The three Zhushi Streets in Chengdu are located on the inner side of the Fu River south of Chengdu Dongmen Bridge. In the past, they were always called Zhushi Street. In 1999, after comprehensive remediation of Fu Henan River, it was renamed Tianxianqiao South Road, and formed a

3 Zhushi Street

The street south of Chengdu Dongmen Bridge along the inner side of the Fu River was always called Zhushi Street in the past. In 1999, after comprehensive remediation of Fu Henan River, it was renamed Tianxianqiao South Road, and formed a north-south street along the inner side of Fu River with Tianxianqiao North Road to the north.

is located on the bank of Fu River. In the past, it was a prosperous water wharf at the East Gate of Chengdu. This can be confirmed on the map during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (the map marks the first, second and third wharfs on the Fu River next to Zhushi Street). Since live pigs that arrived in Chengdu were to be sold ashore here, a pig market was formed here; and pig markets are often filled with pig shit, so people call this place Pig Shit Street or Pig Shit Street . This name is really indecent, and people formally named it Zhushi Street according to the homonym.

Zhushi Street Big Wharf, Chengdu City (1993 Chen Wei)

In the past, Zhushi Street had a lot of goods, and bulk goods were mainly salt and coal. The coal also includes raw coal (called "raw charcoal" in Chengdu dialect), coking coal used on stoves (called "lan charcoal" in Chengdu dialect), and second charcoal (that is, coal cores called in the north, which were picked out by children from burned coal ash piles. The firepower is not high and there is no smoke. They sell dumplings, fermented glutinous rice dumplings, small noodles, etc. and use this kind of charcoal to carry). "Old Things in Jincheng Bamboo Branches" records: "The whole ship is equipped with black and bright, and the night mooring of the Fu River is busy. The hall industry relies on this, and the fermented glutinous rice is pulled into the bellows."

Dongzhu City Street, Chengdu (photo by Lai Wu in 2000)

has similar names to Zhushi Street, and there are Dongzhu City Street and Xizhu City Street. Dongzhu City Street and Xizhu City Street are located on both sides of North Street. They are connected to one street. They are parallel to Zhengtongshun Street and Jiangyuan Gongshu Street to the south. A Madao Street to the north is Beimen Bridge and Fuhe. Until the late Qing Dynasty, there was a market where various goods were transported from the north gate to the city, without a whole street, and there happened to be a pig market here and it was directly called "pig market". During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, Ba Jin grandfather Li Yong bought land here to build a house, located between Zhengtongshun Street and Dongzhu City Street today. When he entered and exited the back door, he thought the ground here was not clean and the place name was indecent, so he invested in the construction of some private houses here, officially forming a street. Because from here we go west is the Jewelry Street near Wenshuyuan , these two streets and alleys are named Dongzhu City Lane and Xizhu City Lane, and later they are renamed Dongzhu City Street and Xizhu City Street.

1914, the German Consular Office in Chengdu was set up in Xizhu City Street, but it was abolished soon.

Xizhu City Street also built Guanhua Youth Hostel, which was listed as the "Global Tourism Festival" in 2003. It was founded by Shen Guanhua, a Singaporean and Amiyuki Ueda (it was moved to the north of the city at the end of 2007 and was renamed Lao Shen Youth Hostel), which is dedicated to receiving foreign travelers.

After the founding of New China , this was the August 1st kindergarten run by the army, including ponds, water pavilions, rockery, and corridors. Now there is a small garden and a small building that combines Chinese and Western styles.

This is the famous Liu Family Garden during the Republic of China period. It was originally the ancient house of Liu Cunhou, a famous warlord in Sichuan. This mansion was built on Xizhu City Street after Liu Cunhou returned to Chengdu to convert to Buddhism. Before, when he was besieging the Sichuan-Shaanxi base, he was defeated by the Red Fourth Front Army commanded by Xu Xiangqian. He had to ask for punishment from Chiang Kai-shek and was exempted from military posts. Then he returned to Chengdu to study behind closed doors and convert to Buddhism. On the eve of Chengdu's liberation in 1949, Liu Cunhou fled to Taiwan and died of illness in Taiwan in 1960.

Chengdu Xizhu City Street German Consulate (1914 [Germany] Wei Si)

Chengdu Xizhu City Street Liujia Garden (1999 photo provided by Yang Yongqiong)

Source: Sichuan Provincial Local Chronicles Work Office

Provided by: Chengdu Qingyang District Local Chronicles Office