This is a group of old photographs taken in Baoshan, Yunnan Province, in 1938. Baoshan, alias Lancheng and Yongchang, is located in southwestern Yunnan. Baoshan has a long history, and in the twelfth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (69 AD), Yongchang County was set up, taking the meaning of "eternal longevity, prosperity and prosperity". There is Taibao Mountain in baoshan, formerly known as Songshan. In the third year of Ming Jiajing (1524), when Yongchang was reorganized into a county, because its name was the same as that of Yongchang in Gansu, the "Baoshan" in the Taibao Mountains in the city was borrowed as the name of the county. The name "Baoshan" began at this time. Let's turn the hour hand back to 1938 and take a look at what Baoshan looked like at that time.
In 1938, from the upper floor of an inn in the city, the Baoshan district was overlooked. Baoshan ancient city is a famous city at the end of the "Southwest Silk Road" in history, since ancient times, agriculture and border trade have developed, known as the "granary of Western Yunnan", Baoshan is rich in sugar, tea, spiced tobacco, coffee, tropical fruits, etc., jade processing also has a long history, so far famous.
The south gate of Baoshan Ancient City in 1938. The South City Gate is also called "Town South Gate" or "Zhengyang Gate". Its former site is on the north side of the intersection of today's Zhengyang South Road and Longquan Road. Baoshan ancient name Yongchang, the former Yongchang Fucheng, not only has "seventy-two streets, eighty-two alleys", towering thick brick walls, tall and majestic towers and clear flowing moats, but also by relying on a verdant Taibao Mountain, is a beautiful city that integrates mountains, water and the city. The "Jingtai Yunnan Chronicle" records that in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395), when Yongchang commanded Hu Yuan to lead the Yongchang army to expand the Yongchang Brick City, he imitated the style of Jinling City Bao Zhongshan and surrounded the Taibao Mountain in the west of the city within the city wall, so that the original sub-city of Yongchang City and the mother city were merged into one, and a total of eight gates were opened in the city.
In 1938, the East City Gate of Baoshan Ancient City was also known as "Shengyang Gate" or "Qinghua Gate". It is the only city gate tower on the eastern wall of Yongchang City, and it is also the most spectacular of the eight gate towers in the city at that time, and its former site is at the Kowloon Sculpture at the intersection of Kowloon Road and Baoxiu East Road today.
In 1938, the street was paved with gravel, and on one side of the street was a shop selling snacks.
Baoshan in 1938, a butcher in tengyue town. Tengyue Town is located in the south-central part of Tengchong and has the reputation of "Emerald City".
In 1938, the street scene of Baoshan, a beautiful girl carrying a bamboo basket.
In Baoshan in 1938, a group of people gathered in front of a house, with adults and children, and the people crouching at the base of the wall were probably craftsmen and laborers waiting to be brought to work.
Baoshan in 1938, on the edge of a golden rice field, an old man in a cloak.
Baoshan in 1938, a teenager chasing ducks by the river.