fellow group members:
Hello! The first stop of our tour today is the trestle bridge. Trestle is the symbol of Qingdao and the pride of Qingdao people. It is located in Qingdao Bay, with a total length of 441 meters and a width of 8 meters. In 1931s, the trestle bridge was once known as one of the top ten scenic spots in Qingdao and one of the twenty-four scenic spots in Qingdao. Many literati wrote poems praising it. When visiting Qingdao, important guests and celebrities at home and abroad should board the trestle bridge and enjoy the seaside scenery. The well-known Tsingtao beer trademark at home and abroad is designed with the trestle as the pattern.
Now let me introduce the trestle bridge to you:
[ Overview of trestle bridge ]
The trestle bridge has a history of more than 111 years. She has witnessed the humiliating years and the construction and development of Qingdao. In 1891, the imperial edict issued by the Qing government was established in Qingdao (called Jiaoao). In 1892, the Qing government sent Gaoyuan Zhang, the general commander of Dengzhou, and four battalions of officers and men stationed in Qingdao. In order to facilitate the transportation of military supplies, two docks were built, one of which is the present trestle, which is 211 meters long and 11 meters wide. The original titles of the wharf are many, including navy trestle, qianhai trestle, Nanhai trestle, Li Hongzhang trestle and grand wharf. Another "Yamen Bridge" located in front of the yamen of the General Troops is 111 meters long and 6 meters wide, also known as "Snail Bridge". These two wharves were designed by China engineers themselves, and they are the earliest wharves in Qingdao.
The trestle was the only maritime "arms supply line" at that time, that is to say, whoever controlled the trestle controlled Jiaozhou Bay. In 1897, in the name of an exercise, the Germans landed in Qingdao Bay where the trestle bridge was located, and occupied Qingdao by force. The trestle bridge became a witness of the German occupation of Qingdao. After German imperialism invaded Qingdao, in May 1911, the northern end of the original bridge was changed to stone foundation and cement pavement, wooden boards were laid on the steel bridge at the southern end, and light rails were built to extend the bridge body to 351 meters, which was still a military wharf. After the completion of Dagang No.1 Wharf in 1914, the trestle gradually lost its historical mission as a wharf and began to open to tourists.
during the first world war, Japan still held a military parade on this bridge after landing at the Yangkou of Laoshan Mountain and occupying Qingdao, which proved that it enjoyed "full sovereignty" over Qingdao.
In p>1922, after Qingdao was taken back by the Beiyang government of China, China sailors were here for a military parade.
In p>1931, the Nanjing National Government invested a huge sum of money to rebuild the bridge contracted by Germany Xinli Foreign Company, and the bridge was lengthened to 441 meters. An arrow-shaped breakwater was built at the southern end of the bridge, and a national style Huilan Pavilion was built on the breakwater. The whole project was completed in April 1933. Since then, the trestle has become the first scene in Qingdao. After the founding of New China, the people's government allocated funds for the maintenance of the trestle bridge for many times. In 1985, Qingdao carried out a large-scale comprehensive renovation of the trestle bridge, with iron rope guardrails on both sides, 12 pairs of European-style bridge lights standing side by side, and granite steps on the outside. From the end of 1998 to June of 1999, the municipal government again allocated funds to carry out large-scale renovation of the trestle bridge. This maintenance not only met the requirements of preventing wind and waves, preventing corrosion and maintaining the original charm, but also matched with the revetment facilities on both sides, which increased the aesthetic effect and made the whole bridge rejuvenated.
In p>2111, the seaside scenic spots including the trestle were rated as the first AAAA-level scenic spots by the National Tourism Administration.
Dear group members, we are standing at the bridge head of the trestle bridge. The water area in front of us is called Qingdao Bay. From a distance, the trestle bridge lies like a rainbow in the sea, and the "Huilan Pavilion" at the end seems to float on the sea, which has the reputation of "Changhong is far away" and "Feige Huilan".
to appreciate the charm of the trestle, it is best to walk along this bridge leading to the sea. Walking in, it seems that you are surrounded by the sea, so you can fully feel the breath of the sea, experience the vastness of the sea and enhance your three-dimensional feeling of the sea. Blue waves beat on the bridge deck, white clouds float in the blue sky, seagulls fly between the sea and the sky, and cruise ships shuttle in the waves. This wonderful feeling can only be fully appreciated here and now. During the journey, everyone can see the beautiful scenery of the green trees on the shore and the balcony reflecting, which is another urban picture full of romantic European customs, as Mr. Kang Youwei described: "Blue sea and blue sky, red tiles and green trees", and Liang Shiqiu's "Look at the magnificent waves and be the king's glory".
