Chu Cheng: Right time and right place and

In p>1897, the governor of Shanxi, Hu Chengzhi, inherited the idea of "using the Jin Railway" from his predecessor, Zhang Zhidong, and went to the imperial court to suggest that a railway be built between Zhengding, Hebei and Taiyuan, Shanxi, so that the Jin Railway could be transported abroad. In 1917, Zhengtai Railway was completed. The construction of the railway enlivened Shanxi's commerce, and in the next twenty or thirty years, foreign merchants' goods entered along this railway, which made Liuxiang a commercial street.

during Guangxu period, a flood flooded the most lively area of Fuqian Street (now Fuxi Street) at that time, and merchants and residents had no choice but to move to the area of Zhonglou Street with a higher terrain. First of all, it's not Liuxiang, but civilized city. Kaihua City was formerly known as Kaihua Temple, and the fireworks in the temple withered in the late Qing Dynasty. In order to make a living, monks had to leave the front yard and become the business place of merchants, and Kaihua Temple gradually became a "civilized city". After the Revolution of 1911, the temple was built as the * * * and the market, which was later expanded again and again. In 1922, the * * * and the market was officially renamed as the civilized market. At that time, Kaihua City, with a total area of 1,211 square meters, had more than 211 small and medium-sized businesses, all of which were involved, and was called the "Dashilan" of Taiyuan.

The business circle effect brought by the prosperity of Kaihua City is "harmony between people". At the beginning of the prosperity of Kaihua City, Liuxiang was just an alley, and occasionally street vendors set up stalls here, which was also a sparse business. However, with the merchants from Beijing, Tianjin, Henan and Hebei coming one after another, Liuxiang ushered in the opportunity of great changes.

Prosperity: Businessmen from all over the country are famous for their shops.

Ma Xiuying, 84, was born in Taiyuan City and has lived in Dapufu since she was a child. Liuxiang and Kaihua City are her most frequent places.

Ma Xiuying said that her ancestral home was Baoding, Hebei Province, and her parents came to Taiyuan. "Taiyuan has many mines and factories, so it is alive." At that time, many people fled from Henan and Hebei around Liuxiang, and formed their own circles, and Hebei helped to make more food; Henan helps to make clothes and shoes; Beijing and Tianjin helped open medicine shops ... Ma Xiuying said that maybe it was the ethos, and the old lady only did big business, not small business. Those who have a little fortune rent the courtyard to strangers, and the rent is enough to live, so they live a leisurely life. Those who have no money mostly go out for short-term jobs, doing business such as pulling carts, carrying water and making coal cakes, but they are also doing well. Ma Xiuying's father used to work in Daoxiang Village, a time-honored pastry shop. Ma Xiuying recalled that rich people had to come to Liuxiang when they bought cakes, because there were two most famous pastry shops here, Daoxiang Village and Laoxiang Village, which sold authentic Beijing-style and Soviet-style cakes.

In fact, it was not only a pastry shop, but also the best silk and satin shops at that time-Dalongxiang and Qingji; The best shoes-welfare students, Qinghua sources, and new shoes; The best drug stores-Lerentang and Shuntianli; The best restaurants-Zhengda and Jinlong-are all gathered here. In the 1921s and 1931s, there were forty or fifty shops in Liuxiang, an alley that was no more than four or five meters wide and no more than two or three miles long, and merchants gathered there. This scale was famous all over the country. If Kaihua City is the Dashilan of Taiyuan, then Liuxiang is Wangfujing of Taiyuan.

Mr. Qi Shaojing is a descendant of the shareholders of "Qinghuayuan", which was one of the earliest shoe shops in Liuxiang. Mr. Qi said that there were vendors in the civilized market, while Liuxiang was crowded with gate faces. Things are rare and exotic, and the price is much higher than other places. For example, clothing, at that time, most Taiyuan people still wore homespun or satin Chinese-style clothes, while Huatai Hou imported cloth from Shanghai and other places to make western-style clothes; For example, dried and fresh miscellaneous fruits, only some walnuts, peanuts and melon seeds are sold locally, and nuts and dried fish from the south are found in nearly 111 million varieties ... Mr. Qi said that at that time, most rich families kept account books in stores, and everything they bought was recorded in the accounts. At the end of the year, they were settled in a unified way, while civilians bought them in cash. However, there are rules in the store. Guys are not allowed to order clothes, and people are divided into three classes.

