Origin of Shuidong Street Shuidong Street

1. Qiaodong Shuidong Street was built in Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078- 1085), which was once a prosperous commercial place in Huizhou in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The arcade buildings around Shuidong Street have Huizhou's unique cultural customs, and this bustling street combining Chinese and Western styles is also the birthplace of Huizhou City.

2. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Huizhou's commerce was prosperous, and businessmen from all provinces gathered. This is the best interpretation that Shuidong Street is called "Wang Di". The arcades facing the street are very exquisite in structure, mostly with one room on the first floor. Behind the walls of various western-style roofs, there are traditional "golden" tile roofs in China. Some arcades are as high as three stories, forty or fifty meters long, and the momentum is extraordinary. At that time, rows of arcades, various inns, shops, jewelry stores, workshops, pharmacies, and people on business trips came and went, drawing a modern "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival". Boarding the arcade with southern characteristics and Chinese and western styles, leaning against the window, Dongjiang water flows down the west, large and small ships shuttle back and forth, and pedestrians on Dongxinqiao come and go in a hurry. Now, although the arcade facing the street is dilapidated, it vividly records the story of Huizhou's development from an ancient town to a prosperous city.

3. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army invaded Huizhou and burned down most streets and more than 200 arcade shops. 194 1 year, Shuidong Street was destroyed by the Japanese again. Since then, the old street is not as good as before. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, Huizhou's traffic quickly recovered, telecommunications were smooth, businesses resumed, remittances poured in, and foreign goods poured in. Ships on the river between Huizhou and Hong Kong, Macao and Guangzhou are in good order, and local rice and local products are loaded into calico, matches, nails, clocks and kerosene produced in Britain, America, Germany and other countries. Goods from Dongjiang River are traded at the wharf under Dongxinqiao, and are carried from the ship to the warehouse in the arcade by porters. There are many gold shops, cloth shops and pawn shops near Dongxinqiao Wharf. There are many small tea rooms, porridge shops and wonton shops, which are open all night; There are wholesale grain and oil shops, satin cloth shops, private clinics, churches and photo studios, and cigarette shops and casinos have sprung up one after another. There are rows of arcades, and the goods are dazzling. Shuidong Street is very lively. Businessmen talking about business and hawkers selling along the street wrote down the prosperity of Shuidong Street in those days.

According to Huicheng Literature and History Data, there were hundreds of firms in Shuidong Street. The famous ones are Hongtai Cloth Store, Yongtai Cloth Store, Dazhong Store, Yadong Suzhou and Hangzhou Store, Hengsheng Suzhou and Hangzhou Store, Guangshoutang Pharmacy, Yihelong Tobacco Store, Yishenglong, Quanhe Hardware Store, Tiancheng Gold Store, Huanghuihe Gold Store, Ruicheng Ceramics Store, Yuchang Non-staple Food Store and Dongyi Salted Fish Store. The origin of the time function in the development stage of Shuidong Street was founded in the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078- 1085). At that time, the military and political center was developed, and the county transportation hub was built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was the heyday of Huizhou's commerce, the decline of the commercial center and the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. The Japanese army invaded Huizhou, and Shuidong Street was destroyed by the Japanese army, with mixed functions.