Xu Haitao
Duozi Lane, once one of the many hutongs in Chengdu's Mancheng, was originally called Taiping Hutong.
After the overthrow of the Manchu Qing, we must change the hutongs into streets and alleys.
Generally speaking, the name is based on the characteristics of this alley.
Because in this hutong roaring head, there are many craftsmen who make knives, guns and weapons for the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, so this hutong is called "Knife Lane".
During the Republic of China period, the warlord Liu Xiang, known as the "King of Sichuan", had his residence in Daozi Alley.
Liu Xiang, known as the "King of Sichuan", can see this place, which shows that this street is charming.
After Liu Xiang lived in Daozi Alley, he always felt that his heart was "ear to ear".
Liu Xiang can't say what is wrong with this place, think about it for half a day before thinking that the name of the alley is too unlucky, sleeping on the bed and thinking that the name of this alley is called "Knife Lane", always feel that there is a knife hanging down on the ground, maybe one day it will fall down and kill himself, Liu Xiang always thinks that it is a hidden murder machine.
In 1935, following the advice of the famous scholar Zhang Shengzang at that time, he renamed Daozi Alley to Duozi Alley.
Liu Xiang's eldest son and second son both died early, when there was only one son and one daughter, and Duozi Lane means to seek more children and many blessings.
Liu Xiang was an anti-Japanese hero who took his illness to the anti-Japanese front. The day after the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, Liu Xiang immediately sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, and at the same time telegraphed the whole country, calling on the general mobilization of the whole country to unanimously resist Japan. On October 15, 1937, Liu Xiang was appointed commander of the Seventh Theater of Operations, concurrently serving as the commander-in-chief of the group army, and led the Sichuan Army to the anti-Japanese front with illness. He vomited blood on the front line of the War of Resistance and died in Hankou on January 20, 1938. Before his death, he left a will: "Resist the War of Resistance to the end, always unswerving, that is, the enemy army will not retreat to China for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to its hometown for a day!" ”
After Liu Xiang's death, a solemn state funeral was held, and on January 22, 1938, Lin Senming, chairman of the Nationalist Government, gave Liu Xiang a posthumous award to a general of the first rank in the army, and recorded his life deeds for the national history, which was used to show the country's great intention of remembering meritorious service. On February 14, a state funeral was granted.
The funeral was scheduled for May 27 of the same year, after the public sacrifice in the Sichuan Provincial Fulingtang, the funeral was placed on the right side of the tomb of Han Zhaolie in Wuhou Ancestral Hall, and a solemn state funeral ceremony was held. On the day of the funeral, the National Government ordered the flag to be lowered to half-mast throughout the country to mourn, and all recreational activities were banned in Sichuan and Kham provinces. In order to throw the altar flyers, dozens of planes were even dispatched to circle around the tomb at a low altitude. He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Yan Xishan, Sheng Shicai, Song Ziwen, and other kuomintang members presented the Alliance. Chiang Kai-shek's plaque reads, "Sassoun still exists."
In February 1938, Liu Xiang's coffin was transferred to Chengdu, and the tomb site was selected in the southern suburbs of Chengdu, with 86,000 square meters of land next to the Wuhou Ancestral Hall hui mausoleum as a cemetery. The cemetery was planned and designed by architectural expert Yang Tingbao in the form of Nanjing Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. In the cemetery, the Zhongmen Gate (Sanque) was repaired, the Shinto Monument (Stele Pavilion) was erected, the memorial pavilion (multi-angle pavilion, destroyed in the Cultural Revolution) was built, and the bronze statue of Liu Xiang was cast (no longer existed around 1949). At that time, the site of his mausoleum was designated as the "Fu Cheng Memorial Park".
Construction began in 1938 at a cost of more than 1.4 million oceans, and the cemetery was completed in January 1942. In the early days of the founding of New China, Liu Xiang Cemetery was used as a warehouse of the Logistics Oil Department of the Southwest Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In 1953, with the approval of the mayor of Chengdu, the government invested 250 million yuan (old currency) to renovate the Wuhou Ancestral Hall and liu xiang cemetery, and painted, painted, painted, repaired and renovated all the palace-style houses in the liuxiang cemetery; at the same time, the road from the gate to the gate to the orchard and part of the wall were repaired. Because the grass and trees in the cemetery had been abandoned for a long time, a lot of work was done to renovate the garden at that time, and the pond in Liu Xiang's cemetery was excavated. After the renovation, Liu Xiang Cemetery was merged with Wuhou Ancestral Hall to form Nanjiao Park. On August 23, 1966, the Chengdu Red Guards, together with the "revolutionary workers" in the park, excavated the tomb, chiseled and smashed the tomb, destroyed the coffin, and burned the bones, and Liu Xiang's tomb was completely "revolutionary" and seriously damaged.
