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- Chapter 370 Impression
"Different from any other city, Lianyungang is an emerging port. This port is absolutely different from any other city in the world. It is a port, but it is by no means dependent on a port. It is a city, but it is by no means different. For a city in the traditional sense, to be precise, this city is a train station. This city covering an area of ??400 square kilometers is actually a city with a train station as its core. It is not so much a city as It is said to be a train station, because everything in this city is built on a train station, and this train station is the only special-class station on the Longhai Railway, and the center of the city is the Zhengda Central Railway Station! "
"The Times" Impressions of Morrison Lianyun"
As a city with a railway station as its center, when Lianyungang Central Railway Station was built, the designers put a lot of effort into planning this railway station in the center of the city. As the center of the city, this railway station Obviously it cannot be built randomly on the ground like an ordinary train station. Even the railways need to be carefully arranged. //www.//
On the eve of the emergence of modernism, the crazy development of urban infrastructure driven by the profit-seeking will of capital and technology had continuously injected new forms of energy into Western architecture at that time. Inspired by the vertical expansion of cities in New York and Chicago, the architects began to envision a multi-surface urban space adapted to high-density cities.
In 1910, Eugrrd, a French architect who had received orthodox architectural training at DBRTS, gave a report looking forward to the future three-dimensional street system at the London Town Planning Conference hosted by Riba. In this report, rd aims to challenge the stereotype of urban streets as land surfaces buried with pipelines. He believed that European streets at that time were still just paved agricultural roads in cities and could not adapt to the rapid development of urban service functions. At this time, the city's drainage facilities, various energy sources, and water and electricity pipelines must be re-excavated once they need to be updated. However, the layout of these pipelines belongs to different departments, without any unified planning and coordination. rd envisions a street that actually hovers above the ground. The space beneath this raised street chassis accommodates a variety of delivery systems. In addition to traditional water supply, drainage, energy and electricity, there are also postal services, garbage transportation, seawater supply, and even fresh air systems. rd further envisions a multi-layered street to cope with this explosive demand for urban infrastructure, such as an open-air street on the top level for pedestrians and carriages to pass through, a subway system on the first underground level, garbage and drainage on the second underground level, and underground The third floor is the material supply transportation channel and so on.
The subversive transformation of the urban surface is not unfounded. rd was merely the first architect to organize a system of fragmented experiments in engineering into a new urban concept. In fact, at the time when the United States was still regarded as a foreign country by Europeans, a railway engineer named Wilgus was already experimenting with multiple surface urban forms in the New York railway system that he was familiar with. New York Grand Central Station is a representative work of multiple surfaces.
New York in the early 20th century witnessed the great development of the urban rapid transit system. Just beneath 42nd Street, IRT has planned a three-dimensional rail line with up to three levels. The entire 42nd Street is the running line of various ground rail trams, and Central Station has almost no space to expand its station area. At this time, grassroots engineer Wilgus made two decisions that changed the history of New York City and the entire history of Western architecture. First, Wilgus vertically divided the huge train yard after 50th Street into two levels. In other words, a whole bunch of railway tracks from the northern suburbs of New York branched into two levels after about 50th Street to enter the platform.
This method of building a train station underground has become the only way to solve the problem of Lianyungang Central Station, which is the center of the city. The station platform is built underground. However, during the design process, it still faces a series of technical challenges, which are different from those of New York Central Station. The electric locomotives used are different. The trains running on the Longhai Line are all steam locomotives, which makes the station have to consider a series of technical issues such as smoking and ventilation.
After these problems were solved, the noise generated by the railway passing through the urban area needed to be taken into consideration. In the end, more than 20 kilometers of railway passing through the urban area were built below the horizon, and hundreds of meters wide were planted above the railway passage. trees, and overpasses were built above the railway passage. Both sides of the railway across the city have become Lianyungang's urban oasis and the location of the park, and those overpasses have become part of the city's roads.
