A friend asked: how big is the west street? A hundred years ago, west street was five hundred blocks adjacent to the west gate of the rue des moines. The west street now covers 4.32 hectares with a gross floor area of 4.46 million square miles, which is not what it was.
Why has west street become so big in an era when it is now so hard to come by? Speaking of the reasons, the former life of west street, which has to start from xiushanjian county.

The county is built on the smoke
Xiushan county built the first year of qing dynasty qianlong (1736), the first magistrate of a county called Xia Jingfu, after he took office, then tour the xiushan, found wu Yang dock, QiangWei lined, win, landed a look, the street shops galore, voices, all sectors, and decide on the other side in the river of smoke MaPing (XiPeng, tobacco and YuanMa and hemp products trading places), which is now the old town of the new county government.

The new county in the smoky flat has opened four doors: the east gate is called "mori show gate" - there is wood; The south gate is called "bingxiu gate" -- with fire; Simon called "zhong xiu gate" -- including gold; North is "cul-gate" - water. The golden wood water fire all has, five lines still lack of soil? Not short, the city is the earth city ah, so, four doors and the wall together, constitute a five - line balance, the geomantic pattern of good Italy.
In the two years of qing jiqing (1797), to consolidate the local power and strengthen the city defense, Chen renji, then the governor, converted the wall into the city of stone. During the reign of xianfeng, he added a deep moat, and changed the name of the four doors to the four sceneries of xiuxiu mountain. South is fengxiang gate, yu "phoenix spread the wings"; Xiu is the xiu gate, which means "wu Yang across the river" (xiu), which means "uyang xiuyu" in the west gate; The north is the gongchen gate, the metaphor "from the birth of the bridge" (the bridge is arched, the upper chengyu).
The two were bombed
I think of the city of xiushan, the city, the streets and streets, the shops and shops, the noise, the flourishing industry; Outside the city, three sides of the water, the fertile farmland, the mountains, such as dai, beautiful. Unfortunately, in 1939, Japanese warplanes bombed xiushan, and three-fifths of the city's buildings were destroyed, a piece of rubble and rubble.
More painfully, after the bombing, the national government made a stupid decision to tear down the wall and fill the trenches, citing the convenience of the evacuation of city residents. The ancient city of xiushan was once prosperous, and it was damaged by the flames of war, and west street was a relatively intact part of the ancient city.
The hijackers encounter new life
In recent years, xiushan county committee and county government to strengthen the historical and cultural district protection of the old city, to develop the city tourism, to spend the west street, to reproduce the ancient city style. County urban and rural construction committee of west street area east to build way, west huancheng south road, south to red street, north to the sheng li road phased pipe down, rain sewage diversion, street pavement, building facade.
It is understood that the restoration of west street will restore the temple of the heavens, the gossip well, the west street corridor, the xiuuuqiao, the xiuya house, the wuyang river and other 12 important scenic spots; The river Banks along the river and the river along the river, built along the river walkway, commercial supporting buildings, squares, wetland parks and so on.