[ Huilan Pavilion ]
Dear group members, now we have come to Huilan Pavilion. The three words on the plaque were originally inscribed by Shen Honglie, the former mayor of Qingdao. This plaque was plundered to Japan during the second Japanese occupation of Qingdao and put on display in the Army Museum in Tokyo, Japan, to show its "achievements" in the war of aggression against China. Now the word "Huilan Pavilion" is written by the famous calligrapher Shu Tong.
This pavilion is an octagonal pavilion on the second floor. The pavilion is covered with colored glazed tiles and supported by 24 red painted columns. There are spiral stairs in the center of the pavilion and glass windows around the upstairs. It is said that "one window and one scene, one scene and one painting". We can look out from the window and see the beautiful Qingdao Bay and the surrounding scenic spots and famous buildings in all directions.
[ scenic spots around the trestle ]
The road on the north-south straight line with the trestle is Zhongshan Road, which is an old commercial street in Qingdao with a history of more than 111 years. After Germany occupied Qingdao, in order to build a deep-water wharf in Houhai, a road connecting north and south was opened in 1899, which is the embryonic form of Zhongshan Road. To the south of Dexian Road is a German residential area named "Fiedley Street", and to the north of Dexian Road is a China residential area called Da Ma Road. In 1922, the two roads merged and named Shandong Road. In 1929, in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, it was renamed Zhongshan Road. Zhongshan Road has a total length of more than 1,311 meters, 63 buildings and more than 161 shopping malls. At the same time, it is also one of the 1,111 national civilization demonstration sites determined by the state. At present, Zhongshan Road is also one of the most prosperous places in the old city. In this way, the trestle bridge has become the transition between the sea and the market. It connects the sea and the land closely.
The tallest building on Zhongshan Road is Parkson Commercial Building. It opened in September, 1998. It is one of the first batch of 18 joint-venture retail enterprises in China approved by the State Council. It is jointly built by Qingdao No.1 Department Store and Malaysian Golden Lion Group, with a total investment of 781 million yuan, 5 floors underground and 49 floors above ground, with a construction area of 1.2 million square meters and a shopping mall area of 51,111 square meters. At that time, it was called the first floor of Qilu business.
This beach to the west of the trestle is the sixth bathing beach, which is the smallest bathing beach in the urban area, adjacent to the bustling Zhongshan Road and with a beautiful surrounding environment, many people go swimming here.
The glass curtain wall building we saw was Shandong International Trade Building, which started in October 1991 and was capped in February of the same year. During the construction process, new technologies and new materials were used to create a national record of 4.5 days to build a floor. It has 39 floors, 3 floors underground and 36 floors above ground, and is the tallest building in Qilu in the 1991s.
The tall building we see next is Qingdao Customs Building, which was built in October, 1992, with 26 floors, 24 floors above ground and 2 floors underground, with a height of 139.9 meters. Although Qingdao Customs is named after Qingdao, it is the general management organ of entry and exit supervision at Shandong Port, and it has jurisdiction over more than ten customs offices such as Jinan, Zibo, Weifang, Yantai and Weihai, which is the third in northern China.
The strange-looking building in front of the Customs Building is the Maritime Palace, which is a tourist place integrating sightseeing, entertainment, performance and catering, with an investment of more than 111 million RMB. The whole building is composed of several quarters of round bodies, with 6 floors, 1 underground floor and 5 floors above ground. It is supported by 118 columns as a whole, with a construction area of 1,111 square meters. It has a first-class environment and five stars.
