Love Chongqing, go see these buildings with historical legends

As the youngest municipality in China, Chongqing has long been stable, confident and mature, and its development speed has always been among the best in the country. Although the mountain shape, water potential and road direction here have not changed much, the humanities and economic changes here often make people from other places amazed. In the face of three-dimensional Chongqing, criss-crossing lanes, some buildings are the eternal memory of Chongqing, love Chongqing, these buildings are not to go.

1. The first thing to tell is the story of Jiefangbei.

The national-level victory memorial for the Anti-Japanese War in Chongqing, formerly known as the Anti-Japanese War Victory Monument, was later renamed the People's Liberation Monument in Chongqing, referred to as Jiefangbei.

Jiefangbei is located at the intersection of the national, civil rights and Zourong three major roads in Yuzhong District, Chongqing. Originally built on December 30, 1941, the National Government presided over the construction of the "spiritual fortress", using a wooden structure, coated with cement, a square cone, due to air defense needs, the whole body painted black. The monument is 7.7 meters high, meaning the seven-seven resistance. Later, it was destroyed in the Japanese bombing.

On October 10, 1947, the National Government built a new monument on the crater of the original site of the "Spiritual Fortress". It was an octagonal, cylindrical helmet top, reinforced concrete structure, and the body was engraved with the "Anti-Japanese War Jigong Monument", which was called "Ji Gong". "Stele", the shape is the Jiefangbei seen today, costing 217 million yuan at the time. From the ground to the top of the monument, the wind is 34.5 meters high. The top of the monument is equipped with a large light stand, which is 4 meters high and 3 meters high from the light stand to the wind mark. The top of the monument features standard clocks, alarm bells, searchlights, wind deflectors, azimuth gauges and lookouts. The monument is 27.5 meters high and has a spiral iron staircase. It spirals up to the top of the monument, a total of 141 steps. In Jiefangbei, the letter that President Roosevelt wrote to the people of Chongqing during the victory of World War II is still stored.

On October 1, 1950, Liu Bocheng, the chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee, wrote the inscription "The Victory of the Anti-Japanese War" to "Chongqing People's Liberation Monument." After that, the people referred to it as “liberation monument”. Today's concept of Jiefangbei is no longer limited to the monument, but the golden central business district of Chongqing. The monument of history has become a spiritual fortress forever, stimulating the passion of the people of Chongqing.

2, followed by Huguang Hall

Huguang Club is located at No. 4, Dongshuimen Street, Yuzhong District, Chongqing. It was built in the 24th year of Qing Emperor Qianlong (1759) and expanded in the 26th year of Daoguang (1846). The center of the building faces the south and faces the Yangtze River. It is a historical testimony of Chongqing as a prosperous business in the Qing Dynasty. It is also an important symbol of immigration culture, business culture and architectural culture in Chongqing in the early Qing Dynasty to the early years of the Republic of China. In the area of ​​Dongshuimen, according to the theory of Feng Shui, the inner side of the river bend is “Ji Di” and the outside is “fierce land”. The area around Dongshuimen is just the place where Zhuque Xiang dances. The Feng Shui is very good, and the venue is located here. The hall consists of a group of buildings consisting of the Royal Palace, the Guangdong Office and the Qi'an Office. The complex is located on the slope of the river at a slope of 30 degrees. It is now a national key cultural relics protection unit.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the frequent wars, plagues and famines caused the population of Sichuan to drop sharply, the land was sparsely populated, and the fields were ridiculous. The Qing Dynasty encouraged the immigrants from other provinces to settle down in Sichuan, forming a wave of immigrants in the history of the “Huguang-filled Sichuan”. As a gathering place for Chongqing businessmen in Hubei and Hunan, a number of Huguang Guild Halls came into being. The immigrants at that time actually included Guangdong, Henan, Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces. The reason why they were collectively referred to as the “Huguang Guild Hall” was not only because of the significant influence of “Huguang Filling Sichuan” in the history of Chongqing’s urban development, but also because Guangdong has historically Under the jurisdiction of Huguangxing Province. At that time, Huguang Hall was the most prosperous one in Chongqing's “eight halls and one public office”. As a geopolitical gang, the main function of the hall is to contact the nostalgia to Zhuangxiangwei. Therefore, it is not only a meeting place for the people of the same town to worship the famous gods and perform the hometown operas, but also an important organization for the people in the same country to resist the foreigners and help each other.

The architecture of Huguang Hall is row upon row, with strict structure and magnificent momentum. It is divided into three parts: the big door, the hall hall and the theater floor. The wall is a yellow fire wall, which means to isolate the fire. Standing on the edge of the river, looking up, the yellow walls are stepped. Today, it is located in the Huguang Guild Hall, quiet and deep, beautifully constructed, carved and painted, with a strong historical charm. At the "Yijiang Lake" next to the Huguang Guild Hall, it seems that the echoes of the bluestone pedals at the end of the 100-year-old pier.

