Jiangsu: Beijing Hangzhou the Grande Canale yaowan town on the "little Hongkong"

Yaowan Town, belonging to theJiangsuXuzhou Xinyi City, is located in the Beijing-Hangzhou the Grande Canale and Luoma Lake interchange. Reportedly, the frequent flood wrapped up to a large number of sediment, become the best material pottery, clay fired brick became the local people an important means of livelihood, but also due to the Beijing-Hangzhou the Grande Canale bend, named "Yao wan". Yaowan ancient town is surrounded by water on three sides, also in the junction of Xinyi, Pizhou, Suining, Suqian four, also have "crow smell four county agricultural society". The Grande Canale flows through the edge of the town, from the broad river, for hundreds of years, the Canal waterway where boats shuttle, now canal still busy, at such a location, can imagine Yao Wan once bustling.

����Kiln bay is no longer a cargo ship station

Wan Zi, is usually the natural harbor. Kiln bay is a ferry, across the wide the Grande Canale, opposite the Suqian Han du. Kiln bay ferry a long pole in parallel with two brands: Suqian / Xuzhou, point in the opposite direction. The ferry time is the sooner or later six, full of go, mainly manned and car, occasionally a puppy or kitten to patronize. From Suqian to the Bay, which is a recent Road, ferry also good business.

The ferry dock, people open (ride) a car uphill to the kiln bay.

Now on the ferry car than people. Drive to the boat, car, agricultural vehicle, motorcycle, electric vehicle, the local people become inured to the unusual. Ten minutes of waterway, standing in the boat, hold his arms wind blowing to talk over. But to many outsiders, it is a new thing, next to the canal photos. Back and forth across the ferry and South North Cargo often pass by, this time, the ferry will send out a broadcast: please pay attention to avoid, please pay attention to avoid. Water transportation and the land had the same rules.

This section of the canal presents a natural state, open water, miscellaneous tree clumps of small river, on both sides of the dam is not tidy, the shore of reeds from the duck quacks like shouts. There is a row of permanently docked near the canal, the ship for home, vegetables in the landing ground chicken, and a large willow and grass together, some people fish in the net, there are people in the web. The ferry had just landed, people start machine uphill to the kiln bay. But for those ships from the canal, kiln bay is no longer post.

Kiln bay canal was stacked with dredges used sand suction tube.

By virtue of the Grande Canale hold the golden waterway geographical advantage, Yao Wan once "day sails of thousands of bars, night boat ten". Historical records, 1668ShandongThe Tancheng earthquake of magnitude 8.3 and kiln bay. Two years later, Kangxi amnesty, a group of Ming Dynasty aristocratic old are consigned to the kiln bay earthquake wasteland production. This batch of Ming Dynasty sophisticated planning, using kiln bay S natural riparian built five village street, according to the five elements gossip as Taiji line, according to gossip Nine-palace range built ten streets and a Hui Street, with a considerable scale. Yao Wan Ming and Qing and early Republic of China ancient architecture is more, the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty formed West Street and Zhongning Street still maintained the original style.

����The church was a tornado hits

West Street on the old Shen Yunchang waved his hand: "'smallShanghai'? Here is the 'smallHongkong'." About yaowan introduction said: Ming and Qing Dynasty heyday, there are 18 provinces businessmen established in this hall and office building, shop. The town has two pawn shops, more than 30 banks with large stores, Zhuang workshops and more than 300. More than 10 countries, English, law, Japan in the business of the traders and missionaries missionary, churches, temples and more than 10.

The people on the canal after yaowan can see a is the construction of the church, the scaffold box. The main structure has been basically completed, piercing the roof. The local people know that Gong Jiaqi is "Gothic style", in the church today rehabilitation position, "I clearly remember that in July 22, 1976, a tornado blew down the church. Dead 50 people, injured more than 150. Why do I remember so clearly, because I'm in it at the time".

Yaowan ancient town canal side, there is a row of permanently docked boatman. People live on house boats, daily life in the water.

The tornado in yaowan town down do not cause huge losses, Gong Jiaqi also did not understand that the fortified church how destroyed by a tornado. "I think that the church is very strong, brick-wood structure, unlike the rehabilitation of all brick, now more than this, the cathedral and the small church, the Cathedral of the door is not open, we usually go chapel. Before liberation and ocean father, we call him poplar, he speaks Chinese very well, back to you." His impression is the deepest is, "top high wall inside, all are linked together, the dove of peace, there are angels, opening is big wing, the wall all over". After the liberation, the church became a public gathering places yaowan town. In July 22, 1976, yaowan town residents into a church meeting, a tornado coming.

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