old distribution room and boundary monument. (Photo by Guo Xuejun)
the "north boundary" of this instrument is more than one meter high.
juxtaposed two "city hall" boundary tablets.
newspaper reporter Guo Xuejun
"in Ji'nan through the east section of the six road, still retained a few old boundary monument, estimated as the period of the Republic of China, this study of the region's historical changes should be of great value." On the morning of May 22nd, Mr. Hu, a zealous citizen, reported to the newspaper. Mr. Hu said he was found in a Sina blog called "the left hand shadow of his right hand", and a few old boundary monument had been found at the scene.
later, the reporter came to visit the eastern section of the six road. Soon after, the reporter found a stone boundary stone inscribed with the "northern boundary of the instrument" after passing through the walls of the North Street along the six Hutong Road No. 117. The stone tablet is a bar shaped stone with a height of more than 1 meters. The carved script is very clear and elegant, and the writing is still clear.
"I've been through here all day, but I haven't found this landmark before." Zhang Dali, who lives nearby, says that the boundary tablet is a boundary stone in the north from the content of the text, but it is hard to say if it was placed in the present place.
, and then on the eastern side of the six Road 121, two columns of stone boundary tablets were found, with three words inscribed on the top of the city hall. In addition, under a red brick brick old substation, there is also a stone boundary tablet. But the word "Hall" in the three words inscribed on this landmark is half of the word "Hall" buried in the ground.
"the three boundary tablets inscribed with the" city hall "should be set up by the Ji'nan municipal hall during the Republic of China. The small building next to the old substation is the "De Fu business" opened by German businessmen in the 20s of last century. The firm used to run textile pigments, and the manager was German. Professor Jiang Bo, the Deputy Secretary General of the Shandong provincial folklore society, who is familiar with the history of the Ji'nan commercial port, told reporters after the news that many historic blocks of the Ji'nan commercial port had been badly damaged. Nowadays, all the old objects related to commercial ports are the testimony of the history of commercial ports. The boundary tablet is an important voucher for the private property right of the land at that time. It is the definition of the scope of ownership and a very important historical relic.
"the two words of" Yi Pin "on the" Yi Pin Bei boundary "is estimated to be the name of a trade name, which needs further textual research. Professor Jiang Bo said, now, Ji'nan commercial port Culture Museum has been opened to the outside world. The discovery of these boundary tablets provides new evidence for the display of commercial port culture. He hoped that the cultural relics department could properly protect these old boundary tablets.
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Ji'nan autonomous opening port
May 4, 1904, North foreign minister Yuan Shikai, Shandong governor Zhou Fu, Ji'nan outside the city of Jiaoji, Jinzhen two railway transfer area, the ground is brief, the goods transport convenience, the same play "open port outside Ji'nan, in order to benefit from China and foreign countries", at the same time glue glue Weifang county and Zhoucun along the Ji railway have been opened as commercial ports. They are handled as Ji'nan customs and Ji'nan commercial ports.
the Qing government promised on 24 May. In the same year, the boundary of the commercial port was determined: "the Jiaoji Railway outside Ji'nan west gate is south, the ten king hall in the East, the west to the north of the Huai tree village, the south along the Changqing Avenue, the north to the railway, the East and the West are less than five miles, the north and the south are about two miles, a total of more than 4000 mu".
Ji'nan City Hall
according to the "Ji'nan Chronicles" records, since the opening of the port of Ji'nan, industry and Commerce have developed rapidly and the industrial and commercial households have increased year by year, so the two commercial port boundaries were expanded in 1918 and 1926. In 1920, the commercial port Bureau merged with the Municipal Office (established in March 1917) and renamed the city hall. In July 1929, according to the provisions of the municipal organization law of the national government, Ji'nan was set up as the city and the municipal government was established. Under the jurisdiction of the commercial and urban areas, the establishment was not changed until August 1948.