In Xi'an City, east of Jiefang Road and north of East Avenue, there are eight east-west roads, arranged from south to north, which are called East 1st Road, East 2nd Road, East 3rd Road, East 4th Road, East 5th Road, East 6th Road, East 7th Road, and East 8th Road.
The reason why I am compared here is because these eight roads have almost the same experience from the earliest planning and construction to the present:
The eight roads from Dongyi Road to Dongba Road used to connect Jiefang Road, Shangjian Road, Shangqin Road, Shangai Road and the northern section of Shuncheng East Road from west to east, and the five north-south roads were divided into four sections, forming four intersections of Jiefang Road, Shangjian Road, Shangqin Road and Shangai Road, and a T-shaped intersection under the easternmost city wall. (East 1st Road, East 2nd Road, and East 3rd Road are not connected because Shang'ai Road only leads north to south to the entrance of East 43rd Middle School, and Shangjian Road has only become a pedestrian street after the transformation of shantytowns in the Minyuan area between Dongxin Street and East 5th Road).
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression before the founding of New China, the Japanese invaders occupied a large area of our country, in order to prevent the Japanese invaders from continuing to invade China, the then National Government President Jiang ordered the explosion of the Yellow River levee at the mouth of the Garden in Henan, and after the Yellow River was cut off, the flood raged, and the entire lower reaches of the Yellow River became a vast ocean, and in the movie "1942", during the later period of the Great Famine, Shaanxi opened its doors to Henan and became the province that received the most victims of the Yellow Pan Area. Countless refugees fled along the Longhai Railway to Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, and then settled down to take root, slowly forming a shantytown in Xi'an City near the railway station and Jiefang Road, including Dongba Road, so that almost all people in this area near Dongba Road have used Henan dialect to communicate with each other in the past hundred years.
If you go back to the Sui and Tang dynasties, now the East Eighth Road is the same as the other seven roads: the place is not in the city! It was only in waiguo city, after the late Tang Dynasty Han jian shrunk the city, it completely became a suburb.
The red area is roughly the purple area of Xi'an City from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, which is roughly the location of the current East Eighth Road
It was not until after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty that the walls on the northeast side of Xi'an City were expanded by about one-third to the east and north, and the current location of The East Eighth Road was encircled within Xi'an City, which also had a history of about five or six hundred years.
During the Qing Dynasty, after the Manchus entered the customs, they built a wall along the bell tower to the east and north in Xi'an City, forming a mancheng in the northeast area of Xi'an City for Manchus and for the Eight Banner Soldiers, and the area where the East Eighth Road was located was also circled into Mancheng like the other seven roads at that time.
The orange lines roughly resemble the current location of East Eighth Road in Xi'an City
On October 22, 1911, Xi'an responded to the Wuchang Uprising as the city that fired the second shot of the Wuchang Uprising, and in the fierce battle, a large number of buildings in the city were bombed and burned, and the flag bearers were either killed or fled in exile, and the city became a ruin. In 1912, Mancheng was ordered by the Governor of Shaanxi to demolish the western and southern walls, and Mancheng, a city within a city, completely ceased to exist. After the baptism of fire, the city became a ruin, and the walls of the city were demolished, which meant that 1/3 of the main urban area of Xi'an needed to be re-planned and built.
Although the Nationalist government at that time opened up several north-south roads in the original Manchu City, such as filial piety, compassion, loyalty, faith, etiquette, righteousness, honesty, and shame, and Shangren Road, which began with Shangzi, and also built many houses for people to live in free, (the current East Eighth Road plus the West Eighth Road west of Jiefang Road is roughly the Chongmei Road in the Republic of China period) The QixianZhuang, where the Eighth Route Army office in the west is located, is the architectural complex preserved in that period, because in the process of the Xinhai Revolution at that time, a large number of Manchus were killed in Mancheng So everyone felt that it was obscure, and for a long time no one in the original full area of the city was willing to live.
