Caoxie Street

Historical and cultural investigation report on Zhongshan Road in Nanning

Class 1317 of Gaojian

Leader: Qiu Shitong Members: Wang Dongqiang, Wang Junhua, Zheng Shunbin, Du Yueyang, Lu Lingzhi, Zhang Liang

Date: October 7, 2115

(1) Old Street with a century of vicissitudes. The intersection of the South Gate and the present South Ring Road is called the South Gate. South of the South Gate, which is now the southern section of Zhongshan Road, used to be Caoxie Street, also called Nanmenwai, and many old people still call it that. Straw shoe street, as its name implies, was a "slum" at that time, where people lived and wore straw shoes. Most of the residents are porters and porters from the nearby Yangguan Wharf on the riverside. In the 1921s, when the South Gate was named Zhongshan Road, it did not include Caoxie Street. It was not until 1952 after liberation that the authorities "merged" Caoxie Street with the South Gate, collectively known as Zhongshan Road.

The Yangguan Wharf is gone now, but a century ago, it was almost the only big port in Nanning, and its location should be along the river at Caoxie Street, the tail of the southern section of Zhongshan Road. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, people who traveled to Guangxi in Hunan once declared in his Ten Years of the South that: "The Yongjiang River connects Wuzhou, Guangzhou to the east and Baise and Longzhou to the west, so this Nanning is also a gathering place for stagnant water and goods. The key port in southern Guangxi is Nanning. " And he said, "Tianjin, a port, is the foreign customs pier. Ships stretch, masts and sails crisscross, people on the shore board, people on board land, and the south gate is a place where people gather with cigarette butts and people, and the hometown of five places. " From this, we can get a glimpse of the "South Gate". In present terms, it is no exaggeration to call it "Wang Street".

Because it is a "prosperous street", it should conform to the development of "commercial trade". According to the staff of Nanning annals department, in 1993, the south gate, which was only 4 meters wide, was widened to 21 meters, and the pavement was paved with cement and soil. There are also Minsheng Road, Xingning Road, Minquan Road, Delin Road, Hehe Road and Taoyuan Road. Most of the sidewalks on both sides of these seven roads have two or three-story arcade-style blue brick houses. The arcade on Zhongshan Road has a unique charm because of its simplicity and elegance.

2 Sun Yat-sen's Vernacular Speech

In October of p>1921, in preparation for the Northern Expedition, Sun Yat-sen visited Guangxi personally. Mr. Wang went up the river by gunboat Bao Bi from Guangzhou and arrived in Nanning on October 23rd. On the 24th and 25th, he planned the Northern Expedition with Ma Junwu and other Guangxi politicians. On the afternoon of 26th to 28th, people from all walks of life in Nanning were welcomed in batches. There are three places for the welcome meeting: the Guangxi Provincial Assembly Auditorium in Fuqian Street; Auditorium of Nanning Chamber of Commerce in Sha Street; The playground of Aodong Club Aohua Primary School in Club Street.

The people who welcomed Sun Yat-sen and listened to his speech at the Guangxi Provincial Assembly Auditorium in Fuqian Street were more than 211 students from the Third Normal School of Guangxi Province at that time, including Mr. Ye Ming, who later became a member of the Nanning Civil Revolution. In his reminiscence article, Ye Lao recorded that after the host gave a welcome speech, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who was sitting on the podium, stood up from the plush chair and walked into the students to give a speech in Cantonese. First, talk about the outline of the Three People's Principles and the domestic form at that time, and then talk about the "Guangxi Rehabilitation Policy", which requires everyone to make concerted efforts to overthrow warlords, maintain public order, develop industrial and agricultural production, plant trees, build roads, revitalize agricultural schools, and train talents. "Because Dr. Sun Yat-sen's vernacular is fluent, clear and pleasant, every time he talks about important places, the audience applauds. Although everyone stood for more than an hour, they were not only uninspired, but also refreshed." Mr. Ye still remembers that after the speech, the stormy applause continued until the "tribute giver" shouted "attention".

3. Deng Xiaoping was in Guangchang Automobile Lamp Shop

In p>1929, Yu and Li Yin, who were in power in Guangxi at that time, had a bad feeling towards Chiang Kai-shek, so they sought support and help from China. It is in this political background that Deng Xiaoping, as the representative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, came to Nanning to carry out the United front and troop movement.

In July, 1929, Deng Xiaoping, then 25, went from Shanghai to Hongkong with Gong Yinbing, a member of the Central Special Branch, and then transferred to Guangzhou and Wuzhou to Nanning by boat. As soon as they arrived, they went to meet at Guangchang Automobile Lamp Shop, No.96 Zhongshan Road. According to Chen Xinde of Guangxi Party History Research Office, Guangchang Steam Lamp Shop was originally a rice shop opened by a man named Lei, with the shop number "Zhenfa". After the party organization rented him, it opened a steam lamp shop downstairs and changed the shop number to "Guangchang", with maintenance and taxis as the cover, while the special organ of Guangxi was upstairs.

According to Lu Wenquan, an associate researcher in Nanning Party Research Office, Deng Xiaoping lived in the old public security bureau at the intersection of * * * and Minle after he came to Yong, but he still often went to Zhongshan Road Automobile Lamp Shop to discuss and guide the work with Lei Jingtian, the head of Guangxi Special Committee. He and Zhang Yunyi, Yu Zuoyu and other comrades instigated the mutiny of Guangxi Teaching Corps, which was reformed by * * * party members and had * * party members as cadres. It was this mutiny that laid the foundation for the Longzhou Uprising in the baise uprising on February 11 of that year and February 1 of the following year-the officers and men of Guangxi Teaching Corps moved to the left and right rivers, and became the backbone of the He Qi Army and the Gong Ba Army after the uprising.

