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Jingang Lane, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, starts from Zhongshan South Road in the east, arrives at Wubao Street in the west, belongs to Wubao Community of Linjiang Street in the south, and belongs to Watergate Community of Haibin Street in the north. Jingang Lane is located in the southern corner of the ancient city, Tzu Chi Pu Zijiang Realm, and the Jingmiao Zijiang Palace is in the southern section of Wubao Street, which no longer exists.
Aerial photograph of Zhongshan South Road
At the mouth of Save Lane, Zhongshan South Road, on the north side of Jingang Lane, there was once a King Kong Pavilion, dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, in the early 20s of the 20th century, when Zhongshan Road was expanded, King Kong Pavilion moved into King Kong Lane, King Kong Lane was named after it, after 1949, King Kong Pavilion was requisitioned by the Commercial Bureau, and now it no longer exists.
King Kong Lane, also known as Queen's Lane, is said to have a "Queen's Hotel" in the lane, and now there are people in the alley who still keep the furniture with "Queen's Hotel" written on it, and the original source of the word "Queen" is no longer available.
The predecessor of Quanzhou Zhongshan Road is South Street, after South Street to Tushan Street, south of Tingqian Street to the mouth of Jingang Lane, Zhongshan Road was built when the south side of the mouth of Jingang Lane was requisitioned, and the current Zhongshan South Road was formed.
Schematic diagram of King Kong Lane. (Chen Huifen/Graphics)
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22 King Kong Lane:
A corner of a well-preserved Qing Dynasty garden
Zhuang Wanzhu introduces the Qing Dynasty garden of the Chen family.
No. 22 Jingang Lane is the former residence of Chen Guozhen, a famous doctor in Quanzhou at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the house was renovated in 1992, but there is a Qing Dynasty garden in the backyard that has been preserved, and the wide stone arch bridge is now difficult to see in Quanzhou people's homes.
According to Chen Guozhen's daughter-in-law Zhuang Wanzhu, the ancestral home of the Chen family is in Daitou, Quanzhou, Chen Guozhen's father Chen Bingsi is a successful businessman, in 1930, he founded Taili Iron Factory at the mouth of Jingang Lane, using imported iron as raw materials, employing Xiamen, Shanghai, Guangdong masters, producing all kinds of iron tools, becoming a pioneer of modern iron processing in Quanzhou.
Report of the Telly Iron Works in 1954 (Cai Yonghuai/Courtesy photo)
Although his family set up a factory, Chen Guozhen embarked on the road of practicing medicine, he opened the "Taiming Hospital" at the entrance of Shuimen Lane on Zhongshan South Road, with a clinic and pharmacy, and bought the Lin family's ancient house and a large piece of land in Jingang Lane as a residence, which is now No. 22 Jingang Lane.
Chen Guozhen was born in a medical class, and has a physician certificate approved by the Department of Internal Affairs and Health of the Republic of China Government, and the brochure of Taiming Hospital shows that the hospital has a registration fee of five yuan, a house visit registration fee of one yuan, a surgical registration fee of two jiao, and a surgical dissection (general anesthesia) from two to ten yuan. If the patient is confirmed to be from a poor family and cannot afford medical treatment, he or she will be granted free of charge.
Chen Guozhen's medical skills are excellent, and after years of research, he has successfully formulated "Stomach Trane", which is exported to the province and Southeast Asia. During the Anti-Japanese War, he published "Chen Guozhen's Anti-Japanese Relief Enlightenment" in the newspaper: "This time Japan issued a mobilization order, occupied the three eastern provinces, killed compatriots, and hated the whole country. ”
Chen Guozhen's stomach special effect drug has his portrait on it. (Zhuang Wanzhu/Courtesy photo)
Zhuang Wanzhu introduced, Chen Guozhen was from a Qing Dynasty official home to buy the ancient house, with a private garden, after the ancient house has been renovated, now there is a pond behind the moon cave door on the north side of the Chen family, there is a koi fish playing in the pond, there is a rather spacious stone arch bridge on the pool, this is a corner of the garden at the end of the Qing Dynasty. From the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, private gardens in Quanzhou used to abound, and now there are not many left to preserve the old appearance, and the Chen family garden is very rare.
The Qing Dynasty gardens of the Chen family have been preserved
Chen's garden once attracted the crew to film
Chen's Garden
Zhuang Wanzhu recalled that in the seventies and eighties of the last century, the crew of the TV series "Pan Yuliang" came to Chen's house to shoot and film, Pan Yuliang is a modern Chinese painter, sculptor, art educator, and is known as one of the most influential artists in China in the 20th century. Zheng Zhenyao, the heroine who plays Pan Yuliang, often walks in this garden accompanied by Zhuang Wanzhu.
Lai's House, No. 15-17 Jingang Lane:
A hundred years ago, the cedar business name in the south of the city
Lai's Bagua Building
Overlooking Lai's Western-style Building
No. 15-1 Jingang Lane is Lai's Western-style Building, which is one of the few gossip buildings in the ancient city, and the outer wall is pasted with tiles imported from overseas nearly 100 years ago, and the colors are still bright.
