In Harbin, I have never visited the flower, bird and fish market
Life is incomplete.
After shopping for "flowers, birds and fish", go to the riverside to blow the wind,
It's one of life's great joys......
Mention the flower, bird and fish market in the old Daowai District of Harbin City
I believe most Harbin people know.
In the early 80s of the last century, in the children's center next to the University for the Elderly, there was a wood, where citizens spontaneously exercised in the morning, and there were spontaneous stalls selling fish and birds, as well as flowers.
Dilapidated streets, crumbling little sheds
Noisy children, the honking of passing cars, the cries of vendors
The fishy smell of fish, the smell of flowers, the smell of pets
It's all mixed up
This was the flower, bird and fish market on Qiantang Street outside Daowai at that time
A place full of fireworks
The "Daowai Flower, Bird and Fish Market" on the map is on Qiantang Street (Qingxing Street), but in fact, you can walk from Beiwudao Street to Beitoudao Street, from the riverside to Daxin Street.
Coming in from Beitoudao Street, there are many fish vendors scattered around.
However, there are very concentrated fish shops in the middle of Qiantang Street, with goldfish and koi fish in the majority, which means that "business is booming".
Qingxing Street can be said to be a "flower street", where potted plants, green plants, meat and other plants are sold.
The popular phalaenopsis orchids are placed in various houses and compete to open at the door.
There are several rows of large cardboard boxes neatly stacked in front of several shops, and inside are stacked with small succulent potted plants with neatly brushed brushes.
Nowadays, it has become fashionable to raise meat, and the variety of meat here is gradually increasing.
At that time, it was the peak season when selling flowers, and Harbin had two kinds of real estate flowers, 'cyclamen' and 'hibiscus', and those from Anshan and Dalian came to this market to look for them. Business was particularly good in the years after 2000, and the sound of tearing tape was disgusting. ”
In such a market, kittens and puppies are naturally indispensable, but in the dog (cat) market outside the road, the shopkeepers bring some cubs, good and bad.
The bird market still accounts for the main part. Walking through Qiantang Street, all the chattering was their voices.
If you like to keep birds, you will definitely get something out of it.
Birds such as parrots and wrens are usually not kept in cages, but on shelves, and occasionally they are greeted by customers who say "hello, you are so beautiful"
Mr. Tang, an old farmer of flowers, birds and fish, who sells bird cages, told reporters that he has been here for 278 years, "The best time for flowers, birds and fish (market) is about the first 20 years.
In addition to flowers, birds, fish, pet plants, there will be many vendors on the roadside, coral, pottery, jade, and knick-knacks
Among the merchants, some were bought out and laid off by the unit many years ago, and some continued to "exert their residual heat" for their children and grandchildren after the unit retired.
As early as 1978, before the reform and opening up, some people secretly sold fish. The location is in the grove next to the dock, behind the current University for the Elderly.
It was not until around 1982 that the government guided the standardization and moved to the area of Qiantang Street.
At that time, there were more people who came to stroll around than people on Central Street, and it became more and more difficult in the later period.
It's a mixed bag, but it's still lovely. It's noisy, but it's slow. It's a miscellaneous, but laid-back place.
To the west is a square
To the north is the Songhua River
After visiting the market, come to the Songhua River to blow the wind, so comfortable!
Originally, this place was a dock, and hundreds of years ago it was said to be a "fish ring", and it was temporarily raised here before the fish were caught in the river and paid tribute to the emperor.
At that time, it was a mess, with piles of wood and other things everywhere, and there was a blister, and children went to swim there. In the early 60s, the whole people swam and called on middle school students to volunteer to work, digging shovels and carrying people, and forced the place to clean up and build an open-air swimming pool connected to the Songhua River.
Later, the water circulation in the pool was not good, it was all green, and it was impossible to swim, so it was filled in again. A boat-shaped building was built, called a rowing club. Later, it became a material bureau and a children's center
In the era of planned economy, the Materials Bureau was a big gate, but in the 90s, the Ministry of Materials and the Ministry of Commerce were abolished, and the Materials Bureau was abolished as an independent government department. There are also children's centers and workers' gymnasiums in this area......
Harbin Workers' Gymnasium
Harbin Workers' Gymnasium is the largest comprehensive gymnasium in Heilongjiang Province in the past, with a construction area of 10,000 square meters and an area of 36,000 square meters.
The hall has 4,800 seats, and there are many training halls (rooms) such as basketball, table tennis, boxing, and martial arts. The competition hall was equipped with advanced electronic timing, scoring and audio equipment at that time, and successively received international and domestic large-scale sports competitions, and domestic theatrical performances were often held here.
At that time, the national women's volleyball team also used to play here.
In 2006, with the development of the city, it has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The developer of the land is Fujian Dongsheng Stone Industry Co., Ltd., which has built a high-end community, next to the "Dongsheng River" of the railway bridge.
Dongsheng Riverside Community
Workers' gymnasium before demolition
Workers' gymnasium razed to the ground
After the reconstruction, the old road is outside the river
With the changes of the times, the old "flower, bird and fish market" has gradually moved away from us. No matter how warm the memory is, no matter how much you miss it, it will never come back.
Time is no more, the old way is developing externally, and the days are getting better day by day.