In the late Ming Dynasty, the middle and upper classes in Chengdu were accustomed to wearing wool socks in winter and silk socks in summer, also known as oil lamp cloth socks. The latter are light and delicate, light and cool, comfortable and breathable. Coinciding with Sichuan's warm climate, summer socks wear longer, and thus specializing in the production and sale of summer socks as a livelihood for the increasing number of merchants, are concentrated in a small street near the General Administration Road above the store, over time, the street will be so famous, where Chengdu people know that this is a street specializing in the sale of summer socks, "summer socks street" also got its name. Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, machine-knitted socks were introduced into Chengdu, gradually replacing the hand-knitted socks that had been made since the Ming Dynasty, and the socks workshops on the street slowly withdrew from the stage of history, becoming a reminder of the origins of the "Summer Socks" Street. In its place, the merchants sold machine-knitted summer socks, which is the reincarnation of the summer socks street in history. The machine-knitted socks were quickly recognized by Chengdu people for their neatness, uniformity of sizes, and low prices. According to "Chengdu Overview", there were more than 10 kinds of materials used in the machine-made summer socks, including short single foreign cloth, short clip foreign cloth, and set of foreign cloth. The price was 350-360 wen for long socks and 240-260 wen for short socks. It can be seen that the history of Chengdu people's pursuit of quality of life, a pair of small socks are also quite stylish, a lot of study.
Although the summer socks in the summer socks street was developed after the Ming Dynasty, the history of this street is not the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. As early as in the former Tang Dynasty, the establishment of Chengdu to make adjustments to the original Chengdu County, the eastern part of the county, another into Huayang County. The two counties to summer stocking street as the boundary, east of the center of the street for the jurisdiction of Huayang County, west of the center of the street is still under the jurisdiction of Chengdu County, the new Huayang County Office is located in the main office of the street, Chengdu County Office is set up in the summer stocking street, the two are very close to each other. As for the Tang Dynasty, this street name is not yet available, think not "summer socks" of the name, otherwise the origin of the street name is not the Ming Dynasty, but the former Tang Dynasty, but the former Tang Dynasty, there is no custom to wear socks, socks in Chengdu from the Ming Dynasty onwards.
Summer Stocking Street, according to its geographical direction **** divided into five sections, each section has its own street name. According to the north-south direction, summer socks South Street south of the Qingshiqiao North Street, north to the west entrance of Lychee Lane. In the Guangxu period named summer socks Street South. Street east of the short Zai copious hand and hi fat brined vegetables are famous in the time. North of the street there is a white elephant nunnery, the construction of the year is not verified. Jiaqing "Huayang County Records - Ancestral Temple" records, the an founded in the year no test, the forty-ninth year of the Qianlong (A.D. 1784) was destroyed in the fire, fifty-eight years (A.D. 1793) to repair. Republic of China "Huayang County Records - Temple Table" records that the nunnery has a Ming Dynasty Puxian statue of a body. It can be seen that the White Elephant Nunnery was built at least in the Ming Dynasty. At the east end of the street, there is a Weituo Hall, and at the west end of the street, there is a temple of the ancestor of the plague. There is also an ancient well near the Sanyi Temple, which is said to be one of the sea eyes of Chengdu. Because the well is often flooded with water, this street was customarily called "Shuihua Street" by the local people after the Xinhai Revolution. In this street, the north end of a named "full Xingcheng" soju workshop, which also has a story, to be told in another article.