(2) Looking at the arcade several times in the spring and autumn

1 The business experience of riding downstairs

Uncle Wei, who is over 61 years old, grew up on Zhongshan Road. In his own words, he is an old "Zhongshan person". In the 1981s, he did porridge business here and became a group of people who "get rich first". He told us that he was today thanks to the arcade.

Zhongshan Road was not a commercial street, unlike Xingning Road and Minsheng Road. In the fifties and sixties of last century, there were only a few state-owned shops on the street, which was relatively deserted. By the 1981s, several "Zhongshan people" were ready to move and opened their doors to do business. Selling rice noodles, making sour things and burning herbal tea, Wei Laobo also started porridge. At first, there were not many people who put the table in the house to eat. Old man Wei had a brainwave and moved the table to the riding downstairs. Who knows that this move actually moved a "ten thousand households" (at that time, "ten thousand households" was great)! There were a constant stream of customers, only blaming the small space for sitting. My wife was busy all day, but she still smiled from ear to ear. Later, she invited two Guizhou sisters to help. When old man Wei became rich, "Zhongshan people" followed suit one after another, and they all put their tables downstairs. Gradually, the whole street became prosperous. "Later, someone wanted to come to Zhongshan Road for dinner, so they simply said,' Go to the arcade restaurant'!" Wei Laobo said.

"Riding downstairs for dinner should have a different taste. Earlier, I saw some customers take out their cameras to take pictures!" Wei Laobo also told us that he stopped doing it now, rented the facade to others, and his family bought a commercial house in a certain district to live in.

2 Night market has become a scene in Tancheng

Zhongshan Road Night Market is a scene in Tancheng.

Before nightfall, workers wearing red armbands put car barriers with small wheels across the street, banning cars from passing, as if preparing for diners to have a "sense of security". It's getting dark, the lights are still on, and the smell of wood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea is everywhere, and the street is getting dark. Suddenly, the light came on. It was like a "blowing open the petals of ten thousand pear trees" and it was in a "dense fog"! Originally, food stalls were all transparent light bulbs provoked by thin bamboo poles, which were hidden in smoke, steam and popularity, and looked like colorful nebulae from a distance.

Now food stalls are no longer placed under the arcade, but crowded on both sides of the road. The so-called "food stalls" are also true. At this time, the arcade became a "private seat". Needless to say, the oil chestnut in Beijing, the snake soup in Shantou, the steamed stuffed bun in Yangzhou and the Lamian Noodles in Yinchuan; Needless to say, the water hinge comes from the northeast, the hot pot comes from Sichuan, the mutton skewers come from Xinjiang, and the beef offal comes from Hainan. The Guangxi specialties such as boiled chicken, grilled duck, grilled fish and snail alone have infinite taste. Mango, lychee, longan, banana, orange, etc. used for juicing are all "made in Guangxi", with real color, fragrance, taste and beauty. The whole night market is open until two or three in the morning.

It's worth mentioning that Sister Zhang, who runs a restaurant, told us that people often call to reserve seats downstairs. The smell of fireworks in the big stalls is very heavy and noisy. It is quiet to ride downstairs. After midnight, there is a "top" of the arcade, which does not touch "dew" and does not affect the body. We chatted with a Mr. Lin who was sitting under the arcade, but he unexpectedly called this place a "box"! "The' arcade box' does not have the disadvantages of air-conditioned boxes, but it has the advantages of elegant air-conditioned boxes. Moreover, it also gives people a feeling of' away from the smell of human fireworks'. "

3. Centennial Church: "Emmanuel"

The Christian Church is located at the end of the street near Yongjiang River in the southern section of Zhongshan Road. According to the church pastor Li Weiyang, the church was built in 1917 by the British "Pibianfu". There are still three years left, and it will be a whole century in 2117. The church hospital adjacent to the church, called "Daojiu Hospital", has now become the dormitory of a hospital in Nanning. Of course, the church arcade is different, with "western culture" and religious color.

The four pillars of the arcade are square, but the top of the pillars is changed to spires, which are towering, quite gothic, with a red cross hanging between them. The three windows upstairs are long and narrow with curved roofs, which are unified with the "Gothic" spire style. Unlike other arcades, most of them are small and exquisite "Chinese-style" square windows. The appearance of the arcade is slightly vicissitudes, but due to the repair, there is no trace of years of erosion. Like all churches, it looks quiet, solemn and mysterious. However, it always feels a little "antique". Later, after listening to pastor Li Weiyang, I learned that the original wooden floor and wooden ceiling were "smashed" during the Cultural Revolution, so they could only be replaced by cement, and their original "ancient" taste was thus diluted. On both sides of the pulpit, there are two Chinese characters that are somewhat like seal script. When read together, it is puzzling "Emmanuel". Pastor Li explained to us that this is a transliteration of Xibo's letter, which means "God is with us".

After visiting the church, it was already noon. When we came out, we found that the bicycle parked at the door had disappeared. After looking for it for a long time, we found that the bicycle was resting end to end in the corridor of the church! When the car was recovered, people turned to sadness and joy. At this moment, two women who looked like clergy just came over and couldn't help but respond to them immediately: "Emmanuel!" They don't look as serious as we thought, but they are full of fresh and vibrant smiles ...