Old street alleys: Ji'nan's historical card
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Hu Anren clear stone road on the street to decorate the small street antique, although there are no historic celebrities on both sides of the street, but through some of the high standard gate, still can see the prominent status and identity of the former people in this street... These old streets are comparable to the Hutongs of Beijing, just like the blood of old towns. They are like a historical card, telling the world about the ancient city.
Ji'nan, a cultural ancient city with a history of thousands of years, it not only has historical and cultural relics such as city Zi cliff, Qi Changcheng, Ling Yan temple, Daming Lake, Baotu Spring, Qianfo Hill, Confucian Temple and so on. Furong street, Ma Shi street, Xiang Feng lane, general Temple Street, East Flower wall street, Hou Zai men, hospital back street, Gong Yuan wall root...... They are comparable to the Hutongs of Beijing, just like the blood of old towns. They are like a historical card, telling the world about the ancient city.
step by step chrysanthemum lane, you will be attracted by the Gate No. five on this street unwittingly. This is a century old building, which is called "Jijia courtyard" by local people. It is said that this is the last imperial residence of the Qing Dynasty. The stone carvings and wood carvings on both sides of the gate are very exquisite, and a big blue stone inlaid on the upper end of the arched doorlintel is overhung with the meaning of "Cheng Yi". The vicissitudes of its history can be seen. The luxurious style of the whole door is enough to show the outstanding identity of the master. The Gate No. 1 and No. three of the street is the birthplace of "Yan Xi Tang", a famous restaurant of Shandong cuisine. The carved stones and wood carving on both sides of the gate are still intact and have a high appreciation value.
the author is over seventy years old. He is native to the old city district, and is a real old Ji'nan. In the late 40s and early 50s, I lived in Shun Gong street near Daming Lake. The street is less than 300 meters from the south to the north, and the stone slab road is decorated with antique streets. Although there are no historic celebrities' houses on either side of the street, they can still see the prominent status and identity of the occupants of the street in the past through some high standard gate buildings. At that time, I lived in No. 2, in the north of the street, the room two into the courtyard, wide court deep, with very sophisticated two doors, the hospital paved with gravel road is also very exquisite. What is more surprising is that there are two wells in the front and back, but the water is very different. The water in the front yard is undrinkable and the water in the backyard is sweet and tasty. The difference between the water quality and the water quality of the two wells is ten meters apart. This phenomenon has attracted the attention of the geological departments in the past, but the answer has never been found.
in 1950, our family moved to the West Kuiwei street not far from here. Although the street is less than two hundred meters, it has a very good location: North Daming Lake, west side Gong Yuan Wall Street and provincial government compound, South Furong street, and East Street is the Confucious'Temple of Fu Xue. At that time, in the Confucious'temple, there were thick forests and bamboo trees. The provincial compound is also lined with trees and trees. These two wonderful places have become the ideal habitat for crows, magpies, turtles, sparrows and other birds. At dusk, the birds came back, and the birds sang together. Residents live close together with birds. They regard birds as close friends. No matter adults or naughty children, they never hurt them at will. In summer, nesting birds in the nests fall underground, and residents will try their best to send them into the nest.
my old Ji'nan has an indissoluble bond with alley. In 1990, when the West Kuiwei street was demolished, I moved to the Donghua street now. The street also has a long history. At the east of the street is the governor of Town God's Temple, a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. The governor of Town God's Temple was built in Ming Hongwu for two years (1369). The antique Mountain Gate is still well preserved and the engraving of the four corners of the gate building is powerful, and the brick carved on the ridge of the roof, such as the Rui, the peony, the sunflower, and so on. What is more commendable is that the entire temple gate is all built of brick, without a wooden beam. It is precisely because of the existence of the governor of Town God's Temple that the old street of Donghua street is more and more simple and elegant.
as I grow older, my yearning for old streets and alleys in Ji'nan is increasing. In his spare time, he often goes through the old streets and alley to see the Zhuo Ying spring, the Jen Chi and the Shuang Zhong Quan, which are deeply hidden. Not long ago, Xi'an's cousin to Ji Ji, he would like to see the old street lane, old folk house in Ji'nan, I led him to Qu Shui kiosk, Wang Fu pool, Pingquan Hutong, Yongquan Hutong, West more Dao, Xiao Hsing long street, panbi street. But we saw the newly painted houses along the street, the white walls, the black painted doors, and the wooden couplets, which were uniformly built. The contents of the couplets are mostly related to the old streets and alleys and springs. Such as "Qingquan called people's meaning, ancient alley cooking tea fragrance", "spring clean to wash eyes, water static self", "wichang fly snow, lotus fragrance with green spring", "moon wash high Tung spring water quiet, cloud peep Xiao pavilions ancient bridge", "green spring Feng Feng to, ancient wood chemical dragon fly"... The cousins chanted these fancy couplets and couldn't help saying: the old streets in Ji'nan are so well preserved that they are comparable to the old houses in Xi'an. During the conversation, there were only three groups of foreign tourists walking through these streets. They stopped in front of their houses, pointing or stopping.
it is worth mentioning that the urban construction department pays great attention to protecting old streets and lanes when rebuilding old cities. In the expansion of Daming Lake, it was specially reserved for the part of the streets of the autumn willow garden and the historic "the Wangs Courtyard" and the "autumn willow family", which became a view of the new Lake area. Old streets and alleys in Ji'nan are rare tourist resources. Protecting old streets and lanes is very important for upgrading the cultural connotations of historic cities in Ji'nan. I hope that the urban construction and cultural relics departments will be able to retain more small streets and alleys in Ji'nan. As relics of history, they can not be duplicated and regenerated.