The origin of Shijiazhuang's name

The Origin of Shijiazhuang The name of Shijiazhuang City comes from Shijiazhuang Village. One hundred years ago, Shijiazhuang was a small village in Huolu County (now Luquan City), covering an area of less than half a square kilometer, with only 100 households and more than 600 people. Since 1902, with the construction of Beijing-Guangzhou, Shitai and Shide railways, it has gradually developed into a modern city. Now Shijiazhuang has an area of 14 164 square kilometers and a population of more than 9 million, making it the "first village in the world".

The name of Shijiazhuang village was first seen in the Ming Dynasty. Now there is the name of Shijiazhuang Village in the inscription rebuilt in the 14th year of Ming Jiajing (AD 1534) in Pilu Temple in Beijing. In the fourth year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty, the Records of Huolu County recorded: "Shijiazhuang, with 35 miles of county, six streets, six temples and four places in Jing Quan". At that time, the location and scope of Shijiazhuang Village was in the west of North Street in the southeast of Xinhua District, north of Da Qiao Road, south of North Back Street and east of Yu Jia Hutong in the north. There are many legends about how Shijiazhuang got its name. Some say they are named after the surname "Shi", some say they are named after the myth of "Shijiazhuang", and some say they are named after many masons in the village, but there is no historical record, which needs further research.

The key to Shijiazhuang's development from a small village to a big city is to determine the intersection of Beijing-Han (now Jingguang) railway and Zheng Tai (now Shitai) railway. 1in April, 897, Sheng Xuanhuai, Minister of Railway Supervision of Tianjin Customs, was appointed by the Qing court to build the Lu (Gou Qiao) Han (Kou) Railway. At the same time, Shaanxi Governor Hu Pin planned to build the Zheng Tai Railway. After several investigations and weighing the advantages and disadvantages, we decided to choose Liulinpu on the south bank of the Hutuo River in Zhengding. Therefore, Shanxi people call Zheng Tai Railway "Liutai Railway". 190 1 year, under the threat of Eight-Nation Alliance, the Qing Dynasty agreed to extend the northern end of Lu Han Railway to Zhengyangmen, and renamed it Han Jing Railway. 1902, Han Jing Railway arrived at the east of Shijiazhuang Village and built a station. Because Shijiazhuang village was small and low-profile, it chose the head of the big town seven miles away as the name of the station. The setting of this station has played a historic and decisive role in the development of Shijiazhuang. In order to reduce expenses, the starting point of the eastern end of Zheng Tai Railway was moved from Liulinpu to Zhentou Station (now Shijiazhuang Station). Zheng Tai Railway 1904 started, and 1907 was completed and opened to traffic. Since then, Shijiazhuang has become the intersection of Beijing-Wuhan and Zhengzhou-Taiyuan railways, and the material transshipment hub of Shanxi and Hebei, which has effectively promoted the economic development of Shijiazhuang and become the forerunner of the city's rise.

Shimen City is the predecessor of Shijiazhuang City. Before talking about Shimen City, it is necessary to talk about the situation of repairing the door. "Xiumen" is pronounced as "Qiumen" in the local dialect. Xiumen is located in the middle of Jinqiao East District, bordering Zhongshan East Road in the north, Sizhong Road in the south, Herringbone Street in the south and north in the west and Jianshe Street in the east. Humen was originally a village in Huolu County. According to the villagers' introduction, an ancient brick was unearthed at about 1939 in the southeast of Xiaozhan village, engraved with the words "Zhao family in Xiumen Township, Shiqian County in the seventh year of the Great Sui Dynasty". It can be seen that this village existed in the Sui Dynasty. The famous Jiajing edition of Huolu County Records is also known as "Xiumen Township". Xiumen was originally a large market town, and every fourth and ninth day of the lunar calendar is a party day. There are shops in East and West Streets, and the names of some streets and lanes still bear traces of the market. Today's South, North and Zhonghua Streets are all cotton markets of that year. The market continued until after liberation and gradually disappeared.

Due to the opening of Han Jing and Zheng Tai railways and the establishment of railway stations, Shijiazhuang's industry and commerce have developed rapidly. 1925 At the beginning, Shijiazhuang Chamber of Commerce asked Shijiazhuang to establish its own city. On June 24 of the same year, with the approval of the provisional ruling department of the Republic of China, Shijiazhuang City was established, with Shijiazhuang as the area. Due to the lack of population and other reasons, the temporary ruling party ordered the merger of Xiumen and beginning of spring on August 29th, and renamed Shijiazhuang and Xiumen as Shimen City, and set up a municipal office. The name of "Shimen" began. 1928, the national government ordered the cancellation of the national municipal government, and the Shimen city under construction ran aground. 1938 65438+ 10/5. With the approval of the Provisional Executive Committee of the Pseudo-Republic of China, the preparatory office of the Pseudo-Shimen Municipal Office was established, directly under the leadership of the Pseudo-Hebei Provincial Office. 1939, the puppet Hebei Provincial Office wrote to the puppet North China Provisional Government Administrative Committee, saying: "Shimen is located at the hub of Beijing-Han Railway, the starting point of Zheng Tai Road, with concentrated products and a population of less than 300,000. However, due to the special political and economic situation, it is proposed to allow the establishment of a city. " In the same year, on 10/7, 10, Wang Kemin issued the instruction that the administrative committee approved the establishment of Shimen City, and drew up the detailed rules of the municipal government according to the Outline of the Organization of Ordinary Cities. 165438+ 10 13, the pseudo-Shimen municipal government held a celebration meeting. At that time, the administrative division of Shimen City was:

Northeast to Northern Song Dynasty and Jianling; West to Dama Village, Daguo Village, Xiwang Village, Xitan Village and Xigangtou; South to Wulizhuang, Tatan Village, Tazhong and Dongwang Village; North to Da 'an Society, ZhaoLingpu Village Village, Dongjiazhuang, West Ancient City and East Ancient City. 1945 after Japan surrendered, it was still called Shimen city during the Kuomintang rule.

