cultural china tour｜what was the scene of “building a new chongqing of people’s production” more than 70 years ago? go look through old newspapers
2024-10-03
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75 years have passed by, and the giant ship of the motherland has sailed through the vicissitudes of life and sailed towards glory. the people of chongqing in the new era are working hard on the journey of building a modernized new chongqing.
but did you know that in the early days of the founding of new china more than 70 years ago, chongqing went through an unforgettable journey of "building a new chongqing that produces people's production". today, on a cliff in fotuguan park, yuzhong district, a cliff inscription "building a new chongqing of people's production" is still clearly visible. it is like a witness to history, quietly telling the story of that extraordinary past. .
what’s the story behind the inscription? recently, reporters asked tang boyou, a research librarian at chongqing library and an expert on literature and history. he introduced that in january 1950, chongqing held the first people’s congress of people’s representatives from all walks of life. at the meeting, liu bocheng put forward the goal of "building chongqing, a people's productive place" in his report. this was the first public declaration of the southwest bureau's governing philosophy and policy program in the early days of liberation. in 1951, this goal was further stated as "building a new chongqing of people's production." this inscription not only expresses the new atmosphere and new goals of new chongqing, but also calls on the people of chongqing to strive for a new life.
everything is renewed, the world is clear, and chongqing in the early days of the founding of new china is filled with new atmosphere. the years have traces, but the passing geese leave their voices. the reporter followed tang boyu into the chongqing local literature reading room of chongqing library, opened old newspapers, and picked out the unforgettable moments of more than 70 years ago among those yellowed reports...
▲on january 3, 1950, "xinhua daily" reported the opening of chongqing xinhua bookstore. remade by reporter zhao xin
january 3, 1950
chongqing xinhua bookstore opens
reading is the spiritual source of urban development. today, with the construction of a modern new chongqing, reading for all has become a common practice. as an important force in the construction of "bookish chongqing", xinhua bookstores, which are widely distributed in various districts and counties in chongqing, have accompanied the growth of generations of citizens for more than 70 years. so how did chongqing xinhua bookstore come from scratch?
on december 13, 1949, an inconspicuous corner of "xinhua daily" published news that the xinhua bookstore preparatory office would start working on december 12 to make preparations. a large number of books could be shipped to chongqing within a few days. open for business.
during the preparation process, the strong demand for books from the public made individual booksellers smell "business opportunities." on december 16, 1949, "xinhua daily" published a notice on the front page, stating that "a reprint of mao zedong's "on new democracy" was found on the market. for example, the copy reprinted without authorization by chongqing xintiandi cultural society contained 123 typos. there are 208 missing words, 93 added words, and 52 reversed words..." relevant parties emphasized that in order to protect copyright and be responsible to readers, in addition to petitioning the military control commission to ban the sale and dispose of related books, no related copyrighted books will be released without permission in the future. unauthorized reproduction is not allowed.
in order to alleviate the reading needs of citizens, xinhua bookstore decided to jointly hold a temporary reading room with the erye logistics and political department from december 26, 1949. the address was located at huangjia pass. the content included valuable photos such as the battle of huaihai and the march of a million troops to the south of the yangtze river. , and various revolutionary books, reading hours are from 10 am to 8 pm.
on january 3, 1950, chongqing xinhua bookstore finally opened. the business hours are from 9:30 am to 6 pm. it mainly sells chairman mao's various masterpieces such as "on new democracy" and "on coalition government", as well as revolutionary theoretical works such as marxism-leninism, engagement, lenin, and sri lanka, as well as literary and artistic works. more than 290 kinds of books, including books. in order to commemorate the opening and celebrate new year's day, the bookstore launched a week-long book purchase event with discounts ranging from 10 to 10% off. the three large rooms in the sales department were packed with students from the city and workers from across the river. people did not leave one after another until 7 o'clock. nearly 10,000 books were sold that day.
