient Silk Road in southwest China, until the construction of the highway in the 1920s, it was an ancient post road from Sichuan to India through Dali, Baoshan, Longling, Mangshi, and Chai releasing Myanmar. In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), in order to facilitate travel to and from Myanmar, Mangshi Toast and Chaofang Toast were responsible for recruiting migrant workers in sections, and built a simple road from Mangshi to Hatcho, which was connected with the Myanmar Lashio Highway. At the same time, a plank bridge was built on the Hatamachi River that could only be used by pedestrians, horse gangs and cars. This simple highway also laid the foundation for the later construction of the Mangshi-Tsushima section of the Yunnan Burma Highway.
The Hatamachi Bridge is a famous bridge in the War of Resistance. After the July 7 Incident in 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing, and the Japanese army blocked most of the land and sea passages between China and the international community. At a time when the Chinese nation was in danger, in order to open up the international communication line, 200,000 people in western Yunnan worked day and night for nine months, and the Yunnan Burma Highway was built in August 1938, and the wooden bridge on the Border between China and Myanmar was also transformed into a single-hole stone arch bridge. It has become the only major land transportation route for China's international ties, and the Hatsucho Bridge has also shouldered the historical responsibility of saving the descendants of the Chinese people, a large number of materials for aiding China have been continuously transported to the front line of China's anti-Japanese war, and the Yunnan Burma Highway has also become the only "blood vessel" and "lifeline" of China's War of Resistance.
From August 1938 to April 1942, more than 450,000 tons of anti-war materials were delivered to China through this channel, which greatly supported China's War of Resistance. In 1942, the Japanese army gathered heavy troops to attack Burma, and in May of the same year, the Japanese Kou stepped on the Hatamachi Bridge, and more than 20,000 square kilometers west of the Nu River fell. In order to ensure the smooth flow of the Burma Road, in March 1942, China sent 100,000 expeditionary troops to cross the Hatsucho Bridge into Burma to fight against the Japanese. On January 20, 1945, the Chinese Expeditionary Force drove the Japanese army out of the gate of the Western Yunnan War and won a comprehensive victory in the Western Yunnan War of Resistance, and on January 21, the Chinese army held a flag-raising ceremony in the town, marking the final victory of the Western Yunnan Counteroffensive. The victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Western Yunnan "set an example of total annihilation of the enemy and a precursor to the recovery of the national territory." It not only opened up the Burma Highway and the China-India Highway, which effectively supported the domestic War of Resistance, but also opened the prelude to China's strategic counteroffensive in the War of Resistance Against Japan. If the sound of gunfire on the Lugou Bridge on July 7, 1937, was the rallying cry of the beginning of the National War of Resistance, then the cannon on the side of the Hatamachi Bridge on January 20, 1945 was the salute that drove the Japanese troops out of the country and won the victory of the national war of resistance.
The Hatamachi Bridge is a famous bridge for friendship. On April 29, 1950, the Chinese People's Liberation Army planted a five-star red flag on the bridgehead of Hatamachi, announcing the peaceful liberation of Hatamachi, and the Hatamachi Bridge has since become a ribbon linking the friendship between China and Burmese compatriots. Relying on the location advantage of the China-Myanmar border, the sound of chickens and dogs between the two countries is heard, the border people come and go freely, and the friendly mutual market has promoted the common prosperity of the border between China and Myanmar.
The Hatamachi Bridge is a famous diplomatic bridge. On December 15, 1956, Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied Burmese Prime Minister U Bari on foot from Jiugu, Myanmar via the Hatsucho Bridge, which was the only time in Premier Zhou's diplomatic career that he returned home on foot. This diplomatic activity broke the international blockade imposed by Western countries on New China, set up a brilliant model of peaceful diplomacy, and laid a good foundation for the smooth settlement of the China-Myanmar border issue. Since then, more than 40 party, government, and military leaders of the Republic have personally inspected the bridge and witnessed the important international status of the bridge.
The Hatamachi Bridge is a famous commercial bridge. The Bridge connects the Chinese town at one end and the Nine Valleys of Myanmar at the other, forming a border spectacle of "one bridge, two countries" and "one city, two countries", and many border people here have transnational in-laws. China and Myanmar have a long history of commercial and trade exchanges, in the historical process of China's opening up to the outside world, Hatsumachi took the lead in carrying out foreign trade, created and summed up many successful experiences in small border trade and border people's mutual markets, and made outstanding contributions to winning the reputation of "border trade looks at Yunnan, Yunnan border trade looks at Dehong".
Today, with the implementation of the national "Belt and Road" strategy and the policy of Ruili National Key Development and Opening Up Pilot Zone, it has brought unprecedented major historical development opportunities to The Town, and the "Century-old Hatamachi Bridge and International Corridor" will glow with more vitality and vitality and compose new glory!