3, eternal classic, representative of retroism: Chongqing Grand Hall

The Chongqing People's Grand Hall was named "Asia's Top Ten Classics in the Twentieth Century" and "Top Ten New China Architecture", and was included in the "Architectural History" compiled by the Royal Institute of British Architecture. It is typical of the retro style of the early Chinese architecture. works.

The Chongqing People's Grand Hall was started in 1951 and completed in 1954. He was proposed to work during his work in the Southwest Bureau. The Grand Hall has a total construction area of ​​25,000 square meters and consists of the Central Hall, South Building, North Building and East Building. The auditorium is 65 meters high. The main building is made up of heavy cymbals and spires, with heavy roofs and mountain roofs. The stern ridges are made of steel and wood (other parts are reinforced concrete structures), which is the largest steel span in China at that time. At the dome, the main building is decorated with gold-plated spinners, which are gorgeous and spectacular.

The total length of the auditorium is 200 meters. The two sides of the main building are the south building and the north building (the east building is behind the main body). The north building and the south building are symmetrical. It is a gallery-style long building, the third floor is a bottom, and the decorative curtain is painted. Gold), there are three layers of vain. The entire hall of the auditorium consists of red pillars, white marble railings, green glazed tiles and yellow walls.

However, at that time, Zhang Jiade, the chief designer of the auditorium, died in 1982 after suffering humiliation and suffering during the Cultural Revolution. A master of architecture, with regrets, painstaking pains, and unfinished dreams, rode the crane away. In the mountain city of Chongqing, where he has lived and worked for a long time, the magnificent People's Grand Hall has become his eternal monument.

4. No. 235 Minsheng Road

The Minsheng Road in Yuzhong District of Chongqing has the Xinhua Daily, which was established in the 1930s. It has built a Catholic church in the past 100 years, but it is more attractive to everyone. It is the No. 235 Minsheng Road, which has been renamed four times and witnessed the legends of the four eras. This is a history of Chongqing that has grown for nearly a century.

During the Anti-Japanese War: Aiding the House of Beauty

Before the 1940s, the aid of the Hualien Military Guest House was completed. Since then, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife have hosted many banquets for US Ambassador Hurley, British Ambassador Gauss, and Soviet Ambassador Pan Youxin.

Renamed in 1945: Victory Building

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, it was renamed "Victory Building". The Mexican Embassy was once located here. In December 1945, in order to mediate the dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, US Presidential Envoy Marshall came and the Kuomintang authorities held a grand welcome banquet for him.

After the founding of New China, Victory Building, as the first guest house of the Southwest Military and Political Committee, received countless well-known party and government cadres and patriots. In 1951, Deng Xiaoping, the first secretary of the Southwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and He Long, the commander of the Southwest Military Region, hosted a banquet for the Tibetan delegation to the Beijing peace talks.

Renamed in 1956: Chongqing Hotel

As the first foreign-related hotel in Chongqing, Chongqing Hotel is an important place to receive foreign guests, return overseas Chinese and hold foreign affairs activities.

2007: Demolition of the original heavy building, planning and reconstruction.

2014: Hainan Poly International Center, which has been inherited for nearly a hundred years, has its appearance.

The highlight of the architectural style of HNA Poly International Center is that the main facade is elliptical, with metal finishes and large glass floor-to-ceiling windows. The shape of the thumb is formed on the side of the tower, called “Mountain Thumb”, looking from the Jialing River as a huge waterfall. The top of the mountain blew down.

This "mountain city thumb" does not live up to the expectations of the times. The elevator is only 48 seconds from the first floor to the top floor, which highlights the modernization of Chongqing and the pace of global business. It has become the new landmark of Chongqing CBD, and is fully owned by the domestic HNA Real Estate. Ultra-luxury Grade A office building, high-end dining entertainment and leisure business, plus platinum JW Marriott five-star hotel. The building has become a beautiful landscape of the skyline and the most eye-catching landmark in Chongqing. Most of the buildings now housed are foreign-funded enterprises and financial technology companies located in Chongqing. Starting from November last year, the building allowed the citizens who made advance reservations to look at the 360-degree panoramic view of the top of the building at a height of 360 meters. Every time they climbed the summit, they would be full of enthusiasm, and the love that Chongqing loves will come to life.

This is a land of endorsement cities, a land full of urban dreams, wishing these handed down buildings more brilliant, bringing happiness and strength to everyone who is close to it.

The article was compiled and published by the furniture network .

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