The city wall used to be an important part of the city's defense system, carrying the wisdom and courage of ancient people. However, with the evolution of society and the advancement of technology, the defensive function of the city wall was gradually replaced and became no longer important.
Now, the city walls have become traces of history, they carry the passage of time and the lives of the people, full of deep emotions and temperature. However, with the rapid development of modern cities, many ancient city walls are being demolished, which makes many people feel sorry.
People can't help but ask, is the disappearance of these buildings a destruction of cultural heritage, or is it an inevitability of historical development?
"Since the beginning of the Gengzi year, foreigners said that it affected traffic and sanitation, and the Eight-Nation Alliance decided to demolish it. After the city wall was abandoned, a ring road was built on its foundation, which became the starting point of China's urban transformation.
In the 31st year of Guangxu, the Shanghai gentry put forward the idea of building roads, which, if approved, would make the transportation inside and outside the city convenient and revitalize the commercial foundation. Although their request was denied, three gates were added.
* After its establishment, the Shanghai Civil Affairs Department considered that transportation convenience and urban sanitation were more important, and approved the gentry's request. Since then, Wuchang has also responded to this call and demolished the city wall in the first year.
Chen Shiying and 62 other Hubei provincial legislators jointly signed a letter proposing to demolish the Wuchang city wall to build a road, and listed in detail its five major benefits: the demolition of the city wall can save land, so that the inside and outside of the city can be connected, which is beneficial to business and people's livelihood.
This matter was supported by the merchant class and the townspeople. During Han Fuyu's governance of Shandong, he planned to demolish the northern city of Jinan and connect Daming Lake and Xiaoqing River, although the project was large, but it was not implemented.
At that time, it was also reported that Jinan demolished the city wall and rebuilt the road, and the scenery of Minghu Lake was in full view, which not only facilitated the transportation, but also added the scenery of the lake and mountains. During the Anti-Japanese War, the city wall was demolished due to the needs of the war.
In front of aircraft artillery, the walls could not resist. In order to prevent the Japanese army from using the city wall to resist the squadron, Hebei, Shandong, Chahar and other places carried out the work of demolishing the city wall.
The demolition of the city wall will make the Japanese army have no danger to defend in the future, which is beneficial to our **.
The Eighth Route Army carried out city demolition operations in the terrain transformation of the plains to stop the enemy's stronghold and reduce the number of ** in guerrilla attacks. The city walls were once a necessary fortification to defend against the enemy, but under the onslaught of modern **, they have lost their military role.
Over time, these walls became a symbol of tradition and closure. Some called for the city walls to be demolished and wide roads to accommodate car traffic.
And this kind of demolition of the city wall is also equated with anti-feudalism and has the support of the general public. Although some people have a regretful attitude towards the demolition of the city wall, Lin Huiyin believes that if he regrets it, even if he wants to build it again, he can only build a fake antique.
In the half-century boom of demolishing the city walls, although the calls for the preservation of the walls and ancient culture were often drowned out, there were some special events and figures that persisted.
In Shanghai, for example, the Dajing Pavilion on the city wall has been preserved as a place of interest, and a section of the Ming city wall has survived to this day. Built in the Ming Dynasty and dedicated to the princes, this attic is the perfect place to enjoy the beauty of Huangpu.
In Nanjing, although the preservation and abandonment of the city wall has experienced many twists and turns, but finally under the promotion of Xu Beihong and other celebrities, in April 1931, Nanjing issued China's first city wall protection regulations, which made an important contribution to the protection of the Nanjing city wall.
Although the actions to protect the walls may not have been able to prevent the demolition of the walls under the political circumstances of the time, their efforts and persistence laid the foundation for later efforts to protect the walls.
After the war, American advisers proposed to demolish the city wall of Nanjing to build a road, but it was ultimately unrealized. It was not until the fifties that part of the city walls began to be demolished in Nanjing. As an ancient capital, Xi'an has been specially protected because of its important historical position, and most of the city walls have been preserved and partially restored during the ** period.
The history of the demolition of Beijing has been detailed in the micro headlines, and it will not be repeated here. China's history of city demolition is actually a microcosm of the history of rise and fall, and no one can judge right or wrong from an omniscient point of view, whether it is to demolish the city or to keep it, it is to weigh the possibility of the future and respect for the past.