Until 1935, after the opening of the Longhai Railway to Xi'an, a large number of Henan people came to Xi'an along the Longhai Railway to escape war and famine, when they first settled under the city wall, and later as more and more Henan refugees came to Xi'an, many people successively built shacks nearby. At the same time, because of the completion of the Longhai Railway and Xi'an Railway Station, directly opposite the Jiefang Road of the railway station (called Shangren Road at that time, the railway station was changed to Zhongzheng Road when it was built), so Jiefang Road soon formed a commercial and trade center in Xi'an and even the entire northwest region, gradually replacing the prosperity of the previous Nanyuanmen area, a large number of Henan refugees also made money through Jiefang Road and Longhai Railway, and later they built a house or bought a property on Dongba Road. So until now, there are many people on Dongba Road who rely on small business and work on the railway to inherit the business of their ancestors, and they still communicate with each other in Henan.
After the liberation of Xi'an, the Shangren Road, which was originally opposite the railway station because of the opening of the Longhai Railway in Xi'an, was changed to its current name - Jiefang Road, and the eight roads on both sides of Jiefang Road, which previously began with chongzi, were changed from south to north by Jiefang Road as the boundary to East and West 1st to 8th Road.
After the comprehensive reform and opening up of Xi'an in 1985, with the active market economy, Dongba Road, like the residents of the other seven roads, began to rent idle houses to passing tourists or to people who worked in Xi'an City, so until now, there are still people on Dongba Road who rely on rental houses to survive.
The entire Xi'an Railway Station and the vicinity of the Longhai Railway line, including Dongba Road, can be said to record and accumulate the development and modernization process of Xi'an in the past century, and also witnessed the story of the "great river leaving the people" caused by the bursting of the Yellow River at the mouth of the Garden, and the stories of the hard struggle and prosperity of the Jiefang Road in Xi'an , the railway station, the Minyuan area and even the entire Xi'an commercial culture.
To say that it is different, it is only because the East Eighth Road is ranked eighth, and at that time, the Chongyi Road east of the original Zhongzheng Road was changed to the current East Eighth Road in the order of arranging from south to north.
Out of Xi'an Railway Station, from the Jiefang Gate into Xi'an City along the Jiefang Road to the south, the left hand side is the second intersection in the east to the east of the road is the East Eighth Road (the first intersection is the eastern section of Shuncheng North Road used to be called Shuncheng Lane).
JiefangMen and Xi'an Railway Station on the north side of Jiefang Road
Before the completion of xi'an north passenger station in 2010, in addition to going to the airport to take a plane, the railway station can almost be said to be the only choice for most people to travel long distances, and Dongba Road is the last street to leave Xi'an in the consciousness of many people.
Although in the past, although Shuncheng Lane on the south side of Xi'an Railway Station was closer to the root of the city wall, at least in my impression it was far less lively than East Eighth Road, because Shuncheng Lane has been half a street after the renovation of the city wall in the 1980s, plus the wall in front of the railway station (south) square starts from the expansion of the railway station, until the city wall of The Liberation Gate is connected, that section has been a long opening, so many people think that the railway station in Xi'an is directly connected to Jiefang Road. Many people who have just arrived in Xi'an after getting off the train will feel that Dongba Road is the first street to Xi'an, and almost all of the bus departure and terminal stations are on the north and south sides of the west entrance of Dong8Th road, and people who come and go in and out of the railway station from south to north get on and off the bus are at the east eighth road (and west eighth road) entrance, plus in the past, east eighth road was not so wide on the side of the road before demolition and transformation, close to the curb, and both sides are shops next to each other.
I can't remember whether East Eighth Road was changed to a one-way street from west to east in 1999 or 2000s, but before that, East Eighth Road was an east-west two-way lane, with restaurants, shops, and inns on both sides of the road next to each other, selling snacks including jade from Lantian, pomegranates from Lintong, and various souvenirs with Shaanxi characteristics such as terracotta warriors and shadow puppets. Every day, people who cross the whole street and buy things are always bustling, some people come into the store to carry some souvenirs and souvenirs for relatives and friends, some people are hungry to eat something or buy something to eat and drink on the road, some people will buy a deck of playing cards to spend a long time on the road, and some people will break their luggage bags or trolley boxes in the process of taking the train to buy a new one.
