What is the history of Hanzheng Street in Wuhan?

Turning a page in history, Hanzheng Street has experienced many vicissitudes. Hanzheng Street has a long history and is one of the oldest streets in Hankou. According to Xiakou County Records and other books, this street has a history of 500 years. As early as the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Hanzheng Street had already formed a town. There are many docks along the river from west to east, such as Zongsan Temple, Yangjiahe Temple, Wusheng Temple, Laoguan Temple and Jijiazui, which load and unload goods for commercial ports. Due to the convenient water transportation, the number of shops along the street is increasing day by day, and trade is frequent. By the heyday of economic development in Kanggan period in Qing Dynasty, Hanzheng Street had become "the main street of Hankou". After four years of Qianlong (1739), a stone pavement was built on Hanzheng Street. In the third year of Tongzhi (1844), the magistrate Zhong presided over the construction of new docks such as Wan 'an Lane. Since then, Hanzheng Street has become a gathering place for merchants, with prosperous transactions and prosperous markets. Known as "the rivers and lakes are connected, everywhere is impassable, one boat goes out, and Wan Li only cares", it attracts business travelers and tourists from all directions, and it is very lively and prosperous. As a result, the populations of Jingzhou and Xiaogan counties, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang and other provinces moved in one after another. As Xu Yuanzhi, a native of Hanyang in the Qing Dynasty, said in "Hankou Zhi Zhu Ci": "Shizhen Street is Tuzhenpo, and Bama Wharf faces the river; There are tens of millions of families in Wawu Bamboo House. There are few people in this hometown and many people in a foreign land. "

For nearly a century, Hanzheng Street has been the commercial essence of Laohankou Town. In the old Hankou town, there are so-called Shangbahang (commercial shops) and Xiabafang (handicraft workshops). According to Records of Hankou Xiaozhi, the most famous people are commonly known as the Eight Stores, namely, the Salt Store, the Tea Store, the Medicinal Materials Store, the Grocery Store, the Oil Store, the Grain Store, the Cotton Store and the Cowhide Store.

After the founding of New China, due to the establishment of the dominant position of the state-owned economy and the influence of the Cultural Revolution, the commodity market in Hanzheng Street once stopped. In those years, almost no one operated small commodities. At its peak, the "three-town market" was deserted, the market was depressed, private operation was once interrupted, and the whole market was closed.

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Hanzheng Street commodity market was thoroughly remoulded. 1979 In September, Wuhan Municipal People's Government approved the reopening of Hanzheng Street Small Commodity Market. At that time, there were more than 65,438,000 unemployed youths and social idlers dealing in small commodities here. By 1982, there were 458 small commodity self-employed households in Hanzheng Street. Up to now, the number of self-employed households in Hanzheng Street has reached 1.32 million, with an average daily cargo throughput of more than 400 tons and an average daily market flow of 1.6 million, showing a new look of prosperity.

Geographical traffic

Hanzheng Street, with a history of more than 500 years, is located in the hometown of Baiyun Yellow Crane and the intersection of the Yangtze River and Hanshui River. It is a bright market pearl embedded in the hinterland of Central China.

Hanzheng Street Market starts from Sanmin Road and minzu road in the east, ends at Qiaokou Road in the west, ends at Yanhe Avenue in Hankou in the south and ends at Zhongshan Avenue in the north. It consists of 78 streets and lanes, including Hanzheng Street, Dajia Street, Chang Di Street, Baoqing Street, Sanshu Street, Yongning Lane and Wan 'an Lane, covering an area of 2.56 square kilometers, including the administrative divisions of six sub-district offices. There are several specialized markets 10 in the market, such as clothing, leather bags, household appliances, shoes, ceramics, cloth, small department stores, plastics, handicrafts and non-staple foods, with a business area of more than 600,000 square meters, more than 60,000 kinds of commodities, more than 65,438+10,000 market employees, 22 passenger and freight transport stations and 276 lines.

Hanzheng Street Old Shop with Management Characteristics

1. Qianxiangyi Silk Shop

Qian Xiangyi (Henderson) Silk Shop was founded in the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1894). Blue cloth, blue muslin and blue bamboo cloth (commonly known as "three treasures" or "three blues" cloth) are popular in three towns of Wuhan and Xiangyin of Jianghan Plain. All three kinds of blue cloth are dyed by the store, and they have to go through three vats to get the correct color. Modesty and sample-benefits Silk shops are auspicious and modest, treat customers honestly, establish a store style, and establish a relationship of mutual trust with buyers. Regular customers from other places go to the store, pay the purchase order and go to handle other affairs immediately. Then come back, pay by the bill, no bargaining, no difference. There is a black painted signboard in the shop, and the word "centralized" is written on the book. After more than half a century, it has become the mantra of Hankou people: "modest and beneficial signs, one word at a time." It is estimated that before and after the Revolution of 1911 (19 1 1), its average daily sales were about 5,000 silver dollars, with the highest being 1.6 million silver dollars; The annual sales are between10.5 million and10.8 million silver. In the early days of the founding of New China, the store still mainly engaged in silk fabrics. 1966, the public-private partnership was transformed into Qianxiangyi Department Store, and the business direction changed from then on.

2. Suhengtai Umbrella Store

Su Hengtai Umbrella Store This store is a century-old store in Hanzheng Street, and its umbrellas are well-known brands both inside and outside the province. Su Wenshou, the founder of Su Hengtai Umbrella Store, is an umbrella maker in Shimenkan, Changsha, Hunan. In the first year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1862), his family moved to Han and lived in the hut of Guandi Temple in Hanzheng Street. At first, he selected and repaired umbrella poles and toured the streets, using them to sell a small number of homemade umbrellas. Three years later, Su Wenshou accumulated thirty taels of silver, opened Su Hengtai umbrella shop at the corner of Kuibei Lane in Guandi Temple, abandoned the repair of umbrellas and monopolized Hunan oil-paper umbrellas. Since then, the monthly output of umbrellas has increased from more than 100 to more than 6,000, which is in short supply. Su Hengtai oil-paper umbrella can occupy the market for a hundred years, and its secret is excellent quality, which is hard to match with the same industry. Su family makes umbrellas, and pays attention to the place where raw materials must be taken. The skeleton material of oil-paper umbrella is taken from Phyllostachys pubescens in Yiyang and Chaling, Hunan Province. Because of its "thick and hard meat", it is not easy to bend and deform. Umbrella cover paper is collected from Yunyang, Hubei, with strong latitude and longitude; Brush-coated tung oil on the umbrella surface was collected from Changde, Hunan, with excellent purity and luster. Occasionally, the supply of raw materials is insufficient, and it is better to reduce production and sell less, rather than shoddy and reduce quality, so it will last for decades. In Jianghan Plain, daughters usually bought umbrellas from Su Hengtai umbrella shop when they got married. As a result, customers cast "Su Hengtai's umbrella", which is well-known and well-known.