Sunday, January 13, 2013

The port town of Zhongshan: the old wharf old time (Photos)

"The port town of Zhongshan, was toGuangzhouThe most important port, from the late Qing Dynasty Jian Xu name. Although the fleeting blown appearance, but the old style still exist, especially the unique old buildings, still retains the "south of the Five Ridges folk" flavor in the years to come, the old dock still seems to be embedded in the sleepless River, once the prosperity and decline of panoramic view of evolution."

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����The old port rhyme

Port town, located in the eastern city of Zhongshan, the territory in the clouds, channel aspect, shops and houses were distributed in a river, water boats shuttle weaving, water transportation is very convenient. In the late Qing Dynasty port development into ruins, was the Zhongshan Shiqi to Guangzhou an important port and station, named port of.

The river Diaojiao lou.The river Diaojiao lou.

Mention port, in many old Zhongshan memory, will have a ride "in transition" memories. According to the old port native teacher Yang tells, Xuantong three years (in 1911), and the ship ferry barges in the territory of Zhongshan River, mainly from the stone Qi to Guangzhou,Zhaoqing, Jiangmen etc.. In these large and small boats, most to the number of "flower Du grand". The ship three and half layer, in order to import Pontianak wood manufacturing, bow hung a square meters "tiger head", painted Pixiu, majestic-looking. While the stern by two side painted color patterns named. When the boat on the river, from afar, like "water Palace", was a unique scene in the downstream of the Pearl river. From the stone Qi to the provincial capital Guangzhou, people only in the boat comfortably sleep the last night, the very next day to Guangzhou Tianzi wharf, and made up the Zhongshan to Guangzhou is no highway.

Due to the port is located in the Qijiang River, it was from Zhongshan to Guangzhou via Shiqi must port. "In transition" often parked in the port transport passengers, people are hurrying to and fro. Port suddenly bustling up, in addition to rush down passengers, has attracted the numerous naughty children to come to Taiwan, in "in transition" alongside chasing. In the laughter, "in transition" whistle slowly set sail, bearing numerous Zhongshan people of parting sorrow or expectation, gradually far away.

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����Today the new look

With the passage of time, the years changes, many ancient towns have imperceptibly away in front of us, even disappeared in the horizon. Listen to the port on the old, at the beginning of the liberation, the port only masses village, village democracy and the West Village three village committees, the port is masses village under the jurisdiction of the local. And the neighborhood of the front of this was known as the "port Lek" river, is located in the port.

Early autumn morning, the soft sunshine in the embankment on both sides. Reporter Li Long embankment along the port to the north, tree-lined shore, birds constantly. But the on the other side of the street, between the water and the construction of "Diaojiaolou", the old signs on the rare, as if talking about the vicissitudes of history -- here once in the downtown terminal identity, bearing numerous nostalgic farewell, and now, the old ships no longer arrives here, glittering River leaving only one or two lonely boat together. With the cool breeze, the river boat shuttle between the occasional, oar sound creaking, inadvertently always brought back memories and yearning for rural life. Outside the meantime, although there is no "village green trees together, pastoral scenery oblique" Aoyama, but the eyes kind beauty there is a secluded feeling.

Since the river has built a bridge, past the old pier located anywhere along somehow, reporter asked several local people know the specific location. In the local old man Yang teacher guide, reporters see a stone steps in port Lek River, broken pillar. Reportedly, before the river is wide, as long as the ship docked, it from side to side slowly approached, and then the pole point to live wharf, to prevent too much force wrecked ships. When the whole river without bridge, from the port of the street after street Lek or other places, mostly to the boat, so in addition to freight terminals, most of the passenger terminal. The streams of people busily coming and going very busy, bustling commercial port wharf.

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