What's interesting about a one-day tour in Zhongshan and Shi Qi?

Shi Qi is an urban area, only visiting pedestrian streets and some shopping malls. Shopping malls include Holiday Plaza, Daxin Xinduhui and Jusco, which are relatively large. In addition, there is Qijiang Park at the end of the pedestrian street, and the landscape inside is not bad! In addition, there is Sun Wen Park at the end of Zhong Xing Road, which is worth visiting! Sun Wen West Road, an old street in Shi Qi, is located outside the west gate of Tiecheng, Shi Qi, Zhongshan City, with Jindu (Shiqihe River) in the west, Yandun Mountain in the south and Renshan (now Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall) in the east, forming a pattern of "mountains, waters and cities" and becoming the commercial, cultural and transportation center of Shi Qi. Sun Xi Pedestrian Street starts from Zhongshan Department Store in Yuelai Road in the east and ends at Zhongshan Commercial Building in the west, with a total length of about 529 meters, a road width of 15 meters and 137 shops. Historical Overview Sun Wen West Road, formerly known as Ying 'en Street, was gradually expanded to 1925 during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, forming today's pattern and forming the 800-year history of Zhongshan and Tiecheng. 1925 after the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, it was renamed Sun Wen Road in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and Sun Wen West Road embodies the homesickness of more than 600,000 overseas Chinese in Zhongshan. They returned to their hometown from generation to generation and built many houses, restaurants, hotels and other buildings, which made Sun Wen West Road increasingly prosperous. During this period, Eighteen Rooms, Tian Fei Temple, Taitung Theater, Sihao Hotel, Shixian Company, HSBC Company and Fushoutang Pharmacy were built successively. Sun Xi Pedestrian Street starts from Zhongshan Department Store in Yuelai Road in the east and ends at Zhongshan Commercial Building in the west, with a total length of about 529 meters, a road width of 15 meters and an area of 200 mu. It will be built in two phases, with a total construction area of about140,000 square meters and 37 shops/kloc-0. The whole project was completed in September 1998. Architectural Style The low-rise buildings on both sides of Sun Xi Pedestrian Street are a mixture of European colonial buildings and Lingnan arcade buildings at the end of 19 century and the beginning of 20 century. They are architecturally called "Nanyang style buildings" and are an important embodiment of the mixed "Nanyang" culture in Europe and Asia. "Nanyang arcade" has great historical and cultural appreciation value and inestimable economic value. Whether it is windy, rainy or sunny, tourists and customers are not affected by the weather. Several or more arcade buildings are often adjacent to each other, forming a rugged continuous interface effect with a unified appearance. Buildings are mainly 2-3 floors, with a few 4 floors (such as China Bank Bell Tower, Sihao Hotel, etc. ). The average height from the ground to the parapet is about16m, and the width of the street is12m, which is 3:4 of the average building. From a normal perspective, a comfortable and pleasant external space scale and pedestrian street image are formed. Historical Introduction of Pedestrian Street Sun Wen West Road was called Ying 'en Street in ancient times, 1925 After the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, it was renamed Sun Wen Road in memory of him. From Sui and Tang Dynasties to 1925, it gradually expanded and formed today's pattern. On both sides of the road are historical building objects that have gone through decades, hundreds or even hundreds of years, and still retain the artistic color of ancient buildings. Since the Republic of China, it has accepted western architectural modeling and integrated western classical architectural modeling. Up to now, exquisite wood carvings, gray carvings and other Chinese and western architectural objects, curved natural commercial street, comfortable and pleasant external space scale, Nanyang style arcade, the organic combination of external space and function of the whole block are preserved. All these have recorded the formation and development stages of Shi Qi city, and condensed the nostalgia of more than 600,000 overseas Chinese in Zhongshan City, which has important historical and cultural appreciation value and significance of commemoration and patriotism education. In order to protect this historic building complex and rebuild the long and prosperous appearance of Sun Wen West Road, Zhongshan Municipal Government started the construction and renovation of Sun Wen West Road in two phases on August 20th 1997, and completed it in September 19 and 1998. It took more than a year for Sun Wen West Road to be renamed as Sun Wen West Road Cultural Tourism Pedestrian Street. The reconstructed Sun Wen West Road Cultural Tourism Pedestrian Street is full of charm and vitality. The streets are full of flowers, the gray buildings in the past are decorated in pink and beige, and benches are added on both sides of the streets for tourists to rest. Shops with low grades in the past have also taken on a new look, bringing people a bright future. New and old cultures are perfectly connected here, and tradition and modernity blend organically. This all-inclusive integration makes the century-old street elegant with charming cultural atmosphere, and becomes the window of spiritual civilization construction in Zhongshan, providing a unique tourist landscape for foreign tourists and a good place for local citizens to relax, shop and entertain, giving people a bustling scene. Description of scenic spots 1. The bronze sculpture of rickshaw is located at the entrance of the pedestrian street, reflecting a small scene on the streets of Zhongshan in the 1920s and 1930s: a rickshaw driver was pulling a rickshaw and a well-dressed gentleman was about to get on the bus. Mr. Liu Dabang, a sculptor and artist