South of the summer stockings South Street North, north to the west of the Three Saints Shrine Street, this section is summer stockings in the street, the old South Summer Stocking Street North. This street is also the summer sale of linen, ribbing, winter sale of sheep fur, felt carpet, felt hats, etc., but also between the operation of oil silk, oil cloth vendors. Speaking of this street felt hats, as early as in its prosperous period is the whole of Chengdu famous. Street operators are divided into Beijing and Shaanxi two factions, Beijing goods stores do not sell Shaanxi cap, Shaanxi goods stores also do not sell Beijing cap, although each other peace **** in a street above, but each other fight, to goods authentic as a guarantee of money. The sale of felt hats also have their own styles and patterns, there are a number of different hobbies of the old customers stick. Another feature of this street is to sell semi-finished leather collars, due to the centralized operation, its business was once red-hot. It is one of the two major concentration areas in old Chengdu for the operation of leather collars, leather hat strips and cuffs, and the other one is in the area around the entrance of Jiema Street. At the west end of the street, there is a knife and scissors store called "bad sign". It is really as the name suggests, the store's signboard is extremely tattered, its history is earlier than Chunxi Road's "Liao Guangdong", and the quality of knives and scissors is also superior. Can not help but Waner, named "bad signboard", and indeed to the ragged store sign hanging on the store, selling is the quality of goods, the owner of the mind think interesting, also counted as a surprise marketing means.
Not far from here is濬川源四川官银, founded in Guangxu thirty-one years (1905 AD), is the beginning of the local bank in Sichuan. This is by the time of the clan library allocated silver 300,000 taels, and investment in 200,000 taels formed. There were issued 1,000 taels, 500 taels, 200 taels, 100 taels, 50 taels, 20 taels, 10 taels, 4 taels, 3 taels and 1 taels of 10 kinds of banknotes, which was also the product of the new policy at that time. By the beginning of the Republic of China, Sichuan military tickets were also issued, and then copper dollar tickets were issued, stipulating that 1,000 wen of copper dollar tickets were equal to 1 yuan of military tickets. The Republic of five years (1915) to change the issue of jonchuan rolls to one to two recovery of military tickets, and then stopped. 1936, the site was changed to the Sichuan Provincial Bank, Chengdu Branch. In 1936, the site was changed to Chengdu Branch of Sichuan Provincial Bank, and a number of private financial institutions were located in its vicinity, such as Jincheng Bank Branch at the southwest end of the street, Bank of Communications Branch, and Chengdu Branch of Meifeng Bank at the east end of the street. Meifeng opened in the early years of the Republic of China, after the new China for the Chinese Revolutionary Committee of the Nationalist Party in Sichuan Province Branch of the residence. At the east end of the street, there is the former site of the "Brother Chuan" restaurant. The owner of the store Huang Bao-ling for Chengdu's famous restaurant "Aunt Feast" owner Huang Jin-ling's brother, cooking techniques originated from his brother, so business is booming.
Down the street is Summer Stocking North Third Street, formerly known as Big Cross Street, which was changed to Middle Summer Stocking Street after the Republic of China, and finally named Summer Stocking North Third Street (merged into Summer Stocking Middle Street in 1997). The Sichuan Branch of the Central Bank on the east side of the street and the Christian Chapel on the south side of the street were the landmarks of the street at that time. The merchants on this street also dealt in summer socks and groceries, but the number was not as high as on the first two streets.
Summer stockings north of the second section of the north to the Xinglong Street, formerly known as Small Cross Street, Guangxu five years to thirty years (AD 1879 ~ 1904) changed to summer stockings Street. This street concentrates the flag, umbrella, cushion industry merchants, business to make official ceremonial and table surroundings, chair cushions and so on. In the east of the street, there is the famous Chengdu "Taishan Hall", famous for eye medicine.
