Urban transformation of Taiyuan City, Shanxi

Taiyuan, referred to as "Bing", also known as the state, called Jinyang, also known as the dragon, is a city with 4700 years of history, the history of ancient history of the city built in 2500. In the long history, left a lot of stories, historical places, streets and buildings, to Wuyi Road as the center, the distribution of things on both sides of the most representative, and only retain the old streets, ancient buildings in Taiyuan.

From the North Plaza along the road, close to the edge of the park Hai Wen Ying three layer of ancient buildings is the imperial museum. The Qing Dynasty set up prefect political science, in conjunction with the governor in charge of the province's education, examination and other matters, the government is located in the imperial museum. In 1902, British missionary Timothy Richard's suggestion, the governor of Shanxi Cen Chunxuan will be proposed in the Shanxi high school and Western School merged for middle school opened and the western two sensai, Huang Hua villa teaching Xizhai is by the imperial Museum Science Station yamen West Hospital, until 1904 before moving Hou Lane station, is now the middle school affiliated to Taiyuan Normal University campus, the Shanxi University site.

The period of the Republic of China, the government cut left county government, is the provincial and county level two building, Yangqu County in the imperial museum. In 1937 the Japanese occupation of Taiyuan, the Yangqu county government moved to the mouth of the town, the imperial Museum in Yangqu county changed the puppet regime. Until August 1945, the Shanxi provincial government of the Republic of China to return to Taiyuan, the Yangqu county government did not return to the imperial museum. More than 3 years after the liberation of Taiyuan in April 24, 1949, took over the team follow Liberation Army into the city, and in the imperial Museum took over the government of the Republic of China in Yangqu county. So, the second half of nineteenth Century to early twentieth Century, said the imperial museum is the political center of Taiyuan, a little too much. After the liberation, the imperial Museum has never deserted, quickly became the culture of Taiyuan business district. At that time, mainly for cutting edge of Haizi's clothes, and the imperial museum is the fabric wholesale, surrounded by various textile manufacturers office.

Is located in Wuyi Road in the East, the Horse Street South of the Taiyuan imperial temple, often referred to as the "Palace", covers an area of about 11000 square meters, is the Ming and Qing two generations of emperors, royal family and civil and military officials place ancestor worship and celebration.

The construction characteristics of the yellow glazed tile roof and dragon decoration, is the world highest level in Shanxi province is only one example of this.

"Ming Dynasty", Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang three son Zhu Gang in Hongwu three years (1370) called the king of Jin, Hong Wu eleven years (1378) on the fan Taiyuan, lived in this street area of the Jing Ying Jin palace. According to the customs, in determining the palace address, should first build temple in the southeast direction of the mansion, to come to our offering ceremony, so the imperial temple built in Taiyuan. According to this calculation, Taiyuan Huang Miao are earlier than the Beijing ancestral temple built 48 years. The existing buildings of 2005 according to the old rebuilt.

Yellow glazed dragon shaped decorative wall four corners, Ming round high relief yellow glazed Panlong several, rolling, on the rise, exquisite beyond compare.

A mottled vicissitudes of life signs

Figure for the Wanshou Palace surrounding historical houses, from the European Post inferred door decorations should be built in the period of the Republic of china.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Western powers gunboats, China was forced to open up, cultural exchanges between China and the west gate opens, missionaries brought religious culture is gradually integrated into the building design to. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the economy in the military, the Western powers, under the impact of western culture, follow the architectural style has become a popular choice at that time, formed a unique style Chinese and Western in architectural style.

Residence is the typical characteristic of the north, doors and windows on the circular arch has both practical and beautiful.

Along the road to go north, close to the government street there is a dense cobweb alley, Grey buildings constitute the alley on both sides of the distribution of tone, style cottage, the entire Lane twists and turns, but seven hundred or eight hundred meters long, only five or six meters wide, the narrowest point is even less than four meters.

There are two winding alleys, called Shuanglong lane. "The Taiyuan gazetteer of" is this narrative of Shuanglong Lane: South oblique, southeast South East Gate two, northwest to Donghua gate.

At the Xinghualing North uplift terrain, like Ssangyong, called Shuanglong lane. The most special of the alley is the family's house, with Ssangyong lane, but insists on the points before and after.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Hebei residents live here, said Zhuang zhili. In the early Republic of China, Shanxi provincial Civil Affairs Minister Meng Yuanwen built in the house, renamed the promotion lane. After Meng Jia suffered a disaster that is behind the "Jade Emperor Temple" in the way, so in eighteen years (1929) renamed Shuanglong lane, the hope of "dragon" Zhen Fu evil, to prosper, Xiang name still in use.

Then came to the north, the historic street - Jing Ying jie. The Qing emperor Yong Zheng, Qian Long years, built in the Ming Jin Palace on the ruins of the more than 4000 Miyagi barracks, the soldiers stationed in Qing Dynasty, called riding camp. For a long time, this is referred to as the fine business, became the Taiyuan fine business street naming basis.

After the middle period of Qing Dynasty Qianlong, Taiyuan city residents increased year by year, to the end of the Qing Dynasty abolished Riding Camp over a hundred years, many city residents and foreign households, one after another in the open space surrounding the fine business of building the house cover, and the surrounding the site of Jin Fu was born. Then, a few streets, riding on the original camp in the middle of the north and South barracks Avenue as the center has come out, the emergence of the "fine business street" and "Jing Ying West Street", "Jing Ying East Street and other streets.

Jing Ying East Street, is located in the former East Riding Camp, unremarkable 350 meters long street ends, the two can not fail to mention the private garden: the north is built between the Republic of China's national government in Shanxi province governor Xu Yongchang's residence at the southern end of the Qing Dynasty; Jia Jiying, the British business fine famous garden.

Shanxi Sacrifice salvation Alliance Referred to as. Ximenghui Founded in September 18, 1936, in Taiyuan, Shanxi where the Kuomintang regime is cooperation with the Communist Party product Finally, by the Chinese Communist Party gained control, and Shanxi warlord in the Republican Period Part company each going his own way。 Ximenghui held various anti Japanese training class in national training, and set up Shanxi new army The first troops- Shanxi youths juesidui The new army, after the rapid development in the fight against the Japanese in Shanxi and North China created a glorious achievement.

Jiao Chang Xiang street in the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty in its name Riding Camp to teach martial arts field. At the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the Jin palace destroyed here, into a few people tread, the wilderness overgrown with weeds, Yong Zheng, Yan Wu Chang in Taiyuan City West outside of the garrison, flooded Shui Chong, cannot continue to be stationed in Taiyuan for the army training, reconstruction of Riding Camp, the camp flag east station the wilderness, the new demonstration field, named "big teaching field", for "doing fine soldiers in martial arts", today's "teaching field" origin of two words.

In the teaching field alley houses, well preserved, exquisite appearance.

With the widening of the road, many historic houses have disappeared, leaving the state of disrepair, has become the most dangerous.

The Wall red demolition, eye-catching, alternating times change, new and old, but no matter how, still can not forget the national way when, should for lost time, leave some mark, protect these old houses.