The construction of the entire central station is an unprecedented and huge project, and it is not an easy task to excavate a two-story station on the Lianyungang mud and stone foundation. Clearing the foundation alone will require moving up to two million cubic meters of earth and rock. In order to speed up the progress of the project construction, in addition to investing tens of thousands of workers, more than ten steam shovels were also invested. It usually took nearly a year to complete the civil construction work, and it was not until a few months ago that the main body of the station was put into use. But in fact , the railway station remained unfinished until this time.
likeJust from the appearance of the city, it would be difficult for anyone to notice that there is a railway hidden in this urban oasis. Anyone who comes to Lianyun for the first time will often be surprised by this. When the train entered this central station with 46 platforms and 68 tracks, there were also more surprises waiting for them on its two-floor underground platform.
¡°Grand Central Station is a marvel of engineering and architecture!¡±
When the train entered the platform and looked at the underground platform, like everyone who came here for the first time, he also fell into the natural worship of human beings for majestic engineering. In the exclamation, there was something strange in the carriage. The voice of the flight attendant was still heard.
¡°¡ Passengers please pay attention to the precautions on the back of the ticket. Please clean the soles of your shoes at the shoe cleaning area on the platform. Keeping the city clean and hygienic is everyone¡¯s obligation¡¡±
Listening to the voice on the radio, Liang Qichao remembered the precautions written on the back of the ticket for the luxury carriage above his head.
"Keep your hygiene and improve your image! It is forbidden to spit or throw garbage in public places. Violators will be fined ten yuan and imprisoned for six months. If you forget to flush the toilet in a public restroom, you will be fined five yuan"
The back of the palm-sized ticket is full of penalty clauses. This is to remind all passengers getting off the bus that when they come to this "special" city, they must accept the rules here. In fact, in this regard, they have been calling for " Liang Qichao, who believes in "transforming national character", strongly agrees. In his view, heavy punishment is a necessary means to transform national character, and Longhai is far ahead of any other city in the country on this point.
Although he was surprised by the magnificence of this underground station, for Liang Qichao, he came here today as the special envoy of the President. Just as he imagined, when the passengers began to get off the train, the moonlight in the carriage near him was Already standing on the stage were more than a dozen officials from the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Envoy's Office, as well as several reporters, and among those officials there were several old friends. Looking at those old friends, Liang Qichao had a smile on his face.
As a person with friends all over the world, Liang Qichao did have many friends in Lianyun, as well as students. Among the people who greeted him at the train station today, there were both his old friends and students.
However, the person who greeted Liang Qichao on the platform of Lianyun Central Station today was Cai Yuanpei, the vice president of Dehua University and the director of the Education Department of the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Affairs Office. He was not considered Liang Qichao's friend. Even when the two of them passed by, they were not friends at all. We have met, but although the two have never met in the past, they have been close friends for a long time.
Cai Yuanpei and Liang Qichao were both born in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Cai Yuanpei was five years older than Liang, but they were in the same year of the Jichou Provincial Examination. After that, Cai Kedi continued to achieve great success. Within a few years, he was appointed to the Hanlin Academy, taught as an editor and editor, and became a member of the literary garden of the imperial capital. However, Liang Ze was frustrated in his literary career and failed many times, so he turned to Kang Youwei's disciples and began to embark on the path of reform and enlightenment. In fact, in terms of studying traditional Chinese academics, the two have quite a bit in common. It goes without saying that Liang studied under Kang Youwei and was deeply committed to Jinwen Classics. In his early years, Cai devoted himself to studying the works of the "Changzhou School" such as Zhuang Cunyu, Liu Fenglu, and Song Xiangfeng. He "fell deeply into them" and then devoted himself to Jinwen Classics. He even vowed to compile a book "Gongyang Chunqiu Dayi".