in our city, used surreal artistic techniques and built it according to the ratio of 1: 1, so that the sculpture and the tower-shaped entrance sign building of the pedestrian street formed a group and depended on each other. The tower-shaped sign condenses the architectural features of Sun Wen West Road, which is the same height as the pillars of the "arcade" and blends with the Nanyang-style buildings on the street, making people stay in a strong historical and cultural atmosphere. The idea of bronze sculpture of rickshaw originated from Wu Ruicheng, vice mayor. After unanimous approval, the author consulted a lot of historical materials in the design, which was based on an old photo of Mrs. Fu Lu getting on a rickshaw. In order to achieve a realistic effect, except for the head of a portrait, sculptures are all made in kind, including the clothes, hands and feet of the characters, and rickshaws are made directly by the Pearl River Film Studio. The original design also included a sculpture of a woman waiting for a bus across the street. After discussion and modification, it was simplified into the present design. Now, the bronze sculpture of rickshaw has become an important symbol of pedestrian street. 2. "The Story of a Small Town" Relief The large relief "The Story of a Small Town" is set on the right wall at the entrance of the pedestrian street. Mr. Chen Zhai-zhong, the relief author, takes Sun Wen West Road as the background, and integrates the essence of frequent commercial culture of crowds and merchants into this 6.6×2.45 square meter art space. At present, there are many shops on the street, advertising signs can be seen everywhere, and passers-by are jostling with each other. All classes and races have everything, selling hearts, speculating, patrolling and managing, showing you a picture of society. 3. Sihao Hotel 13 (1924) Guo Siquan, an Australian returned overseas Chinese, returned to his hometown to set up a private bank, named Xiangshan Bank, located at the lower section of the existing pedestrian street. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, Li Delian, president of Xiangshan County Chamber of Commerce, transformed Xiangshan Bank Building into a five-story luxury hotel, named Hotel No.4, which became the most luxurious hotel at that time. 4. Rickshaw is located at the entrance of the east end of the pedestrian street, providing tourists with photo taking and cart pulling services. Rickshaw, also known as rickshaw and rickshaw, was one of the common means of transportation in the old society. It was first introduced from Japan, so it was originally named "Toyo Car". Its structure is based on the mechanical principle, which makes people use gravity to urge the axle to roll forward after getting on the bus, reducing the traction of rickshaw pullers. The wheels of foreign wagons were originally wooden wheels wrapped in iron sheets, which were called "iron wagons", and later changed to hard rubber wheels, which were called "dead rubber wagons" (that is, rickshaws now), and later changed to pneumatic tire wheels, which were called "live rubber wagons" in the year of Xianfeng Gengshen (AD 1860). At that time, officials and wealthy households owned private cars (that is, rickshaws). By the end of the Qing dynasty, the car industry was booming. In the early years of the Republic of China, after Shi Qi demolished the city to build roads, there were car boy stations and other guests at the intersections of east, west and south gate. At the main entrance of Shiqicheng, there are also rickshaws to entertain guests, while on the main streets, rickshaws shuttle back and forth. In the 1940s, rickshaws became the main means of transportation in Shi Qi. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, the introduction of pedal tricycles increased day by day. By the early 1950s, rickshaws were basically replaced by tricycles. The reappearance of rickshaws and the Nanyang-style architecture of pedestrian streets are integrated, which evokes people's reverie about the historical origin of pedestrian streets. 5. Cultural Square Pedestrian Street Cultural Square is located in the lower section of the Great Temple, with a total construction area of 503 square meters. The first plane fountain in this city has been built in the square. Riding downstairs is a large mural of the famous painter Chen Zhai. This mural is the epitome of Sun Wen West Road in the 1920s and 1930s. The figures in the painting are lifelike, and they are integrated with the architectural style of the pedestrian street. A 40-square-meter stage was set in front of the square to provide rich cultural performances for businessmen, citizens and tourists in the area. Fushoutang, a century-old shop on Sun Wen West Road, was founded in the first year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1862) and is located at No.54, Sun Wen West Road, Shi Qi. Its founder is Li (Sanxian Temple). The third generation leader is Li, who is the chairman of the "Road Builders Committee" of Zhongshan Chamber of Commerce in 1923 and led the road construction work. Li Hongbiao, the fourth generation leader, is a member of the Standing Committee of the County Chamber of Commerce, and is known as the "business genius" of Shi Qi. In 1930s, he was also the captain of Shi Qi Commercial Group, and from 1946 to 1950, he was the curator of Zhongshan Memorial Book. In the 1950s, the manager was Li Hongbiao's grandmother Liu Yueqing, and then she went to Hong Kong to settle down. This store is very large, and there used to be 30 employees. The self-made Gaodan pill powder and the processed characteristic cooked medicine are famous in all directions of the city. 1956 after participating in the public-private partnership of the whole industry, it still uses the old name of Fushoutang, which has a high reputation and has a history of 130 years. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which opened in the late Qing Dynasty (officially opened during the Revolution of 1911), is located in the postal business department of Sun Wen West Road in Shi Qi today. It is a large overseas Chinese company with four floors and four pavements. The main department stores have counters for clothing, felt hats, clocks, glasses, toys, canned goods, tobacco and alcohol, sweets and cakes, bedding and so on. In order to attract business, the company opened a teahouse on the fourth floor and a teahouse on the rooftop to perform Cantonese opera. In order to preserve enterprises, the government had to make a detour when building roads in the 1920s. Before the war, the company's business was booming and became the largest unit in the county's commercial retail sales. After Zhongshan settled down, it was used as a trade union workers' club in the 1950s, and later changed to a county post office. Yong 'an Overseas Chinese Examination and Approval Bureau-from the early years of the Republic of China. On the eve of World War I, there was a shortage of materials in Europe and America, and the exchange rate of gold coins was lower than that in China. Young people from warring countries have joined the army to fight, Chinese workers have higher wages and remittances have soared. Overseas Chinese Quanguo, Guo Le and Guo Shun in Zhuxiuyuan Village, Zhongshan took the lead in establishing Yongan Company in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Upon learning of the increase in remittances from his hometown, he immediately transferred his capital to Huiyuan Bank in Room Shi Qi 18 and reorganized it into Zhongshan Yongan Overseas Chinese Examination and Approval Bureau. The building was converted into a reinforced concrete brick structure, with a height of five and a half stories (located in Sun Xi Branch of Bank of China today). Guo Canying is the manager, and his main business is remittance change, savings, mortgage and "insurance". Because Guo has a good reputation, the remittance business in rural areas of Yong 'an Overseas Chinese Approval Bureau accounts for 75% to 80%. 1August, 949, foreign exchange was cut off due to regime change.1October 1950, 1950 industrial and commercial registration was renewed and remittance resumed. Guo, the manager, was succeeded by the state manager, and there was no public-private partnership. Public paper shop-192 1 year, when Wu Tiecheng, the county magistrate, advocated that Shi Qi should tear down the city to build roads, Huang Dongchu resigned from the job of Jinyulou paper shop opened in the Ming Dynasty, raised 2,500 taels of silver to open a public paper shop in 18 store, and became a manager himself. 193 1 year, Huang Sen succeeded him as the manager. Operating paper materials, all kinds of stationery, firecrackers, Mo Ling, New Year's Eve toys, etc. , among the best in the city. The new address is at No.0/58, Sun Wen West Road, and the date shop facade and back seat at No.0/56, is the processing factory. 1952 65438+registered capital 100586.42 yuan on February 22nd, with 30 employees. Capital and purchase and sale amount still rank first among 100 peers. 1956 joined the bank's public-private partnership, with Wu Zhouzhi as the public representative and Huang Sen as the manager (later served as deputy director of the Shi Qi Municipal Bureau of Commerce, chairman of the third Shi Qi Federation of Industry and Commerce and vice chairman of the first Shi Qi CPPCC). Sihao Hotel-The address is located in Sun Wen West Road, Shi Qi, east of the former Chamber of Commerce. Address in the Republic of China 13 (1924), Guo Siquan, an overseas Chinese returning from Australia, opened a private Xiangshan Bank. But it was also a flash in the pan. It ended its business in two or three years, and then it was rented by other firms. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, it was bombed by enemy planes and became a crumbling wall. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Li Delian, president of the county chamber of commerce, retired and returned to the city. He bought this place first and immediately built a five-story building as a luxury hotel, saying that the equipment was first-class and novel. In fact, most of the furniture is updated and replaced by Hong Kong Sihao Hotel. Li Delian, president of the Chamber of Commerce, owns shares in Hetian, rice machine, power plant, hotels and other hotels, all of which were confiscated at 1950. This hotel is now called Shi Qi Hotel. In the past, the hotel on Sun Wen West Road used to be a stopover for fast horses (including people and horses) delivering government documents at all levels, and was called "post station". After Kuaima arrived at the post office, it was verified by the official brand that people, grain, horses and grass were all supplied by the post office (but the residence in Beijing where foreign guests or officials were hosted was of a higher grade and was called "post office"). The nature of folk commerce, where goods are stored on behalf of customers and merchants are reserved, is called "stack". After the Revolution of 1911, China businessmen followed the example of the West and gradually opened hotels, hotels, restaurants, hotels, villas, villas and apartments. Zhongshan, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, operated this business, which was called a hotel from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Republic of China. During 1946- 1949, Sun Wen West Road Hotel, No.4 Hotel on the east side of Shi Qi Town General Chamber of Commerce, and No.8 Jincheng Hotel in Damiaoxia. Before liberation, the hotel was poorly equipped, with only four types of rooms: six-bed big room, twin-bed middle room, single room and elegant wing room (equipped with a big bed, a mahjong table and several chairs). All the furniture is made of wood. Merchants should register at the cashier's office first. When I entered the room, I first saw the words "guests with sundries should take care of themselves". When the waiter (waiter) saw the guest coming, he immediately made a pot of tea, and explained to the guest where the toilet and toilet were, and also introduced the catering hotel, the time of car traffic shifts and so on.