Do you know the story behind a number of roads in Yangzhou that have a new name?

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Dawang Road, Huayan Road, Shangshu Road, Inspiration Road... When the reporter interviewed in the new city of Yangzhou's west district on the morning of the 1st, he saw that the three newly built and western extension roads of Dawang Road, Huayan Road and Tangyue Road had been completed and opened to traffic, and new road signs had been erected. The reporter learned from the Management Committee of the New City of the West District that a number of temporary road names such as Weisan Road, Weiliu Road and Jingjiu Road, which have been built for road use, will be replaced by new road name road signs such as Huayan Road, Longgang Road and Shangshu Road officially named by the civil affairs department in the near future.

Three new horizontal roads have been added to the New Town of the West District

When the reporter interviewed in the New Town of the West District on the 1st, he saw that the new construction and extension projects of Weiyi Road, Wei'er Road (Tangyue Road) and Weisan Road have been completed and opened to traffic. These three roads start from Shugang West Road and Runshu Road in the east to Zhenzhou North Road in the west, and are arranged from north to south, which is convenient for the surrounding residents.

Weiyi Road, Weier Road (Tangyue Road) and Weisan Road are all located in Unit N8 of Yangzhou City (West District Xincheng West Area). Weiyi Road starts from Zhenzhou North Road in the west, extends to the east, and ends at Shugang West Road, which is a new road and is also the northernmost horizontal road in the area; Wei'er Road is also Tangyue Road, which has been built before, from Shugang West Road in the east to Jingjiu Road, and the newly completed and opened to traffic is The Tangyue Road is extended west to Zhenzhou North Road Project; Weisan Road has previously been built from Shugang West Road in the east to Jingjiu Road in the west, and the newly built road is the original road extending west to Zhenzhou North Road.

Temporary road signs will replace official road signs

The reporter saw at the scene that the above-mentioned new roads of Weiyi Road, Wei'er Road (Tangyue Road), and Weisan Road have all been erected with new road signs, namely Dawang Road, Tangyue Road and Huayan Road, and the wei'er road that has been built has been used before the "Tangyue Road" road sign, while the old road east of Huayan Road is still using the "Weisan Road" road sign.

According to the relevant person in charge of the New City in the West District, at present, a new road sign has been erected for the new road, and the temporary road sign set up by the temporary road name will be replaced by a formal road name road sign in the near future, including the name of the large sign above the road, which will also be unified with the road sign.

There is a story behind the new road name

In the area of Runshu Road - Yangye Road - Zhenzhou North Road - Runyang North Road, there are schools and commercial bodies such as Xincheng Senior High School, Shugang Primary School, and Shugang Wanda in Xinxi District.

Last year, a number of new road names were newly named in the New Town of the West District, which have two major characteristics, one is to respect the local history and culture, and a number of place names with stories are unforgettable; the other is to fully reflect that the road is around the campus. For example, jingjiu road is named Shangshu Road, because according to archaeological findings, there is a tomb of Shangshu Gaoquan of the Household Department of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty near the road; named Lingshi Road and Xingpu Road through the tenth road, Xingpu Road to the south of Yiyang Road, and north of Yiyang Road to Be inspirational road, because this is the school concentration area, Xingpu means peach and plum all over the world; Through the twelfth road, it is named Qixing Road, because this road crosses the Seven Star Pier, the Seven Star Pier is arranged according to the Big Dipper, and the nearby archaeology finds the Han Tomb; Ant Zhuang Road starts from Xiangming Lake Road in the east and coral road in the west, which is about 720 meters long and 12 meters wide. Because there is an ant village in Orchard Village nearby; Dawang Road starts from Runshu Road in the east and To Xiyang Road in the west, which is about 1530 meters long and 12 meters wide, because there is Dawangzhuang nearby; Huayan Road starts from Qixing Road in the east and reaches Zhenzhou North Road in the west, which is about 1160 meters long and 16 meters wide, because there is a Huayan Nunnery in the nearby history. Reporter Jiang Chuangang text/photo