What was Shanxi Yuncheng like in the 1980s?

Yuncheng, located in the southwest of Shanxi Province, was called "Hedong" in ancient times. It was named after the "City of Salt Transport". This group of old photos is of Yuncheng in the 1980s. Follow these old photos and take a look at them more than 30 years ago. of Yuncheng. The picture shows the Grand Roundabout in the northern suburbs of Yuncheng in the 1980s. The photographer of this old photo is said to have climbed up a telegraph pole to take a panoramic view.

Yuncheng, known as Hedong in ancient times, is the hometown of Guan Gong and is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province. Yuncheng is located in the southwest of Shanxi Province, bordering Linfen on the north by Luliang Mountain, adjoining Jincheng and Jiyuan in Henan on the east by Zhongtiao Mountain, and facing Shaanxi Weinan, Henan Sanmenxia and Luoyang across the Yellow River to the west and south.

Yuncheng is named after the "City of Salt Transport". It is known as "Yuncheng looks at five thousand years of civilization". It is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. Legends such as Nuwa patching up the sky, Huangdi fighting Chiyou, Shun plowing Mount Li, Yu chiseling Longmen, Leizu rearing silkworms, and Houji farming all happened in Yuncheng. Yuncheng is the hometown of the famous Shu Han general Guan Yu. It has produced outstanding figures in civil and military affairs such as Zhang Yi, Sima Qian, Xue Rengui, Wang Bo, Wang Zhihuan, Wang Wei, Liu Zongyuan, and Sima Guang.

Yuncheng has more than 1,600 cultural relics tourist attractions, of which 90 are protected by China and 57 are protected by the province. It is the prefecture-level city with the largest number of key cultural relics protection units in the country. The discovery of the fossils of Eurypithecus aegis has pushed the origin of humankind forward by more than 10 million years. The Xihoudu Cultural Site is the earliest evidence of human use of fire. Yuncheng is home to the Jiezhou Guandi Temple, the ancestor of the martial arts temple, the Guanhou Tu Temple, the ancestral temple of Taoism, the Yongle Palace, the ancestral palace of Taoism, the Yuncheng Salt Lake, the largest lake in Shanxi, and the Wulaofeng, the holy place for the spread of Heluo culture.

In the 1980s, Yuncheng people used to call Dongfeng Department Store the "Laobaida". Laobaida opened in 1960 and was once a landmark building in Yuncheng's commercial center.

Yuncheng Hedong Theater in the 1980s. Hedong Theater is located on Renmin North Road. It was completed and opened in 1979. It is the third theater in Yuncheng after the People's Theater and the Cinema.

The street scene of Hongqi Street in Yuncheng in the 1980s. The tall building on the right is the Yuncheng Radio and Television Building. This building was built in 1980 and was the tallest building in Yuncheng at that time.

The Jiefang Road overpass in Yuncheng in the 1980s. The overpass under Jiefang Road is the first overpass in Yuncheng and was completed and opened to traffic in 1987.

Yuncheng Huanghe Building in the 1980s. Huanghe Building is located on Lucun Street, Yuncheng and opened in 1988.

Street scene near Yinlu Commercial Building in the 1980s. Yinlu Commercial Building is located on Hongqi West Road. Yinlu Commercial Building was once very popular and short-lived, but it soon closed down.

The Yuncheng Grain Bureau in the 1980s was located on East Street, and its architectural layout was quite characteristic of the times. This place is now Huaren Hospital.

The rotating flying chair in Yuncheng Hedong Square in the 1980s. At that time, there were basically no large-scale amusement facilities in Yuncheng. This rotating flying chair was the children's favorite amusement facility.