Historical Events in Dongjiaominxiang What Treaty

The Dongjiao Minxiang Hotel was once the Spanish embassy. Here, an important treaty that influenced China's modern history - the "Xin Chou Treaty" was signed.

Because the Spanish Embassy is relatively centrally located, it is less affected by artillery fire and the building is relatively complete. Spain is not among the eight countries that send troops, so it is acceptable to both China and the West as a location for negotiations and signings. Today, the embassies of Germany and Spain have disappeared, and some of the buildings of the embassies of the remaining nine countries still remain.

As the last foreigner moved out his belongings and stepped out of the embassy gate in Dongjiaomin Lane, the Chinese people outside the wall surged up. year's land. So many years of humiliation were wiped out at this moment. Many Chinese who were forced to move out of this land were extremely happy to come back and look at their hometown. Their excitement was beyond words.

Historical changes

Since the signing of the "Xin Chou Treaty" during the Gengzi Incident in 1900, Dongjiao Minxiang has officially become a "state within a state", and Chinese people are prohibited from entering by foreigners. This is For the first time, we have the sovereignty of this territory firmly in our hands. Everything can be traced back to the historical changes of Dongjiaominxiang before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Dongjiaominxiang was first placed in Beijing and can be traced back to the period of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. In 1421, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to Peiping, and the scale of the capital expanded southward.

Dongjiaomin Alley was included in the inner city. At that time, Dongjiaomin Alley was not yet called this name, but was called Dongjiangmi Alley. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple to the north of the west entrance of Dongjiangmi Lane, which were responsible for handling foreign affairs and receiving envoys from various countries. At that time, there was also a Siyi Pavilion in the west of the middle part of Dongjiangmi Lane. It housed tribute envoys from vassal countries. During the Qing Dynasty, Siyi Pavilion was renamed Huitong Siyi Pavilion.