East 8th Road Jiefang Road - Shangjian Road section is photographed from west to east
From Jiefang Road to the east, the southern side of the road except for the westernmost building built by the taxi stop, the rest of the road is basically the same as it was decades ago, and the roadside is full of low-rise houses with open facades.
The east half of Shangjian Road, Jiefang Road, west of Shangjian Road, was photographed from west to east
The northern and eastern part of the road is a white-walled demolition open space, and when you go east, the first intersection you encounter is the Shangjian Road Cross.
Walking north from the intersection is the Shangjian Gate, one of the eighteen gates of Xi'an City
There is a row of two-storey façade houses on the north side of the east side of the Cross road of Shangjian Road, and there is probably an East Courtyard Community Convenience Service Station in the middle.
Except for the East Courtyard Community Convenience Service Station, the north side of this section of East Eighth Road is full of shops facing the street, and it has been opened to the next intersection on the east side.
The south side of this section of the road is also a whole row of shops, the difference is only that the shops on the south side of the section between Shangjian Road and Shangqin Road are opened under the large high-rise building of the later newly built Yuxing Lane community.
From Jiefang Road, go east along Dongba Road, the second intersection is also shangqin road cross, and the southwest corner of the intersection is the Xiyuan Building
In the northwest corner are the Nanyang Hotel and the South Hotel
In the northeast corner is the Mayinglong Anorectal Hospital
The location of Ma Yinglong Anorectal Hospital used to be the Shaanxi Provincial Military District Guest House (also known as the Bayi Hotel), which is a self-supporting public institution, implementing enterprise management, built in the 1950s, subordinate to the Logistics Department of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region, and changed to the Bayi Hotel of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region in the 1990s.
Once the Bayi Guest House
Before there was the Xiaozhai Military Region, the difference between the Shaanxi Military Region and the present was one provincial word, at that time there were no high-speed rail and airplanes, there were few cars, and the train was once the most convenient or even the only means of transportation to choose at that time. At that time, the Shaanxi Provincial Military District was inside the Small North Gate. If they can't buy a train ticket on the same day, they need to spend the night in Xi'an, and the most convenient way for them to go to Dongba Road and live in the East Eighth Road Guest House of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region near the Xi'an Railway Station. In the past, new recruits from Shaanxi Province and Xi'an generally had to take a train at Xi'an Railway Station, and many recruits who arrived at Xi'an Railway Station in advance and veterans who picked up new recruits would be arranged to stay and rest at the East Eighth Road Guest House of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region.
Although the North Railway Station was later built in Xi'an, and a large number of people went to take the high-speed rail, in recent years we can still see countless new recruits lined up in the railway station square during the annual conscription.
Stand on the wall of Shangjian Gate to see the Bayi Hotel (yellow glazed tile roof)
In the early winter of 2015, in the capital Beijing, the Central Military Commission Reform Work Conference made a major decision to completely stop the military from carrying out paid services to the outside world.
In February 2016, the Central Military Commission issued a notice to completely stop paid service activities, explicitly stopping all paid service activities of the military in a step-by-step period of about three years.
The order is out, and the responsibility is like a mountain. The troops of the whole army and the local party committees and governments at all levels issued orders and the task units moved at the behest of the orders, and from the coast of the river and the sea to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, from the foothills of the Changbai Mountains to the banks of the Wanquan River, a huge offensive battle quickly began. After the implementation of the Central Military Commission's regulations on the complete suspension of paid services by the military, the original Bayi Hotel was closed in the second half of 2017.