Liu Xiang also has some interesting things, here to share with you:
Liu Xiang's nickname was "Ba Gecko". The gecko is a type of lizard, also known as the "four-legged snake" in Sichuan, which has a strong adhesion ability and can crawl quickly on walls or smooth planes. Looking at it again, Liu Xiang's career is smooth sailing, and the official to the first-level general is not just like a Gecko? Another theory is that Liu Xiang's troops were once stationed and founded in Ba County, Chongqing, Bishan. Therefore, the nickname given to Liu Xiang by the common people is simply too appropriate. Nowadays, the common people dare not give the nickname of "above", and they will seal it without paying attention.
Liu Xiang Mansion also has a famous thing is food, the name of this dish is called mashed braised pork, which is a famous dish for guests in Liu Xiang Mansion in Duozi Lane, Chengdu in the old days. It is said that every time the Liu Mansion feasts, two pieces of mashed braised pork are prepared on the table. The flesh of this dish is red and bright, the entrance is slagged, the taste is mellow and thick, the entrance is like sucking slippery beads, and it instantly disappears into nothing, and the non-salty and non-sweet taste remains on the teeth and cheeks, and the aroma is fragrant.
During the Republic of China period, there was also a celebrity who used to live in the east end of Duozi Lane, he was the famous calligrapher who served as the mayor of Chengdu during the Republic of China period, and The disciple of Qi Baishi was Yu Zhongying (Impromptu Gong).
If you walk the streets of Chengdu, you will often see some of the plaques of some shops such as "Chen Ma Po Tofu", "Yue Xiang Village", "Tan Zhai JingJing Calligraphy and Painting", etc. are inscribed by a famous "Xinggong".
This Xinggong was Mr. Yu Zhongying (1899-1983). Grandpa Yu's original name was Yu Zhongying, his family name was Yu Shize, also known as Lie, the character Xinggong, the lord of the Mozhi Building, and the shadow temple. He has accomplished calligraphy, painting and seal engraving, and is a figure in the modern and contemporary calligraphy circles of ShuZhong. Mr. Yu was born in Pi County, Chengdu, Sichuan (now Pidu District, Chengdu), which is famous for its abundant watercress sauce.
At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he accompanied Liu Xiang in leading the Sichuan army on a campaign, and later served as the deputy chief of staff of the Chuan kang appeasement office.
He was the mayor of Chengdu during the Republic of China period. After 1949, he served as the vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Book Association, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a librarian of the Provincial Museum of Culture and History.
Since his youth, Mr. Yu Lao has been interested in the study and research of the art of calligraphy and painting seal engraving, and although he has been busy with military and political affairs and social activities, he still works hard in the field and enjoys it.
In 1932, Yu Zhongying sent a letter to Mr. Qi Baishi, who was far away in Beijing, hoping to become a disciple of Qi, and Qi Baishi gladly praised it after receiving the letter. Therefore, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1933, Mr. Yu and his wife Zhu Meijun and his disciples visited Qi Baishi (who was 34 years old. In the winter, Lady Mu of Yu and her grandsons Yu Hongji and Yu Hongzhang also arrived in Beijing).
During his time in Beijing, he was deeply loved by Shiraishi Ong, loved like a son, and treated him like a friend. Listening to the teachings of Shiraishi Ong day and night, the art progressed day by day.
49 years later, a red building appeared at the east end of Duozi Lane, called "Duolou". Multi-storey is the junction of Duozi Lane and Dongcheng Genshang Street.
On the west side of Higashijogen Street, all of them are newly built red brick buildings, I don't remember how many floors, maybe two or three floors, no more than five floors. At that time, I liked to use red brick to repair the house, that is, the carcass was bare, and there was no external decoration. The ground floor is a shop, and above the second floor are households.
Interestingly, the red building in which alley is next to the flower, take the first word of the alley as the name of the building. Next to Duo Dongsheng Street is called Sheng Lou, then Bin Lou, Gui Lou, Ren Lou, Duo Lou. The east building has a children's hospital and several small restaurants, Bin Lou has a barber shop and a daily grocery store, Gui Lou has a tea shop and a Chinese medicine shop, Ren Lou has a tavern and a serial map shop, and there is a savings house on the multiple floors, and this savings house has a robbery and murder case on October 16, 1970, and the case has not been solved. The savings office was later moved to the ground floor of the Shenglou Frontage On DongchengGen Street where I lived. It was originally inhabited by a family surnamed Wan.
At the east end of Duozi Lane is the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League, which is the most distinctive institution and is specially responsible for cultivating successors to the proletarian cause.