Cultural Shijiazhuang | Visit the Provincial Cultural Security Unit Dashiqiao, Xinhua District

A bridge witnessed a city ... The train galloped under the bridge and time flowed on the bridge. Dashi Bridge, a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Shijiazhuang, is a bridge built by more than 2,000 railway employees more than 2,000 railway workers to improve transportation fundraising. It is also the spirit of the spirit of Shijiazhuang. After a century of storm, it is a "witness" of Shijiazhuang's urban development.

The picture shows Dashiqiao (information picture).

The bullet holes are clearly visible.

Shijiazhuang Dashi Bridge is located north of Shijiazhuang Jiefang Monument. It is one of the iconic buildings in Shijiazhuang. In 1903, the Luhan Railway (later known as the Jinghan Railway) built by Belgian contractor through Shijiazhuang. By the spring of 1906, the railway was connected from Beijing Lugou Bridge to Hankou. In September 1907, the Zhengtai Railway (now Shitai Railway), which was "debt offsetments" by the Qing government and the design and construction of French companies, was also officially opened to traffic. Shijiazhuang has been prosperous due to the railway. The main lines of the north -south and east and west railways are like two major arteries, which has brought infinite motivation to Shijiazhuang. However, the railway line also divides this emerging city into two. Because the two railways belong to different railway bureaus, and the Shitai Railway built by the French is a narrow rail, so two trains have been built more than 100 meters apart. There are many stations, there are many pedestrians and vehicles. It is not only very inconvenient to pass the railway line, but also brings great security issues.

In order to eliminate the safety hazards of the railway, the employees of Shijiazhuang Railway and representatives from all walks of life went to the headquarters of the Zhengtai Railway Bureau to jointly believe in the French Office of the Railway Bureau, hoping to allocate a bridge on the railway to facilitate people to pass. However, the French General Office will keep the co -branded beams and keep it ignored.

In this regard, the workers of the Zhengtai Railway were very angry, and some workers subsequently issued an initiative. Since the capitalist refuses to pay the money, everyone donated a fund to build a bridge for the people. This initiative received a warm response from everyone. More than 2,500 Chinese employees and French employees were donated by all Chinese employees and French employees. They donated their a day's salary and quickly raised their funds for building bridges.

After the funds were put together, the Tangshan people Zhao Lan contracted the bridge construction project and began construction in the spring of 1907. In the fall of that year, a stone bridge was built with east -west and seven -stock lines across the Zhengtai Railway. The bridge hole, the gentle bridge deck is convenient for pedestrians, and the bridgehead has a pair of mighty stone lions. Since then, Shijiazhuang has also said that Qiaoyong and Qiaoxi west. Because the bridge is made of large square stones, which is affectionately called the big stone bridge, this simple name has been used along.

Dashiqiao not only benefits one side, but also a symbol of the work of the workers' class unity and the magnificent power, becoming the spirit of the spirit of this city. At that time, the people were moved by the selfless righteousness of the workers, and once sang the songs and praised: "Dashiqiao, Dashiqiao, workers' hard -sweats come to build, a piece of bluestone and a love, the bluestone is affectionate."

For more than a hundred years after completion, Dashiqiao witnessed many important historical events that happened in Shijiazhuang. In November 1911, Patriotic General Wu Luzhen was assassinated in the East Telegraph Bureau of Dashiqiao East on the eve of the Revolution of 1911 in Shijiazhuang. It was later buried on the south side of Dashiqiao (moved to Chang'an Park in 1982). , Sun Yat -sen once sacrificed in front of Dashiqiao. In 1925, Gao Keqian, a worker movement leader, was killed in Shijiazhuang. In the second year, Comrade Peng Zhen held a mass conference in Dashiqiao to memorize the sacrificed Martyrs of Gogo.

After the "July 7th Incident", the large land in North China was lost under the iron hoof of the Japanese invaders. The Japanese invaders had sent planes to bomb the aircraft, causing some bridges and bridge caves to be damaged by some Dashi Bridge, and they were completely repaired. From November 1938 to October 1939, in order to accelerate the plundering and plundering Shanxi coal resources, the Japanese invaders interspersed the Zhengtai Railway with the Beijing -Han Dynasty Railway and adjusted the qualifying position of the Zhengtai Railway. Gradually lose traffic function. Due to the surrounding traffic, Dashiqiao gradually became the center of urban business and public activity. In the 1940s, a variety of shops and grocery stores were opened under the bridge cave. The earliest library of Shijiazhuang, Xingya Library, and the earliest museum -Shimen Museum.

During the liberation war, the Kuomintang army transformed the surrounding areas such as Dashiqiao, Railway Station, and Zhengtai Hotel into a military fortress system, and the core headquarters was located in Dashiqiao Cave. In November 1947, Shijiazhuang was liberated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. At that time, Liu Ying, the 32nd division commander of Shijiazhuang, was caught by the PLA soldiers in the underground work of Dashiqiao.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, as the train station moved south, Dashi Bridge became silent, but the stone lion on the bridgehead was still prestigious. Today, we can use money to measure the 1,500 railway workers in 115 years to pay for the bridge because Dashi Bridge has already been integrated into the city's connotation. It is a city memory that connects the train, and the future leading to modernization. It carries the deepest memory of Shijiazhuang people, and it also pinnates the better vision and expectations of the city.

Source: Shijiazhuang Daily

Reporter: Liu Zhen

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