"However, Cai was more rigid in Jinwen's family rules and found it difficult to agree with some of the performances of Kang and Liang's masters and disciples. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1891, the atmosphere of scholars changed drastically. Liang Qichao spread Western learning and advocated reform, which made him famous throughout the country. At this time, Cai Yuanpei began to systematically get in touch with new learning. In the process of seeking new knowledge, which he felt was "too late to learn the truth", Liang Qichao's two books, "Bibliography of Western Learning" and "Reading Western Learning Calligraphy", served as timely reminders. effect. Cai Huo read Liang Shu and believed that "even if he reads it, his knowledge and language are of the highest quality". It can be said that the benefits are huge.
During the Hundred Years of 1898, Kang and Liang advocated reforms, and they were also very popular for a while. Cai Yuanpei was in the capital, and his heart was inclined towards reform. He and Liang Qichao had the provincial examination in the same year. This relationship can be cited. However, the aloofness of the scholar made him "ashamed of". Dependence, not accepting payment."
By calmly observing the ups and downs of the Kang and Liang reforms, Cai concluded that it was absolutely impossible to expect the Qing government to implement political changes. This was not an opportunity for him to perform the "Hanlin Revolution" in the future. Cai Yuanpei once said: Among the reformers, they especially admired Yan Fu and Tan Sitong, the so-called "Hou Guan and Liu Yang, who were my forefathers." In fact, he was quite impressed by Liang Qichao's popular and exciting writing.
In 1902, Cai Yuanpei compiled the book "Three Volumes of Changes", recommending to the academic community model essays that reflected "the trends of the world." It prominently included a number of Liang's articles published in "Shiwu Bao" and "Qing Yi Bao" at that time, among which There are so many selected chapters that it ranks first among the "translations of famous people in the world" in the same book. At this time, Cai was running schools in Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places, and had extensive friendships with Song Shu, Zhang Binglin, Ma Xiangbo, Jiang Zhiyou, etc., and had been close friends with Wang Kangnian and Zhang Yuanji for many years. These people are all old friends of Liang Qichao, and most of them still maintain contact with them. Liang Qichao, who was living abroad, began to know and pay attention to Cai Yuanpei's work.?, perhaps during this period.
Although Zhang Binglin and others in Lianyun have been friends with Liang Qichao for a long time, they did not pay enough attention to him because of his status as a staff member. Therefore, today, Cai Yuanpei welcomes Liang Qichao as the education director of the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Envoy Office. It is also appropriate and seems to be appropriate. The importance attached to its visit.
When Liang Qichao got off the bus, Cai Yuanpei took the initiative to walk over. When he was still a few steps away, he clasped his fists and saluted.
"Zhuoru, welcome to Lianyun!"
"I have heard the name of He Qing for a long time, and today I finally meet him. It is truly a blessing in three lifetimes!"
Amidst the polite greetings of Cai and Liang, for a while, a scene of joy for the host and the guests was staged at the station.
Anyone who comes to Lianyungang will often visit the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" located on First Street, opposite the Central Railway Station. If the Central Railway Station is the first impression of this city for every outsider who comes to Lianyung for the first time, If so, then the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" is where anyone can understand the inner meaning of this city.
Unlike Lianyungang's architectural plans, which are often designed by designers from Germany, Britain, the United States, France and other countries, the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" is a large building designed by Chinese designers. This building designed by Lin Baoren is in line with China's blind imitation at this time. The style of Western architecture is completely different, but emphasizes the style of Eastern architecture. The roof is Chinese-style, and the eaves have Eastern-style sculptures, such as the bird-head-shaped sculptures on the eaves, the windows are Jiangnan style, and the top of the roof imitates the spires of Tang-style architecture. It can be said that to a certain extent, this "domestic products exhibition center" itself is a display of "domestic products".