Taishan Hall pharmacy was founded in the Qing Jiaqing years, its style east to west, a row of five stores on the street, in the middle of the center of the hall for the customer to rest, the right two operating tablets, the left two operating pills, in the hall, "the price of words, and cheating," the black background of the gold sign as it is, as the word, a good story. The plaques hanging on the left and right sides of the hall, which reads "With benevolence and sincerity" and "Baohe Taihe", tell the way of business of Taishan Hall. And the ancient color, through the elegant decoration and create a few points for its customers first, people-oriented business atmosphere. Tongzhi years, the main Yi Huang, its management is good, to the Guangxu years store's reputation has been famous in Chengdu. In the first year of the Xuantong reign, Taishantang changed its owner again and renamed the store "Taisantang", indicating that the store was now a joint venture between three people. Since then, Taishantang had several ups and downs and was once in trouble. It was only in 1932 that a cholera epidemic in Chengdu brought it back to life. At that time, the sick and the dead is very much, four city gate funeral procession into a long line, the situation is very critical. After the Thai three hall of white cholera medicine for cholera treatment effect is very good, suddenly best-selling Chengdu, thus a party to make the operating difficulties of the Thai three hall once again rely on "add white cholera medicine" embarked on the road to prosperity. Republic of China twenty-two years (1933), and Tibet to Chengdu, a single vajra bodhi pills business also made the Thai three hall profits. Together with the deer antler business after 1934, Tai San Tang's business flourished, not only clearing its previous debts, but also taking the opportunity to build up its strength to a higher level. For a long period of time, Taisantang became a famous brand in Chengdu, along with Tongrentang, by virtue of its reputation and strength over the years. In the 15th year of the Republic of China (1926), brothers Xiao Lujia and Xiao Haoran chose the lot west of this street to found the Xiao Brothers Hospital, which was later expanded into the Summer Stocking Street Hospital Building. The north end of the street Chen's ancestral temple was built in when it is difficult to prove.
? As of the east entrance to the East Zhonglieci Street, south and summer stockings north of the second street connected to this section is summer stockings north of the first street. The northern part of the street was the old Tibiao Hall Street, and the southern part of the street was a small cross street. Later, it was renamed Summer Stocking North Street, echoing South Street. The west side of the street was originally set up Tizhong Senate, the north of which was set up Xiangguo Ancestral Hall, this street in the early days of the sedan chair industry, and then because of the gradual construction of the road, the sedan chair more than fewer people, the decline of this industry. The most famous building on this street is the European-style building on the west side of the street. In 1901, the Qing Dynasty established a post office here, which was the first national post office in Chengdu. This was the first national post office in Chengdu. Since then, Chengdu's history of delivering official documents and letters to the outside world by "stagecoach" has come to an end. Later, the post office was destroyed by fire, and when it was rebuilt in 1937, the famous Canadian architects Morrison and Yeh Sol-ching were invited to design and supervise the construction. The red bricks used in the building were all purchased from Hankou, and the foundation stone was made of stone strips taken from Longquan Mountain, and even the connection between the red tiles was all strung with copper wire. After the completion of the new building is quite Western-style style, the doorway on the second floor platform of the inlaid wooden wall cabinets are beautifully crafted, wisps of flowers and lacquer craftsmanship is said to be superior, retained after years of texture is still clear, bright lacquer color. It is said that as early as at that time, the new postal building's bathroom has been installed flush toilet, must be one of the most Chengdu. After the completion of the new building, the "Xichuan Postal Administration" evolved from the "Qing Post Chengdu Branch Office" and was officially established, known as the "General Post Office". In the north of this street and Chongqing Yuanfeng Zhengshao hotel branch, when it was a customer to customer, very prosperous. East of the street Qingfang Zhai specializing in vegetarian pastries to supply Buddhist temples and vegetarian, its stores are also retail, because of its taste and price, but also by the neighboring masses love.
Summer Stocking Street has gone through the baptism of history, although it is not the old look, another prosperous, but the scene in the past that is quite the atmosphere of the times for the old Chengdu carved a deep imprint. Such as the "Chengdu Overview" said: "Where the provincial city of the new women's ready-made clothes, more in the summer socks Street and the General Street, New Street, Kejia Lane, sold around ...... flower clothes, such as the following Jiang weaving the whole gold, each piece of thirty or forty yuan. Carved silk five colors, each piece of eight or nine taels". There are also "the provincial city clothes store in the summer socks Street Jixing clothes Zhuang" and so on, about the summer socks Street's prosperity and prosperity in the past. It had been with East Street, West Street, General Street, Kejia Lane together as the old Chengdu Su Guang foreign goods gathering place; it is the new clothes store business area with the General Street; its number of leather goods with the Drum Tower South Street and General Street and ranked the three; its boots and shoes, sheep fur and fur collar and felt hat business is second to none. There are oil cloth, oil paper, lake crepe silk cloth, watch knife and scissors ...... it is an era after an era of prosperity and prosperity of the emblem. Witnessed, it is the old Chengdu hundreds of years of wonderful.
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