Low tide: a residential area for business

Since the 1921s, Liuxiang has become the most prosperous commercial center in Taiyuan. Until the 1961s, because of well-known reasons, the shops on both sides of Liuxiang closed down one after another. After the houses were rented or nationalized, they were allocated to the citizens, and Liuxiang changed from a commercial street to a residential area, but around Liuxiang, there were still the most concentrated commercial outlets.

Zhang Liping is a contemporary of China. She said, Erqing Shopping Mall, Women's and Children's Shopping Mall ... Many people may have never heard of these places, but in the 1961s and 1971s, when the daily necessities of the people were in short supply, these places carried many warm memories of the old lady. At that time, there were very few commercial outlets in Taiyuan, and the small shops on the street only sold non-staple food and daily necessities, so even if I bought a needle thread, I would come to Liuxiang.

At that time, the shops in Liuxiang were large in scale and varied in colors. Zhang Liping said that in that era when everything needed a license, you should think carefully about what you buy. For example, one person only has seven feet of cloth tickets a year, which is just enough to make a dress. Generally, there are only three colors of plain cloth in shops, but in Erqing shopping mall, there are many colors, such as dacron with small flowers on a white background, plaid cloth, striped cloth and corduroy. Housewives save a year's cloth tickets and go to Liuxiang for half a day at the end of the year to choose the right cloth and make some fancy clothes for their children. As for the rare items such as satin quilts and bicycles, it is only in Liuxiang.

Recovery: Time-honored brands were once crowded

After the winter of 1979, people began to feel a little different when they walked on the streets of Liuxiang. When, old signs were hung on both sides of the streets of Liuxiang, and there was a long queue in front of the door. Mr. Ma joined Huatai Hou in 1982, which is the only clothing enterprise in Shanxi that won the Chinese time-honored brand. In the early 1981s, people lined up in front of Huatai Hou every morning at five or six o'clock, because there were only ten numbers in the store a day, and they would not take jobs after the National Day. It will take three months to get a dress after it is made and the cloth is fixed. Every Sunday, the counter selling cloth in the store is crowded with people. A piece of cloth is sold out in more than an hour, which is like robbing.

clothes should be dressed in fine clothes, jiaozi should be discerning, and Lantern Festival should be eaten in the rat cave ... At that time, many old brands in Liuxiang were in their heyday, and every family had the excitement and glory of rushing customers as soon as they opened the door every day. Time-honored brands with a long history reappear brilliantly, and new famous brands formed after the founding of the People's Republic of China are also competing with each other. Women's and Children's Commercial Building, Liuxiang Shoe Store and Kaiming Photo Studio ... Mr. Ma said that Taiyuan people at that time, whether they bought or not, would visit Liuxiang on Sundays, and the narrow Liuxiang was crowded with people, which was really one after another.

in the 1981s, in Liuxiang, time-honored brands stirred up the beam, but careful citizens also found that there were more and more self-employed street vendors, and their goods were cheap and fashionable. In the late 1981s, many self-employed people moved from stalls in all directions to bunks in Liuxiang, and Liuxiang ushered in a new transformation.

Doing business through the street can shine

In p>1984, Wang Huaying graduated from the Fashion Design Department of Tianjin Textile Institute. In 1986, when Wang Huaying got married, her mother and mother-in-law took out all their savings at that time and pooled 31,111 yuan to buy a berth in Lida Mall as a gift for her. At that time, Wang Huaying still didn't understand whether it was worthwhile to spend so much money to buy a small square on a drawing. Mother said, you don't understand, this gift will benefit you for life. In 1991, Lida was handed over, and Wang Huaying's mother opened a clothing store there. Since 1993, it has been rented out, with an annual rent of 8,111 yuan, and then gradually increased to 41,111 yuan. In 2112, Wang Huaying was laid off from work, but she was not depressed at all, but a little relaxed. "What are you afraid of? Now I can open my own shop with peace of mind and wear all kinds of beautiful clothes, and I don't have to look at other people's glances anymore."

what are the advantages of selling clothes in Liuxiang? Wang Huaying said, for example, Lida, which sells clothes in stock, had a large number of people who engaged in fine arts to open stores here in the early days. Their eyes were naturally different, and they could convey their own taste in fashion, and their clothes had temperament, which naturally attracted a large number of customers. In fact, other shopping malls in Liuxiang are the same, each with its own style, so many young people who love beauty will regard this street as a must-see place for their shopping.

