The heart of Minjiang 丨 Old photo records that Zhongzhou Island is bustling century ago

Zhongzhou Island with the reputation of "Pearl of Nantai" is an important node of the heart of Minjiang River. Recently, Zheng Qiaonong, a historical teacher of Chaoyang Middle School in Changle District, collected a group of old photos and maps of Zhongzhou Island. The time span from the Ming Dynasty to modern times. Among them, a 122 -year -old photo of Zhongzhou Island, which was collected by the French National Library, witnessed the prosperity of Zhongzhou Island in the Qing Dynasty.

1900 photos of Zhongzhou Island

The reporter saw that on the old photos of Zhongzhou Island in 1900, the island is lined up and densely building. The crowds on the Wanshou Bridge were surging and seemed to be crowded. Zheng Qiaopeng told reporters that in 1842, Fuzhou was listed as one of the five commercial ports. On Zhongzhou Island, many foreigners came here to preach, do business, run schools, establish hospitals, and set up consulates.

Zheng Qiaopong also collected the maps and maps of Zhongzhou Island from the Ming Dynasty to modern times from the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen from these pictures that the shape of Zhongzhou Island has changed in five hundred years. According to scholars' research, Zhongzhou Island was formed in the Song Dynasty. The Minjiang River in Zhongzhou Island appeared in sandbars due to the accumulation of mud. In the second year of Song Chongning (1103), at that time, Wangzu Road, Fuzhou, Wangzu Road, built a floating bridge, set up 16 boats in Beigang, 73 Chinese and Hong Kong boats, and 13 Nangang boats. A total of 102 boats were beams.

At that time, Lu You had taken the Poya to Nanyai Island to write a poem "Du Fu Bridge to Nantai", which recorded the scene of Zhongzhou Island at the time: "The guests are ill and obtrusive. , Thousands of Heng Dajiang Xinxin. The bells and drums of the temple tower are rushing to faint, and the market is cloudy and smoke.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the boat households on the Minjiang River spontaneously converted the original floating bridge to the wooden bridge (now the intersection of Zhongzhou Island to Cangqian). In the seventh year of Yuan Dade (1303), the monks of Wanshou Temple interpreted the help. Help, named Wanshou Temple, where its temple is located, is called Wanshou Bridge, which is the predecessor of Jiefang Bridge.

In the Qing Dynasty, Zhongzhou Island led the Qianqian to guard, and the garrison had a patrol office, saying "Zhongzhou Flood". In 1685, the Qing government set up Fuzhou, Fuzhou, Fuzhou, which was located on the Wa Gong Temple on Zhongzhou Island, which was commonly known as Changzhi.

Zheng Qiaopeng's information showed that after the "five -portal business", foreigners began to enter Zhongzhou Island. In 1847, American missionary White set up a private clinic in Zhongzhou Island to be the earliest western medicine clinic in Cangshan District. In March 1848, the US -Israeli Workers Collin opened a school in Zhongzhou Island to be the earliest church school in the Cangshan area. Subsequently, countries such as Britain, Germany and other countries raised funding to set up Harbor Hospital in Zhongzhou Island. In 1909, the Qing government established the Minjiang Water Police Station in Zhongzhou Island, from the scope of the institute from Hongshan Bridge to Sichuan Shi Island.

The reporter found a photo of 1992. At that time, some old buildings on Zhongzhou Island were similar to the 1900s, and the old bridge was still there. Later, the Minjiang River fired a large water and destroyed the old bridge. The building on the Zhongzhou Island was severely damaged, and the current liberation bridge was built.

Source: Fuzhou Evening News

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