The original "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" was an American-style modern building designed by an American architect. After the foundation and underground parts were completed, Lin Baoren, who was presiding over the construction of the "Lianyun Community" at the time, asked Li Zi at a banquet Cheng suggested that "the domestic products exhibition center is the essence of Lianyun, and the essence of Lianyun should be Chinese-style." It was under his strong suggestion that the original design was torn down, and he presided over the use of the original foundation and underground parts. Redesigning Chinese-style buildings and applying Chinese classical architectural forms to new buildings in his design can be said to have opened up the school of modern Chinese architecture to a certain extent. The buildings are arranged in a "one" shape, except that the central roof ridge is higher than the two sides. The middle part has a single-eave mountain green glazed tile roof, and the two sides have double-eaves Xieshan green glazed tile roof. A ventilation window is installed at the top of the mountain, and the surrounding area is decorated with colorful paintings and carvings. The cornices, brackets, and beams were all painted with oil paint. It was also after the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" that Lianyun's architecture began to shift from Western style to Eastern style.
However, for Liang Qichao and his party, this oriental-style building did not seem to leave much of an impression on them except for its height. For Liang Qichao, although he was a presidential envoy, he had just come to Lianyun. Not visiting the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" will undoubtedly be a wasted trip. According to the reception schedule, the newly built "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" itself is the first stop. In fact, this was also three months ago. After the "Centre" was put into use, the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Affairs Office was the first stop when entertaining outsiders, because compared to others, the dazzling array of domestic products was more directly shocking and could better reflect the achievements made here.
The entire exhibition center is divided into multiple production areas such as mechanical and electrical products exhibition area, chemical industry exhibition area, consumer goods exhibition area, etc. Among them, the largest product exhibition area covers not only machinery manufacturing, but also thermal processing industry, basic workpiece industry, electrical industry, etc. , and the consumer goods exhibition area contains the largest number of categories, with tens of thousands of types of products on display here. For any outsider who comes here for the first time, when they enter the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center", they will be shocked as never before, not only by the number of exhibits, but also by the technology displayed.
"This is¡¡"
As soon as he entered the Domestic Products Exhibition Center, Liang Qichao was surprised to see a steam locomotive on the foundation stone. Looking at the black locomotive, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Steam locomotive is the first large-scale mechanical product manufactured by Lianyun, and it is now the most important export product manufactured by Lianyun. Last month, the company received an order for thirty locomotives from France. Currently, our locomotives It has been exported to Russia, France, the United States and other countries. Our Chinese-made locomotives are on the railways in Africa, South America and India. It can be said that now, we have surpassed Germany and become the most important locomotive exporter in the world! "
During the introduction, Mu, who is the manager of ** Company, seemed a little proud. Anyone would be proud of this, but for him, apart from pride, he was more proud, because it was he who controlled this company.
In the exhibition center, looking at the industrial products or models of industrial products, Liang Qichao finally knew what it was that Grandma Liu entered the grand audience. Most of the large number of industrial products displayed in front of him were products he had never seen before.?. And most of them are new industrial products that have never been heard of before.
When the unfamiliar or familiar industrial products came into view one after another, in Liang Qichao's mind, his originally clear understanding of ** Company and Longhai suddenly became blurred. For a moment, he couldn't even tell what was reality and what was a dream. At least in front of him, it seemed that he had only seen so many industrial products in dreams.
No!
It¡¯s not a dream, it should be the World Exposition!
Although he had never been to the World Expo, he knew from newspapers and reading materials the scale of the World Exposition, especially the industrial products exhibitions, and the exhibits at the World Expo were from all over the world. However, the products on display here are "domestic products". Unlike the products displayed in domestic products exhibitions in Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, those traditional products have never even occupied a place here, even the most ordinary cloth. There is no cotton on display here, but rayon is on display. In Liang Qichao's eyes, all the exhibits here are "scientific products" that represent modernity and civilization, rather than traditional handmade products.
"Isis everything here made in China?"
After being surprised by Liang Qichao's words, he suddenly felt that his question seemed a bit stupid, because the door clearly said "Domestic Products Exhibition Center!"
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