According to Lai Jianwei of the Lai family, the ancestral home of the Lai family is Luojiang Luoxi, operating a fir business in the Wubao area in the south of the city, and in the generation of his great-grandfather Lai Jincha, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and in 1933, Lai Jincha's two sons bought land in Jingang Lane near the business name and jointly funded the construction of this western-style building.
Lai Jincha was an apprentice in the "Tongcheng" when he was young, and then started his own business, in 1891 he founded the "Shenghe" in the nearby Sibao, operating 98 lines, which is a special commercial service industry that appeared in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, instead of merchants to introduce business and keep the goods, after the transaction, charge 2% of the commission, so it is called 98 lines. With the continuous accumulation of capital, Lai Jincha expanded from the 98th line to Fushan, in the twenties of the last century, suffered fires, suffered heavy losses, accumulated work into illness, when he was dying, entrusted the staff Lin Tianbao to preside over the business, with the sons of adults, after several years of painstaking management, business is prosperous, become the boss of the industry, Lai Jincha's son Lai Wenpin brother grew up, succeeded Lin Tianbao in charge of the business. Until the 50s of the 20th century, after the public-private partnership, the Lai family was no longer engaged in the fir business.
The lintel on the north side of the Bagua Building
On the lintel on the north side of Lai's Western-style Building, there is the hall number of "Yingchuan Yan School" inscribed by Quanzhou Juren in the late Qing Dynasty, and the inscription is "Ji Qiuli in the twenty-second year of the Republic of China, Zhenzhong Zeng Xuan", it can be seen that the building was completed in 1933.
Below the hall number, there is also the "Yingchuan Yan School" 4 characters of Wei Tu Ma style pinyin, this kind of pinyin was invented by the British diplomatic ambassador to the Qing Dynasty, Wei Tu Ma, far-reaching influence, when the building was built with this pinyin, quite magnificent.
Stairs inside the western-style building
Lai's House is a two-storey brick-wood and cement mixed structure, with an internal cement staircase with wooden handrails, which is still strong after nearly 100 years.
Bagua Lou tiles
Lai Jianwei introduced that when the western-style building was built, the cement was transported from Nanyang, and the tiles were transported from Japan, and the tiles with various patterns were embellished inside and outside the building, which was beautiful and vivid.
The observation hole of the western-style building
Lai's Mansion is also thoughtful in terms of security, and there are observation holes on the door and the floor on the second floor, which is convenient for the Lai family to observe the situation at home and defend against bandits and thieves.
The second floor of Lai's Western-style Building
According to Lai Jianwei, Lai Jincha has many heirs, and his family of 60 or 70 people once lived in a western-style building and a housekeeper, and later built a building outside the building on the southeast side of the western-style building, and built a wall partition inside the western-style building, which increased the living space, but also damaged the original appearance of the western-style building.
There are all kinds of birds and beasts on the western-style building, and the carvings are exquisite.
On the wooden wall on the first floor, memories of the times remain.
The well in Lai's courtyard was painted.
Gleaning
On the memorial mirror of the Queen's Hotel, the last mark of "Queen's Lane" has been left.
The Chen family keeps a mirror, which has the words "Queen's Hotel Opening Commemoration", Zhuang Wanzhu introduced, Chen Guozhen opened this Queen's Hotel in Jingang Lane, more like a club, often have friends come to party, now the name of "Queen's Lane" is rarely known, fortunately, there is this commemorative mirror left the memory of Queen's Lane.
Quanzhou Christian Gathering House
No. 32 Jingang Lane is a Christian chapel with an area of about 80 square meters, and the nameplate "Quanzhou Christian Meeting House" is hung in front of the door. This group of Christians was introduced from Xiamen in 1935 and initially met in the homes of believers in Xiaogan Lane, West Street, and in 1938, believers donated old houses to build churches, and the meeting site was set up in Jingang Lane.
2 King Kong Lane
No. 2 Jingang Lane used to be the location of Licheng No. 2 Catering Service Company, which was established in 1984 and has a five-pointed star behind it.
The red brick chimney on the roof of the house in the alley has Quanzhou characteristics.
No. 42 Jingang Lane has now been transformed into an academic research base, and there is a large banyan tree at the corner of Jingang Lane on the west side, which has become a scene at the end of the lane.
In front of No. 42 Jingang Lane, a new brick and stone wall with flower windows was built, the east side is the old wall of Chen Guozhen's former residence, and the east side of the old wall is the wall after the renovation of Chen House, with three red brick walls, recording three eras.
The entrance of Jingang Lane before the protection of Zhongshan South Road was upgraded
In the historical development of thousands of years, many lane names in the ancient city of Quanzhou have gradually evolved and disappeared, like "Queen Lane", it has become the "oral lane" when the old generation chats, and the history of Jingang Lane has been preserved, allowing people to see the gardens and ancient lane names in Quanzhou at the end of the Qing Dynasty, continuing the historical inheritance.
Planning ▏ Xu Zhirong
Co-ordinator ▏ Yang Ying Hong Yanru
Wentu ▏ King
Video ▏ Dianchuang Media
Note: In the process of writing this article, we have received great assistance from Wubao Community, Linjiang Street, Watergate Community, Haibin Street, Zhuang Wanzhu, Lai Jianwei, Cai Yonghuai, Wei Huaiyang, etc.
Editor in charge: Huang Donghong