On August 15, 1945, the victory of the Anti Japanese War. In September 1949, under the leadership of the CPC, the victory of the liberation war was won. In the early morning of November 30, 1949, Chiang Kai shek and others fled Chongqing by plane; In the afternoon, five battalions of the vanguard units of the 11th, 12th, and 47th armies of the People's Liberation Army entered the urban area of Chongqing

Map of Lianglukou Street

The new era of Lianglukou begins at this moment.

01 This has become a landmark of Chongqing

The international and domestic turmoil dissipated, and after liberation, the waves were calm and peaceful.

The most central hub at the intersection of the two roads, now known as the Roundabout, from the Chuandong Normal School in the late Qing Dynasty to the Central United Bureau during the war, finally returned the land to the people.

The original site of Chuandong Normal University has been expanded into the Workers' Cultural Palace. Behind the former residence of Soong Ching ling, a sports arena was built under the leadership of He Long. These were the two most famous landmarks in Chongqing at that time. It is no exaggeration to say that they are as famous as the Monument to the people's Liberation and Chaotianmen.

This is even the former political center of Chongqing - the office building of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, which was built in the early 1950s and designed and supervised by renowned architectural historian Chen Mingda. As is well known, the Cultural Palace and Sports Center were completed at the same time.

Photography of the former office building of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China/Photo provided by the Cultural and Tourism Commission of Pingfan Yuzhong District

The Cultural Palace started construction in July 1951 and was completed in 1952. Deng Xiaoping, who was in charge of the Southwest Bureau, personally named it. In the past, the Cultural Palace Cinema and Cultural Square were important venues for large-scale park activities during city wide gatherings and festivals.

Photography of the entrance of the Cultural Palace/Photo provided by the Cultural and Tourism Commission of Pingfan Yuzhong District

In the 1970s and 1980s, the vast majority of children in the main city of Chongqing had experiences of spring outings and participating in cultural palace gardens. If not, it is highly likely that they went to the nearby Youth Palace. That super long stone building 'shuttle board', if you see it before the age of 10, you will be amazed! The terrain built along the mountain like this, with slides curved down along the mountain, has never been seen anywhere else except for the Youth Palace at the intersection of the two roads. The Cultural Palace and the Youth Palace live adjacent to each other, providing a unique way of life for the people of Chongqing and building their collective memory.

The picture of the Cultural Palace Grand Theater Square in the 1950s is from the internet

Across from the Cultural Palace and behind the former residence of Soong Ching ling, there is a group of sculptures depicting mass sports, with He Long at the beginning, commonly referred to as the "He Long Statue" by people in Chongqing.

Sports Center He Long Portrait Photography/Yulike

Behind the sculpture is the Datian Bay Sports Stadium, which was the first Grade A sports stadium after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Built under the leadership of Marshal He Long in 1951 and completed in 1956, covering an area of 120000 square meters, it is one of the top ten buildings in Chongqing during the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The architectural model image of Otawan Sports Stadium is from "Centennial Shangqing Temple"

Photography before the renovation and upgrade of Datianwan Sports Stadium/Photo provided by the Cultural and Tourism Commission of Pingfan Yuzhong District

This used to be the home stadium of A-League, A-League or Chinese Super League teams such as Vanguard Huandao, Chongqing Longxin, Chongqing Lifan, Chongqing Hongyan, Chongqing Jialing, etc. It was the origin of Chongqing sports and the totem of Chongqing fans. As a hero of Chongqing city, Li Zhangzhu lifted the Chinese Football Association Cup championship trophy high at the Datianwan Stadium - that was in October 2000, when two of the team's main players were authentic Chongqing rookies: Wei Xin and Luo Di.

The construction party of the sports stadium in the upgrade and renovation provides drawings

Sports venues have blossomed in both style and culture. Since 1998, superstars such as Faye Wong, Leon Lai, and Jacky Cheung, as well as mainland rock bands and celebrities like Qi Qin, have performed similar explosive and crazy performances here.

02 This place has a name that the whole world knows

Time flies, and the cheers of fans seem to still echo today. The crisp laughter of the spring outing in the Youth Palace Cultural Palace has also faded away. Only the name of the boy who entered and exited the intersection at that time has been recorded by the whole world. The earliest wave of "chicken babies" back then was mostly in the Cultural Palace and Youth Palace at the intersection of two roads. Even if He Long was like the Chongqing Chess Academy on the left, there were not as many parents and children going in and out as there are now.

