Destruction of stone archway in Chaozhou ancient city

The archway of the ancient city has been weathered for a long time, and it is inevitable that it will be loose and damaged. In addition, most of its content is to promote feudal literati, so an accidental accident eventually led to the destruction of the entire archway group.

According to records and investigations, at about 5: 00 on February 1950+ 17, Xu huankun, a postal worker, rode a bicycle along the Taiping route from south to north. When he passed Xiashi (Xiashuimen Street), he suddenly dropped a "bird banyan" in the "Centennial Xiang Bin" workshop, so he turned around and looked back. It was a bang. Because of this accident, the leading organ decided to demolish all archways that month, and the National People's Congress made a decision. Besides the danger, the main reasons are blocking traffic and encouraging feudalism. Because people's concept of cultural relics was almost zero at that time, and in the stage of democratic revolution shortly after liberation, anti-imperialism and feudalism were the main tasks, so no one dared to raise different opinions on this move.

A special organization and leading body was set up for the demolition work. 195 1 started, and most of the demolition was completed in April. There are only a few "Yuebofang" left, but in the end they can't escape the bad luck of the Cultural Revolution. Only "Zhongyi Square" was left in the city, and only Changli Jiuzhi Square and Hanmiao Square were rebuilt. So far, some dismantled components are said to have been used as the foundation for the construction of popular theaters (behind roads), while others have been lost in parks or folk.

In the 1980s, when a Shanghai film director visited Chaozhou, he lamented, "If these archways exist, they are not only rare in China, but also excellent tourist landscapes and movie locations." A leader who decided to dismantle the emissions in those years returned to his old place and said guiltily, "This is a great mistake."