Go for a walk, eat and be happy

Since the 1991s, brand clothing stores have moved to Liuxiang. In the early days, specialty stores included New World, Jeanswest and Huanteng, and large-scale commercial buildings included Rieter, Industry and Trade. Later, first-line brands such as Montagut and Goldlion opened chain stores in Liuxiang, and then large-scale commercial buildings including Guidu and Zhongchang, and famous products were stationed to let the people realize the charm of the brand.

Liuxiang at the beginning of the new century is the most prosperous place in Taiyuan. During the day, you can visit old brands and look for profound history; You can also go to a big shopping mall like Guidu to be a working girl, or go to Lida to enjoy Taobao. In the evening, Liuxiang is another scene. The stalls are lined up, and an iron shelf can be set up to open. Things are cheap and sales are good. Behind the vendor is a food stall, with a big fried meal and a bowl of snacks with pastry and bean jelly. After work, walking and eating all the way is a happy night. Xiao Jianping, a visiting professor at the School of Economics and Management of Beijing Normal University, was lecturing in Taiyuan at that time, and he is still very emotional about Liuxiang at that time. Like Liuxiang, it concentrated the three-dimensional consumption structure of Yangchun Baixue and Xialiba people, and all levels of consumption could find their own suitable products here. Such a commercial street is also rare in the country.

In 1988, large-scale shopping malls rose from the ground

In 1988, Taiyuan transformed and developed the old urban areas around Liunan, Qiaodong Street and the former Mianhua Lane, and began to promote the modernization of Liuxiang.

When it comes to the development and reconstruction of Liuxiang Liunan in 1988, we have to mention Shanxi Sanjin Construction and Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Sanjin Development Company). As the first developer to develop Liuxiang on a large scale and promote it to become a prosperous business district, Sanjin Development Company has created many famous large-scale shopping malls in the provincial capital, including Lida Department Store, Industry and Trade Building, Guidu Department Store and Lianyang Department Store.

Wang Yiwei, the current general manager of Sanjin Development Company, recalls that in 1985, the Taiyuan municipal government decided to develop Liuxiang Liunan. Sanjin Development Company is specifically responsible for demolition, development and reconstruction. In 1988, Liunan began large-scale demolition; After 1991, in addition to resettling residents' relocated houses, Liunan area has also added many street-facing stores, supporting large shopping malls. "At that time, Taiyuan Lida Shopping Mall, headquartered in Tianjin, was the largest state-owned department store in North China. Many people from other provinces know that when they come to Taiyuan to buy things, they should visit Lida Shopping Mall. " Wang Yiwei said.

In the following years, Sanjin Development Company successively developed Guidu, Huadu (now Binbin Clothing Plaza) and other shopping malls, which promoted the rapid development of the surrounding economy. With the large-scale development, the economic value has been improved, and more and more business opportunities have been discovered in Liuxiang, thus attracting more investors.

In 1996, the night market turned out to be prosperous for several years.

In 1996, Liuxiang Night Market turned out to be the largest night market in North China in just three or four years. In 2112, the government decided to ban the night market because it was dirty, messy and poor. Feng Dacheng, then director of Liuxiang Night Market Office and now director of yingze district Construction Administration Bureau, said: "Night market, as a favorite pastime of ordinary people, still has a certain demand today, but it will never appear in Liuxiang again, and Liuxiang will never go back to the past."