Photography of Datianwan Sports Stadium/Photo provided by the Cultural and Tourism Commission of Pingfan Yuzhong District

At that time, the Cultural Palace did not have Montessori mathematics and Chinese language courses, and the curriculum was simply called "composition" and "Olympiad mathematics". On the fortress next to the statue of He Long across from the Cultural Palace, there is also a Chongqing Chess Academy, where there is a boy named Guli. Guli was sent to Chongqing Go Academy at the age of 8, constantly skipping levels and taking exams. In just one year, he won the amateur fifth dan, beginning his legendary life as the world's "eight time champion" of Chinese Go.

The legend of Guli persisted until 2010, when Yang Dingxin, a post-95s boy, advanced his entry age to 5 and a half years old. At the age of 12, he joined the Chongqing team next to the He Long statue, and a series of new records were recorded at Lianglukou, including his youngest professional Go player in the Weijia league and the youngest champion in domestic professional competitions.

Let's talk about a benchmark of strength - in 2017, Ke Jie was the only player on the Gorating list to rank before "Alpha Go", ranking first in the world of human Go for forty consecutive months. In May 2020, Yang Dingxin from Chongqing Go Academy defeated Ke Jie.

In addition, Tan Zhongyi, the main player of the 2019 World Women's Chess Team Championship, and Huang Tingjie, the Chongqing based Chess World Champion... The long list tells the low-key extravagance of the Chongqing Chess Academy at Lianglu Road.

The Ancestor of 038D Magical City

In Tiktok and Kwai, the most prominent symbol of Chongqing is "8D Magic". Lianglukou is probably the pioneer of Chongqing's "8D Magic". In 1953, Chongqing built its first cable car after liberation, which led from the two exits to Caiyuanba. At that time, the daily passenger volume was 9000.

Old photos of cable car from the internet

Chongqing Evening News reporter Wang Yufeng once interviewed passengers from that year. Deng Wenhong, who lives at Lianglukou, said that back then, the outer box of the Lianglukou cable car was blue, the carriage was wooden, the window patterns were finely carved, and the four corners of the roof were decorated with colorful flying dragons, which were dazzling and dazzling. When starting, the two cable cars alternate up and down, with the middle of the track divided into two sections and then re closed, which is used for merging cars. The ticket prices for the up and down directions are different: one cent for the down direction and two cents for the up direction

In the 1980s, Chongqing's steel industry made significant progress, and the carriages of the first generation cable car were gradually replaced with steel bodies and shock absorbers were installed for renovation, transporting up to 58000 passengers per day. The Lianglukou cable car used to be the most famous cable car in Chongqing, until the 1990s when the Crown Escalator replaced its hub function of connecting mountains and valleys.

Photography of the Crown Escalator at Two Crossroads by Yulike

The Crown Escalator, which started construction in February 1993, underwent three years of construction and began operation in 1996. It is inclined at 30 degrees, equivalent to the sharpest corner on a triangular ruler, and has a height of 52.7 meters, approaching 20 floors.

Photography of the Crown Escalator at Two Crossroads by Yulike

After the filming of 'Extreme Challenge', this place became a must experience check-in spot for internet celebrities - Huang Bo left behind a famous scene where he used both hands and feet.

The image of Huang Bo's "Extreme Challenge" comes from the internet

Countless little girls have taken selfies and exclaimed coquettishly

It is a necessity for locals and a legend for outsiders

It is the second Chongqing characteristic transportation tourist attraction after the cableway

It is also a strong evidence for outsiders to describe the magical transportation in Chongqing

The stills of 'You, the Younger' are from the internet

Imagine the end of the Qing Dynasty, walking to a crossroads, putting down your backpack to catch your breath, looking up at the slope, this is the feeling of entering the city.

Thinking back to the 1980s, young people from districts and counties went to the city, took long-distance buses to Niujiaotuo, and took the Crown Escalator. This was a shocking feeling.

For hundreds of years, it has been like this: you need to understand the excitement and demeanor of "going to the city", only then will this atmosphere truly make you understand the intersection of two roads.

