A girl in the Shancheng Lane

Chuqimen Lane

Citizens enjoying their leisure time in Dongshuimen

Old photo exhibited in Zengjiayan Academy

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- If you want to know about the old lanes and things in Chongqing, you can go to Shancheng Lane and Zengjiayan Academy in Yuzhong District. The "Chongqing Old Lane" Photograph Exhibition in Shancheng Lane and the "Changes in the past 70 years Photograph Exhibition" in Zengjiayan Academy attracted many tourists during the National Day holiday, and the exhibitions would last to the end of this year.

What were the highlights of the two exhibitions?

Shancheng Old Lane

During the National Holiday, the Shancheng Old Lane attracted many tourists to visit. In the "Chongqing Old Lane" Photograph Exhibition in the middle of the lane, photographs of the old lane shot by He Zhiya, director of Chongqing Historic and Cultural City Special Committee were displayed.

For example, there were photographs of Chuqimen Lane, Taihua Lane, Qingzhensi Lane, Zhijiang Lane, Yuantongsi Lane, etc. Most of the lanes in the black-and-white photos no longer existed.

In the old lanes, porters, tea-drinking neighborhoods, old women who made fires and children who were playing aroused the memory of the lane life of elder Chongqing people.

He Zhiya introduced in Chongqing Old Lanes that many elder people in Chongqing have lived in such simple and narrow old lanes and old neighborhoods which were full of warmth and humanity for several years, or more than ten years or even decades. And younger city dwellers, who were indifferent to the old lanes, might not know the bustling "second half of the city" at that time.

He Zhiya said that Chongqing's old lanes and neighborhoods were like the deposits of the city's culture, history and folk customs. In these old blocks, old gates, old walls, old stone ladders, the old forts, flagstone roads, ficus virens, stilted buildings, as well as each kind of trade house, salt chambers and so on, constituted the basic architectural symbols and characteristics of Chongqing’s traditional blocks.

Ms. Li, who traveled to Chongqing from Guangzhou, said that Chongqing's old lanes were like the arcade buildings in Guangzhou, full of unique style of the city and memories of childhood, where one could feel the soul of a city.

To see changes in the past 70 years at Zengjiayan Academy

Zengjiayan Academy, located in Yuzhong District, is the old site of the KMT Government Police Bureau. In this century-old building, "Changes in the past 70 years Photograph Exhibition" was held before the National Day holiday. The exhibition included precious images, pictures, books and documents about Chongqing’s development in the past 70 years. In addition, old photographs of Eling Park, Chongqing University and Southwest University were also exhibited for free until the end of the year.

Why not go there to have a look? (Translated by Luo Juan, Fathom Language Limited)