In May 2014, Ma Yinglong Anorectal Hospital moved to the original South Courtyard of Bayi Hotel with a lease site for a lease period of 15 years, and after the lease expires, the South Courtyard of the East Eighth Road Guest House of the Provincial Military Region rented by Ma Yinglong Anorectal Hospital will be transferred to the veterans management agency for use like the North Hospital.
Follow the East Eighth Road Shangqin Road cross to the east, the north and west half of the road is the original Bayi Hotel façade
Between the eastern half and the next intersection in the east (i.e. the Shang'ai junction) is a green area of Imperial City Square.
Along the south side of the intersection of Shangqin Road and East 8th Road to the east, the westernmost road edge is the small square in front of the ProMed Building.
To the east, downstairs of the ProMed Building are Super 8 Hotel, 7 Days Hotel Chain, Shenzhifeng Clinic in Xi'an New Town and Bo'ai Kindergarten in Xi'an New Town.
The easternmost part of the south of this section of the road is the old Xi'an Youth Hostel with the main entrance open at the intersection of Shang'ai Road and East Eighth Road, decorated with the flavor of old Xi'an.
The old Xi'an Youth Hostel has some other stone ornaments and potted plants along the road side of East Eighth Road, in addition to a row of age-sensitive horse stakes, and a row of red lanterns hangs under the antique eaves.
After crossing the intersection of Shang'ai Road to the east, the north of Lunan Road is the territory of Huangchengfang, all the way to the northern section of Shuncheng East Road under the root of the easternmost city wall of Dongba Road.
On the east side of the green space along Shang'ai Road in the south of the road, there is a four-pillar three-door antique archway with three golden characters written in the middle of the Imperial City Square.
To the south of the antique archway is a trail, and the east side looks like a row of shops facing west from the outside.
To the east there is an underground garage entrance, and further east is the courtyard with a tall stone lion at the entrance.
On the north side of the road, there are also several doorways with stone lions that are also more than one person tall.
Continue to the east to the north section of Shuncheng East Road under the city wall root, go south from Chaoyang Gate out of the city, go north to the head to the west, you can follow the east section of Shuncheng North Road of the city wall root from Shangqin Gate, Shangjian Gate or all the way to the railway station square.
In October 1995, when Dongqun Lane in Xinmin Village on East Eighth Road was demolished and renovated, many people in the alley took a big group photo together
In October 1995, Dongqun Lane, Xinmin Village, Dongba Road
Later, this group photo became the last memory left by people in the East Group Lane of Xinmin Village.
In the northeast corner of the Xi'an City Wall, there used to be a XinglongFang at the east end of The East Eighth Road, and between the East Seventh and Eighth Roads, there were several alleys with three horizontal and one vertical. In the 1930s, the ancestors of those people in Xinglong Lane had been living in Xinglongfang since they fled from Henan to Xi'an, and although their ancestral home was in Henan and spoke Henan dialect, they never returned to Henan. In the summer of 2007, the relocation began, and later the current Imperial City Square was built, and now XinglongFang has long ceased to exist, but fortunately, at the time of demolition, someone took the following precious photos:
Nearby, xinmin village, nanbeifang lane, and lian shame lane were also within the scope of demolition at that time. When Xinglongfang got its name, I can't verify it now, but the disappearance of Xinglong Lane is the same time as the demolition before the development and construction of Huangchengfang, after the end of the demolition, xinglongfang, which was once within the scope of the 2008 Xi'an urban key transformation project, is only a historical memory.
The temporary parking lot on East 8th Road in the northeast corner of Xi'an City before the construction of Huangchengfang 20130523
The very irregular alley called Shejiao Lane, which used to lead from Shangai Road on the south side of Dongba Road to East Seventh Road, was the westernmost alley of Xinglongfang, which also disappeared from Dong8Th road at that time because of demolition. I still have an impression of that alley because I used to have classmates living in it, and when I went to school, I was always curious: that area was a place where Henan people gathered, and at that time, I felt that anyone I saw talking was a Henan accent, and she spoke very standard Mandarin, and later learned that her grandfather bought a courtyard zhuang base in Shejiao Lane after joining the work and then moved from Chang'an County to the city.