04 Love stories of urbanization are all at two crossroads

From the 1980s to the mid-1990s, the two intersections were the golden commercial zone of Chongqing, second only to Monument to the people's Liberation. At the intersection, Shancheng Cinema, Fu'an Department Store, and Chongbai Shopping Mall have become the most stylish and fashionable consumption places in the eyes of Chongqing residents.

The most urbanized love stories of that era were all at the crossroads.

Photos of men and women making phone calls on the streets in the 1990s from the internet

The Love Paradise Mountain City Cinema is a landmark building from the 1960s. At that time, the ticket window of Shancheng Cinema was crowded with people - it was the first cinema in the western region to screen 70mm stereo films, and also the only new cinema designed and built specifically for screening widescreen films in China, leading the fashion trend. Until the late 1980s, only the "old town people" and the most promising young workers could afford to invite the Shancheng Cinema to watch this movie, which was also a romantic ceremony attended by girls dressed in high heels and dresses.

Old photos of Shancheng Cinema from the internet

The status of a commercial golden port is self-evident. Chongbai Shopping Mall was the first to settle in because the previous salespersons were all female employees, and for a long time, they were called "Sanba Store" by the old Chongqing people. Town store clothing such as blue and white woolen Zhongshan suits, snow woolen coats, and woolen suits are the first choice for old school official overseas travel. Most of the old Chongqing men in their fifties and sixties know the girl at the Double Hundred Handkerchief Counter at Lianglu Road. Her face is passed down from mouth to mouth in the age when there is no Internet. She is the white moonlight of half the men in Yuzhong District.

On December 17, 1994, Chongqing's first Taiwan funded department store, Fu An Department Store, opened at Lianglu Road. On the day of its opening, the crowd was packed with people. On that day, there was a full wall fabric counter on the second floor, and a new type of gold velvet cheongsam fabric was introduced, covered with small beads. Making a cheongsam cost about 1000 yuan, which was 3-4 months' salary for workers at that time. In the year when the average salary of urban workers was in the triple digits, Fu'an Department Store created an annual sales performance of over 100 million yuan with a business area of 8000 square meters. Leading the trend and also leading consumption.

Old photos of Fu'an Department Store at Lianglukou are from the internet

The enthusiasm at the intersection of two roads is not only on the forefront of fashion, but also on the warmth of people's lives.

Since the 1990s, if we draw a simple map and walk around the Datianwan Sports Stadium, basically, this is half of Chongqing's famous food fly restaurants - the old streets are not wide, the alleys are deep, and the lights are bright for late night snacks, and the excitement continues until midnight. This is a very Chongqing lifestyle. Or, to put it another way, this is the personality of Chongqing people. They are accustomed to going to those roadside shops to discover the pure taste of the original ecology, and then happily tell their friends around them, expressing a hidden uniqueness.

The smoke and fire of the old street are the most soothing to the hearts of the people.

The Great Fire and Destiny of Factory 05

People cannot step into the same Jialing River twice, but space can carry the same function twice.

Saying that 'Second Factory' is a famous internet celebrity in Chongqing should not be wrong.

Factory Photography/Yulike

This was originally the currency factory of the Central Bank of the Nationalist Government, located on the top of the Goose Ridge Mountain, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Nowadays, it is crowded, but back then it was heavily guarded and subjected to strict inspections. After liberation, this place was restructured as Chongqing Printing Factory No. 2. As a Southwest color printing giant, the Second Factory shoulders the responsibility of printing various valuable securities: from 1950 to 1970, the food stamps, meat stamps, vouchers, including various tax stamps, stamps, and government documents - colored paper sheets - used in the daily lives of Chongqing people were all produced here.

The stills from the movie 'Passing Through Your World' are sourced from the internet

Factory provided pictures

With the broadcast of the movie "Passing by Your World", the cultural and creative park renovated by Printing Factory 2 caught fire overnight. Various netizens and fans rushed to come, and the main filming locations of the movie, "Tiantai Studio" and "Xiaotian Tiantai", became well-known check-in spots. Tourists had to wait in long lines to check-in and take photos.

