The archival materials in the collection are nearly 60 years in time
A batch of Qing Dynasty and Republic of China land deed materials collected by the Municipal Archives have filled the gaps in the Qing Dynasty archives in the collection. The photo shows some of the contents of this batch of title deeds. Photo by Yang Zefeng
□Reporter Cai Youfang Correspondent Chen Jiehuan
"Immediately sell the vegetable garden, the root deed of the nephew of the red slave, inherited the grandfather's legacy has divided the vegetable garden into three boxes, and the soil name is under the red paper pu road...... Now because of the lack of housework, willing to sell the vegetable garden, first recruit the relatives, entrusted to recruit the old uncle Longshan to come to buy, three sides of the discussion, according to the mouth to buy out the price of the national currency silver one pick up Yuan Zheng, the same day the deed of the whole family to receive the lawsuit, the vegetable garden then pay the old uncle to go to manage the business, forever for their own business. Once sold, cut the vine forever. This is willing, do not dare to regret the dissent in the future, there is no unknown origin in the middle, if there is no clear, the nephew is self-responsible, do not do the uncle's business, and the mouth is afraid of no basis. "This is one of the contents of a batch of precious land deeds received by the Jieyang Municipal Archives during the International Archives Day Publicity Week this year, and the contract time is the tenth day of the second month of the Gengchen year of the Republic of China.......
Mr. Zeng, the donor, said affectionately: "These title deeds were discovered while sorting out my father's relics, and after careful consideration, it was decided to donate them to the Municipal Archives. Archives have better storage conditions and can be passed on in perpetuity. ”
This batch of land deeds includes 5 in the Qing Dynasty and 3 in the Republic of China, spanning nearly 100 years from the third year of Xianfeng (1853) to the Gengchen year of the Republic of China (1940). These land transactions are detailed down to the boundaries, amounts, people present, and the time of entry. After careful identification of the contents of these eight land deeds, it can be seen that most of these long-standing contract documents are transaction documents of private land at home, and the landowners pawn and sell the land for silver due to the shortage of funds at hand. Identified by the Municipal Archives, the land deed information is all the original deeds, in good condition, precious, is a valuable historical and cultural heritage, which stores rich historical and cultural information, for the study of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China period of Huilai County's social and economic development and private houses, land circulation, has important historical value and practical significance.
At present, this batch of title deeds has been listed as a collection of national key archival materials by the Municipal Archives, which not only enriches the types of archival resources in the collection, but also pushes the archival materials in the collection by nearly 60 years, filling the gap in the archival materials of the Qing Dynasty in the Municipal Archives.