1947165438+1October 12, China People's Liberation Army liberated Shimen. On February 26th, 65438, the Shijiazhuang Municipal Government announced that "Shimen City will be changed to Shijiazhuang City from now on". 1968 65438+1On October 29th, Hebei Province will be moved from Baoding to Shijiazhuang. In March 1978, 1 1, Shijiazhuang was changed to the provincial capital city. From 65438 to 0987, Shijiazhuang was listed as an open city. These are all favorable conditions for the development of Shijiazhuang, but the foundation for Shijiazhuang to become a big city is the construction of Shijiazhuang Railway Station, which has three railway intersections.

The earliest village was twenty miles south of Zhengding Road in Zhili Governor's Yamen (equivalent to the present capital of Hebei Province). This is a barracks with 65,438+00 officers. Later, the provincial capital moved from Zhengding to Baoding, and 10 officers did not move with the army, but changed jobs on the spot. Therefore, the barracks became villagers, and the locals commonly called "Ten Villages", which was slowly misinformed.

190 1 year, Zhengding-Taiyuan Zheng Tai Railway was built by the French at that time. When it is built in Shijiazhuang, a large railway bridge across the Hutuo River will be built. At that time, the Hutuo River was a huge project, and the construction of the railway bridge required huge funds, far exceeding the budget, just like France made preparations for the first time. ....

Later, when World War I broke out, the French sold the railway rights to the Belgians, who were ready to complete the last bridge. But at this time, Belgium was also involved in the First World War, so the end of Zheng Tai Railway became Shijiazhuang, and Shijiazhuang gradually prospered. Up to now, there are many old houses from France and Belgium in the center of Shijiazhuang.

Shijiazhuang started the road of urbanization. 1937 was established as Jiacheng (note that there was no village), and was later occupied by the Japanese army to establish Shimen City. 1947 After liberation, Chairman Mao personally changed his name to Shijiazhuang. ....

The original Shijiazhuang was just a small village, which was recorded in the Ming Dynasty and remembered in detail in the local chronicles of the Qing Dynasty. Shijiazhuang originally belonged to Huolu County, covering an area of less than 0. 1 km2, with 200 households, 600 people and 6 wells. There were only ten families at the earliest, so it was called "Ten Villages". Later, because it was close to Taihang Mountain, people in the village often processed stones in addition to daily farming, and many masons were produced, so it was officially called Shijiazhuang. When the Lu Han Railway was built in the late Qing Dynasty, a railway station was built in Zhentou, which was more than ten miles away from the original Shijiazhuang village. Why Luhan Railway instead of Han Jing Railway? Because, at that time, Empress Dowager Cixi refused to let this western monster cross the emperor's front door, fearing that it would wash the blood of the Qing Dynasty, and only allowed the railway to cross the Lugou Bridge. After the death of Cixi, this railway went to the front door and became the Han Jing Railway. Shanxi is rich in mineral resources. The Russians aimed at this fat meat and applied for the construction of Zheng Tai Railway (Zhengding to Taiyuan). Later, because it was too difficult to build roads in mountainous areas, they transferred the right to build roads to the Germans. Due to poor construction conditions, the Germans did not connect the railway to Zhengding, only to Shijiazhuang Village, but not to Han Jing Railway. Because the railway from Shanxi is narrow gauge (easy to build in mountainous areas) and the Hanjing line is wide gauge, the coal and other goods shipped from Shanxi can only be unloaded in Shijiazhuang Village. This has brought opportunities for the development of Shijiazhuang. Passengers who change trains should stop shopping, and the transshipment goods should be loaded, unloaded and stored. So Shijiazhuang soon became a distribution center and the intersection center of Beijing-Han Railway and Shitai Railway. Many people have seen the infinite business opportunities here, and they all invest here, some do business, and some set up factories. In less than a few years, they have gathered many companies and established many chambers of commerce. The leaders of the Chamber of Commerce held several meetings. Everyone agrees that Shijiazhuang is more prosperous than deer catchers and can no longer be controlled by this small county. 1925, they formally applied to the national government at that time to build the city, and named it "Shijiacheng". The National Government replied on 1927 that Shijiazhuang could not be built because the permanent population was less than 10,000 at that time. Therefore, Shijiazhuang and Xiumen Village, which is less than five kilometers southeast of Shijiazhuang, discussed the joint construction of the city, and the two villages added up to more than 10,000 people. Xiumen Village agreed, but added its own village name, so it reapplied for the establishment of "Shimen City". Although the National Government approved the establishment of Shimen City this time, the July 7th Incident occurred before it was officially announced. 1939 Shijiazhuang fell, and the Japanese puppet government formally established Shimen City here. 1947 1 1, Shimen was liberated, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De also wrote a poem called "Conquering Shimen". On February 26th of the same year, the new people's government officially changed Shimen City back to "Shijiazhuang City".