Map of Lianglukou Street

The original factory logo of Factory 2 was full of innocent girls with scissor hands, and the addition of the "TESTBED2 Factory 2" logo also attracted crowds. This 2 is not the second of the second factory. The corresponding TESTBED1 is located by the Thames River and is a multifunctional art space of an abandoned dairy factory. Both are works by British designer William Alsop.

Factory Photography/Yulike

The renovation of Printing Factory 1 in Loquat Mountain is still acceptable, but due to the lack of film support, its popularity cannot be compared to Factory 2. However, the mottled walls, winding stone stairs, and unique industrial style also have the same meaning. There is an interesting air raid shelter. Once used by Dai Li, it was called the Immortal Cave. Later, it was incorporated into the printing factory and stored printing paper. After several cycles of use, it has now been converted into a music hall and is gradually becoming popular on the internet.

Shenxian Cave Photography/Youlik

From the tea house outside the city in the late Qing Dynasty to the food map of Datian Bay, small restaurants have always been small restaurants.

From the money printing factory to the Second Factory Park, every person in the dessert shop has a cup of coffee, and they also take a selfie when buying oil tea. The speed of collecting money is comparable to the speed of printing money back then.

Everything seems to have some kind of destiny.

Photography/Seven Orange Peel Salted Plum Blossoms

Two intersections behind the 06 fence

The fate of the intersection is the center.

In every era, whether it is a political location, a transportation hub, or even the geometric center of today.

At the current two intersections, fences are everywhere.

After the demolition of the Shancheng Cinema, the nostalgic trend quickly passed. On the original site of the Shancheng Cinema, the Chongqing Center is currently under construction. This project covers an area of 50000 square meters and consists of 6 super high-rise buildings and large commercial properties. The design firm, Rogers Stark Haber Architects, is an international architectural design firm headquartered in London and has won the Pritzker Prize in Architecture, also known as the "Nobel Prize in Architecture".

Chongqing Center Photography/Chen Yunyuan

The project name of "Chongqing Center" carries an undisputed tone, and in fact, it is not an exaggeration. This is indeed the geometric center of the main city of Chongqing.

In 2019, the reconstruction of Datianwan Stadium will begin. The whole industry sports industry belt will be readjusted here, and the concept of "big sports" will be integrated into the Internet, cultural tourism and more new formats.

Sports Stadium under Construction Photography/Youlik

In October 2020, the Cultural Palace underwent a major renovation and closure. Its reconstruction schedule is temporarily set for 2022. According to the specific renovation plan, the Cultural Palace will restore its original appearance and functional positioning, and give everyone a memorable cultural palace. Among them, it mainly includes the improvement of architectural style, public facilities, environmental quality, and transportation organization. The original positioning of the Cultural Palace was "school+amusement park", and now what needs to be done is to bring it back.

Sports Stadium under Construction Photography/Youlik

The skydiving tower is also under repair.

At the relevant conference in 2020, the suggestions of experts coincided with the idea of Lianglukou Street: to connect the Cultural Palace Datianwan Dachangtang Scenic Area, Pipashan Scenic Area, Eling and Fotuguan Park into a main line, making Lianglukou the true center of Yuzhong District and Chongqing City, and playing its true role.

Loquat Mountain Park Photography/Yulike

The years of the mountain city climb up and down, and so does time.

Conclusion:

If you take an aerial photo at the center of the intersection now, you will find that this is a huge construction site where you cannot see the beauty and resilience, but it is not important.

You can't see the stars during the day, but they are there.

You can't see the grassroots of deep winter, but it's there.

The beauty is dressing up, and the audience below is anxious. You only know what she used to look like - she was once prominent and influential, and her cultural background is far beyond that. Beauty lies in her bones, poetry and books in her belly, and outstanding temperament.

The curtain has not been lifted, and her new appearance is a mystery.

But I won't be disappointed.

Photography/Yulike

reference:

Map of Historical Buildings in Chongqing "" Chongqing Past: Memories of a Jewish Person's Late Years "

Chongqing Planning and Natural Resources Yearbook (2020 Edition)

Research on the Historical Expansion and Evolution of Chongqing's Main Urban Space

Chongqing Folk Houses "and" Chongqing Old Alley "

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Text | Lian'er Ye

Layout | Hua Mei

Part of the images are sourced from the internet, infringing and deleted