▲on july 1, 1952, the photo special page of "xinhua daily" showed precious moments of the construction of the chengdu-chongqing railway. remade by reporter zhao xin
july 1, 1952
chengdu-chongqing railway opened to traffic
"the opening of chongqing xinhua bookstore has well met the reading needs of citizens, and the opening of the chengdu-chongqing railway has become an important breakthrough for chongqing to promote economic development through transportation construction in the early days of liberation." tang boyou said that in 1950, he was the southwest secretary of the central committee of the communist party of china. deng xiaoping, secretary of the bureau, began the work of building southwest china, and transportation construction was the first problem he had to solve.
restoring and developing transportation was one of the key tasks of economic construction at that time. construction of the chengdu-chongqing railway officially started on june 15, 1950. after road construction, the army and the people worked day and night to overcome difficulties, and the entire line was opened to traffic on july 1, 1952. this is sichuan's first railway, and it is china's first independently designed, the railways, which are independently built with all domestically produced materials and parts, have inspired the chinese people.
▲on july 1, 1952, "xinhua daily" reported that the chengdu-chongqing railway was opened to traffic. remade by reporter zhao xin
the "xinhua daily" on july 1, 1952 reported this event in eye-catching fonts and large text. on the same day, chengdu and chongqing held opening ceremonies simultaneously to celebrate the opening of the chengdu-chongqing railway. two red trains departed from chengdu and chongqing respectively, heading towards each other, and the melodious sound of flutes filled the land of bashu. "xinhua daily" also opened a special photo page with the title "celebrating the opening of the chengdu-chongqing railway" and published many precious pictures about the construction of the chengdu-chongqing railway. at the same time, an announcement was also issued for the chengdu-chongqing railway: a pair of direct express trains run 51 and 52 times a day between chongqing and chengdu, selling soft and hard seat tickets and sleeping tickets, responsible for the transportation of luggage and packages, and attached dining cars...
many leaders' autographed inscriptions for the opening of the chengdu-chongqing railway were also published in xinhua daily. zhou enlai wrote: "build railways, consolidate national defense, develop the economy, and improve people's lives." zhu de thought of the successful opening of the chengdu-chongqing railway and thought of more railway projects under construction at that time. he wrote: "celebrating the completion of the chengdu-chongqing railway "we must repair the tiancheng railway and connect the sichuan, guizhou, yunnan, guangxi, and other railways." zhang lan's inscription is full of historical emotion, "more than forty years ago, the sichuan-han people fought against the manchu and qing government." the railway had been abandoned by the reactionary rulers, but only three years after the liberation of southwest china, the chengdu-chongqing railway was completed. this shows the rapid progress of the construction of the people's government and the victory of the new china under the leadership of the communist party of china and chairman mao."
▲on august 5, 1952, "xinhua daily" reported the completion and opening of the cultural palace. remade by reporter zhao xin
august 5, 1952
chongqing working people's cultural palace opens
in the 1950s, the construction of landmark buildings such as the chongqing working people's cultural palace, the general assembly hall of the southwest military and political commission (today's chongqing people's great hall), the southwest museum, the chongqing gymnasium, and the gymnasium office building began one after another. in that era when everything was in dire need, this greatly boosted the city's confidence and benefited the people.
among them, the cultural palace, whose foundation was laid on july 1, 1951 and inaugurated on august 5, 1952, had the words "chongqing working people's cultural palace" personally inscribed by deng xiaoping. deng xiaoping also used the chongqing dialect "beating tooth sacrifice" to describe the necessity of construction - "after liberation, the working people became masters and made physical tooth sacrifices. this is not enough, we must make workers make cultural tooth sacrifices. chongqing is the southwest region the capital of china is also an industrial city with 110,000 industrial workers. it should have a cultural palace with a certain scale and cultural facilities and a beautiful environment to meet the cultural life needs of the working people. "
xinhua daily published the inscription by then mayor cao diqiu for the opening of the cultural palace. he wrote that working people under the people's democratic regime must not only give full play to their wisdom in work, but also have a certain place for leisure and enjoy a certain cultural life in order to promote the creation of labor and produce more fruitful labor results. chongqing's the working people's cultural palace was built to satisfy the cultural enjoyment of the working people in chongqing, and will also bring a very meaningful life to the working people in the future.
in 2022, the datian bay-helong square-cultural palace area protection and improvement project will be reborn. today's cultural palace has been renovated, and the yellow kudzu trees planted back then have long grown into tall trees. they have witnessed the development of chongqing's city, and have gone through the prosperous years with the city and entered a new era.