In the past, many Taiyuan people had only one way to spend their nightlife-going to Liuxiang to visit the night market. The Liuxiang Night Market, which was built in 1996, has had too much glory: it was once one of the famous night scenes in Taiyuan; It used to be one of the famous night markets in China; It used to be the first choice for many foreign investors ... In Feng Dacheng's words, Liuxiang Night Market really made Liuxiang a landmark in Taiyuan and even Shanxi.

before p>1996, although there were some small-scale night markets in some densely populated areas of Taiyuan, such as Dayingpan and Xiayuan, the "night market" was still unfamiliar to many people in Shanxi, where the economy was relatively backward. In order to better promote the development of Liuxiang business district, Taiyuan municipal government decided to establish a night market in Liuxiang, where the floating population is the most densely populated.

at first, the Taiyuan municipal government planned to invest 511,111 yuan, together with the investment from private enterprises, to promote a stable start of the night market. Chen Minghua, the current chairman of Shanxi Mingyang Department Store Co., Ltd., keenly sniffed out the huge business opportunities of the night market. He proposed to build the night market with all his own funds, without government investment, but with half the proceeds.

With the approval of the government, Liuxiang Night Market officially opened in 1996. In order to ensure the smooth development of Liuxiang Night Market, the government established Liuxiang Night Market Office, which is responsible for coordinating public security, industry and commerce and other functional departments.

at the beginning of the night market, there were only over 211 stalls. "According to the location, the average booth rents 511 yuan every month, and the booth with good location and large traffic is above 611 yuan." A stall owner of the year recalled.

With the popularity of the night market soaring sharply, there is a growing shortage of stalls in Liuxiang Night Market. From 1999 to 2111, the number of stalls in the night market soared to more than 811, and the huge economic benefits fascinated investors. Liuxiang Night Market has become not only the largest night market in North China, but also a new business card in Taiyuan. "At that time, an ordinary stall owner in the night market earned more than 111,111 yuan and 211,111 yuan a year." Feng Dacheng said. At that time, many southern investors came to Taiyuan to invest in Liuxiang.

In p>2112, Liuxiang Night Market was in its most prosperous and prosperous period, and problems began to appear. Some citizens find it hard to accept the dirty, chaotic and poor Liuxiang night market. There are many problems that cannot be solved in time in Liuxiang with a daily flow of more than 211,111 people. During the same period, major safety accidents in other cities in China also attracted the attention of government departments.

considering the safety, environmental sanitation and other issues, the government is determined to stop the night market. "When the news was released, many vendors and even ordinary citizens could not accept it. Liuxiang Night Market has become a part of Taiyuan people's life." Feng Dacheng said. To this end, the relevant departments have done a lot of large-scale publicity and mobilization work. In 2113, Liuxiang Night Market completely disappeared from the vision of Taiyuan citizens.

In 2113, a large area of shanty towns disappeared, leaving a lingering fragrance

In 2113, the renovation project of Qiaotou Street in Liuxiang was started. After the transformation, Liuxiang and Kaihuasi business districts have become a whole, and the commercial atmosphere of modern cities is getting stronger and stronger. But at the same time, many time-honored brands that have developed and started in Liuxiang have bid farewell to the previous stage.

in p>2113, the second large-scale reconstruction of Liuxiang began to accelerate with Baodi Real Estate Group entering Shanxi. In March of the same year, the renovation project of the old city of Qiaotou Street in Liuxiang started, with the goal of "building Wangfujing in Taiyuan and shaping the first street in western China". It is the largest renovation project of dilapidated houses in Taiyuan since the reform and opening up, covering an area of 1.38 million square meters, with 1,911 relocated households and 1.41 units.

in the same year, the area around kaihuasi street was transformed into a "lighting project". The original dim street lamps and some back streets and alleys without street lamps are lit up. Wang Chunlin, an old resident who lives in the back street of Kaihua Temple, said that when the street lights are on, the hearts of residents in the area around Kaihua Temple Street are also bright, and the business of nearby merchants is also more prosperous.

With the gradual deepening of the transformation process, the largest shanty town in the old city of yingze district has completely disappeared. In 2115, Causeway Bay International Shopping Center was completed and became another landmark near Liuxiang. In the past, shanty towns have become modern service industries and commercial groups integrating shopping, catering and entertainment.

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