the schools of Fujian and Guangdong are full of colors.

A century-old street with a combination of Chinese and Western styles has experienced vicissitudes.

Background:

Beihai Old Street-Zhuhai Road is an old street with a history of more than 1 years, which was founded in 1883. It is mainly influenced by western roller-shaped buildings such as consulates built in our city by Ye Ying, France, Germany and other countries at the end of the 19th century, which has quite the style of ancient Roman architecture. Before 1927, Zhuhai Road was the most prosperous commercial district in Beihai. It is praised as "Yearbook of Modern Architecture" by historians and architects.

1. It is a kind of arcade building combining Chinese and western styles.

2. The arcades in the south of China are divided into Fujian school and Guangdong school: influenced by local traditional wood carvings, the arcades in Fujian school are covered with reliefs; Guangdong style arcades are mainly in Lingnan style with European style.

3. The window top of the wall is of a roll arch structure, and there are carved lines and reliefs at the extension of the roll arch and the top of the window column; All the walls of the old street are gray, and the whole street is white and elegant.

4. The main features of Beihai Old Street are: the fusion of Chinese and Western styles, including the charm of many schools in Fujian and Guangdong.

5. The simile decoration method is used, which not only vividly explains the style and form of Beihai Old Street, but also indirectly points out the important cultural landscape function of Beihai Old Street to Beihai, a Beibu Gulf city.

Before March of the 15th year of the Republic of China (1926), Beihai was under the jurisdiction of Jinghai District, Hepu County, Guangdong Province, and was established at the township level. In March 1926, Beihai was formally approved to set up the "Beihai Independent Municipal Preparatory Office" (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Office). In November 1928, Beihai Municipal Administrative Office was abolished, "the administration was merged into the county police station" and "the second branch of public security engineering" was established to reduce the organization and revive the economy.

In fact, apart from the above reasons, the cancellation of the Municipal Services Department was not unrelated to the corruption and inaction of some principal officials of the Municipal Services Department at that time. For example, Chen Chunxi, the first Commissioner of the Municipal Services Department, took office in March 1926 for only 1 months, and he caused a demonstration of 1, people in Beihai because of "taking bribes and perverting the law" and shouted the slogan "Down with Chen Chunxi, a corrupt official". At the same time, he asked the higher authorities to dismiss Chen. Chen submitted his resignation to the provincial government at the end of the year and finally fell.

At the beginning of January p>1927, Commissioner Zhou Changyin, who took over, "never arrived for some reason", was appointed as Commissioner by Lin Shi, the adjutant of the 11th Division stationed in Beihai at that time. Soon Commissioner Zhou Changyin finally arrived, but on April 27 of that year, he was impeached by the public for corruption and bribery. Beihai Municipal Administrative Office was established just over two years ago, and four commissioners took office successively, two of whom were corrupt officials, which made it difficult to reverse the passive situation of Beihai economy. At the end of 1928, Dong 'an Street, Shengping Street, Daxi Street and Jielong Bridge were expanded. At the end of 193, the subsequent extension project of the main street was successfully completed.

the municipal services department was abolished less than three years after its establishment. It was a flash in the pan when Beihai was upgraded to an independent city. Nevertheless, Zhuhai Road, as the product of that short period of time, has become a representative building of Beihai Old Street. When people visit this old street, they can still feel its former beauty and prosperity.

In October p>29, the first Beihai Old Street Culture and Art Festival was hosted by the Municipal Tourism Commission, Beihai Tourism Group Co., Ltd. and Beihai Old Town Cultural Tourism Investment and Development Co., Ltd. 。