The island opposite Huilan Pavilion is Little Qingdao. Little Qingdao is located in Qingdao Bay on the north side of the estuary of Jiaozhou Bay, with beautiful scenery. Its altitude is only 17.2 meters and its area is only 1.112 square kilometers. The island is small as a snail, with beautiful rocks and lush trees, hence the name Little Qingdao. In the 16th year of Qing Qianlong (1751), the "Wei Zhi of Lingshan" contained: "Small Qingdao is on the other side of Huaizikou, which is the only way for those who enter the sea". Because the island is shaped like a guqin, the water is like a string, and the wind blows Boeing like a piano, it is also called "Qindao". When Germany occupied Qingdao, it named Little Qingdao "Akna Island". After Japan occupied Qingdao instead of Germany in 1914, it changed the island to "Kato Island". After the return of Qingdao, Jiaoao Supervision Office named it Little Qingdao, and opened it as "Little Qingdao Park" in the early 1931s, with tea halls, flower beds, stone benches, stone chairs, paved roads, and built a yacht dock, which visitors can go by boat. After Japan invaded Qingdao for the second time, it became a Japanese military station and has been used as a military since then.
In the summer of p>1988, Xiao Qingdao was re-planned and built into a tourist attraction in Qianhai. Today's small Qingdao is planted with black pine, cherry blossom, peach, pomegranate, hibiscus, crape myrtle and other flowers and trees. Graceful female piano sculpture, unique flower gallery and waterside pavilion add a little charm to Little Qingdao.
The seawall levee in front of us was built by the Japanese in the 1941s, with a length of 721 meters, connecting Little Qingdao with the coast. Look up, there is a white lighthouse at the top of Little Qingdao, which was built by Germans in 1911. It is a key protected cultural relic in Qingdao, with a height of 15.5 meters and an octagonal shape. The tower is equipped with a reflector inlaid with a crystal prism and emits light with a bull's-eye-shaped rotating flash. In 1997, it was replaced by a navigation light made in Spain, and the original light was sent to Qinhuangdao Navigation Mark Museum for collection. This lighthouse has a range of 15 nautical miles at sea and is an important navigation mark for passing ships in and out of Jiaozhou Bay. Together with the trestle, it is regarded as the main symbol of Qingdao. Whenever night falls, the lighthouse on the island flashes red and floats on the sea surface, which is fascinating and outlines one of Qingdao's great scenic spots-"Qinyu Floating Lights". Therefore, there is a "red light in the vast bay, when it is clear, it will be calm, the white pagoda in Cuidao will soak in the night, and the floating lights in Qinyu will spread its reputation." Said.
There is another island to the south of Little Qingdao, and that is Xuejia Island. Xuejia Island turned out to be a lonely island. In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a general named Xue Lu in the fishing village on the island, which gradually developed into a large-scale fishing village and was renamed Xue Jiacun. Since then, the island has been renamed Xuejia Island. The island, also known as "Phoenix Island", is named after its shape like a flying phoenix. It covers an area of 27 square kilometers and has a coastline of 38 kilometers. It has one of the most beautiful beaches in Qingdao-"Golden Beach".
You can see many warships moored to the east of Little Qingdao, which is naval museum, China. Looking to the north, the classical building near the coast is the Tianhou Palace, and the two towering towers in the distant buildings are the Catholic Church.
to the east of the trestle and along the northern edge of Taiping Road, there is a trestle hotel, which was originally a hotel department attached to Qingdao Hotel in Germany and designed by German architect Paul Friedrich. It is a typical German classical building. The main building of the former German Hotel was demolished in 1993, and the Oceanwide Celebrity Hotel was built on the original site.
During the German occupation of Qingdao, Prince Heinrich, the younger brother of German Emperor William II, visited Qingdao many times and stayed in this hotel, so it was commonly known as "The Prince Henry Hotel" or "Prince Henry Hotel" at that time. At that time, Sheng Xuanhuai, the German Prince of Mecklenburg and Minister of Post of the Qing Dynasty, also lived here. In August 1922, Sun Yat-sen went to Beijing to meet Yuan Shikai. On his way back to Shanghai, he arrived in Qingdao under German rule on September 28th and stayed in this hotel.
Ladies and gentlemen, the tour of the trestle is coming to an end. I believe that the beautiful scenery of the trestle will definitely make you have a good memory.