East Eighth Road south side of Shangqin Road west, Shangjian Road east of the Yuxing Lane community originally had two lanes leading to the East Seventh Road called Yuxing East Lane and Yuxing West Lane, are named because of henan people, widened and renovated once in 1950, and later when the Yuxing Lane community was built, Yuxing East Lane did not exist, and later everyone said Yuxing Lane is actually the original Yuxing West Lane.
East Eighth Road to the south there is a turn (a shaped) bend to the East Seventh Road, the east side of the labor lane is not known to remember, because I went less before, anyway, I can not remember the specific section of the East Eighth Road at that time.
Now the East Courtyard Community Convenience Service Station on the north side of Dongba Road, many people do not know how the East Courtyard is coming from, I checked the relevant information on the Internet, it turned out to be east of Jiefang Road, west of Shangqin Road, north of Dongliu Road to the north of the city wall, the East Courtyard, Kunzhong Lane, Yuxing Lane, Labor Lane Neighborhood Committee and the Provincial Textile Materials Division Parent Committee merged to form the East Courtyard Community under the jurisdiction of the Jiefangmen Street Office. It is said that in the past, there was indeed a big courtyard from Shangjian Road in the east to Jiefang Road in the west, and I also heard from my former classmates that the East Courtyard used to be a big courtyard.
There used to be a Yuwu Lane on the north side of Dongba Road to the north of the city wall, which was named in 1950 because of the majority of people in Wuzhi County, Jiaozuo City, which has a back garden across the river from Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, and changed its name to Yaowu Lane during the Cultural Revolution in 1966, and restored the original Yuwu Lane name after the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1972.
East Eighth Road to the north to the root of the city wall past there is a ┫shape of the North New Lane I can not remember in which section.
Nowadays, many of the former demolition households of East Eighth Road have been placed in the Xiangheju Community on the north side of the north second ring road in the northwest direction of the Xinjiamiao overpass, and I heard that the family of a classmate who used to live on East Eighth Road was divided into several apartments after demolition, and the shantytown east of Shang'ai Road on East Eighth Road has also become the Imperial City Square, which is said to have the highest house price in Xi'an City.
East 7th Road Huangchengfang Marketing Center
Now, think back to Dongba Road, in the 2000s, groups of people with blue eyes and curly hair, generally not very old, and seemingly Xinjiang people's theft gangs are in groups, and the street vendors who "set up heavy organs" to "set up heavy organs" to cheat money on the roadside are waiting for you to pay money (especially those who sell jade and bracelets, as long as you get close, they will pull the mechanism tied with fishing line to let the jade in front of you fall on the ground, they will come forward and say that you threw away the jade, you can only break the money and avoid disaster, how many people have been in the jade shop near East Eighth Road and Jiefang Road) In addition to these, the former East Eighth Road, like the shangqin road and shangde road in the vicinity at that time, had a lot of beauty salons, hair washing (backs) signs, but there was no barber in the shop, and the small façade with red-tuned lights turned on twenty-four hours a day has now disappeared.
Since the 1990s, after several major demolition and transformation and the improvement of the surrounding environment of the railway station, the East Eighth Road between Jiefang Road and Shangqin Road has been changed to a one-way street and has been smoothed a lot, the haunted theft gangs in the past have disappeared, the illegal merchants who rely on pits and deception are gone, and there have been great changes on both sides of the street along the road, but it is a pity that the entire East Eighth Road has become no longer lively, and there are many fewer pedestrians on the road.
From Shuncheng East Road, look at the East Exit of East Eighth Road
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References: Shaanxi Provincial Government Website, May 15, 2018 "Shaanxi Provincial 13th People's Congress, the First Session of the Deputies' Suggestions for Criticism and Opinions" No. 666 "Suggestions on Deepening Military-Civilian Integration and Jointly Building Medical and Pension Service Centers"