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Introduction of Dongmen Old Street
Shenzhen Dongmen Commercial Pedestrian Street covers an area of 1.76 million square meters, with Lixin Road in the north, Shennan Road in the south, Dongmen Road in the middle and Xinyuan Road in the west. The roots of ancient Shenzhen are in Nantou ancient town; The root of modern Shenzhen lies in "Shenzhen market". This "Shenzhen Market" is commonly known as "Dongmen Old Street". Dongmen Commercial Street, also known as Dongmen Old Street, truly records the history of Shenzhen's urban development. Dongmen Commercial Street is the witness of modern Shenzhen historical stage, an integral part of Shenzhen's historical and cultural accumulation and the root of Shenzhen people. The history of the old street can be traced back to the middle of Ming Dynasty. At that time, Chikan Village (now Caiwuwei), Luohu Village, Getang Village (now Shuibei Village), Hubei Village, Xiangxi Village, Huang Beiling Village and Nantang Village appeared in Luohu area one after another. People from several villages built a market between villages, named "Shenzhen City", which was initially composed of Minfeng Street, Shang Jie Street, Duck Street, Healthy Street and other markets, and began to take shape. Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, Laojie has been a famous commercial market for dozens of miles in Fiona Fang, Fiona Fang. According to the Records of Xin 'an County written by Kangxi Le in Qing Dynasty, "Shenzhen Market" is the earliest historical record in Shenzhen. 19l3, Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway was completed and opened to traffic, and lo wu station was opened. Shenzhen has become the transportation gateway between the mainland and Hong Kong. Commercial streets such as Guxing Street (now Jiefang Road) selling agricultural products, Weixin Road (now Renmin North Road) selling snacks and groceries, Yongxin Street and Nanqing Street have developed rapidly. 1 after the establishment of the special zone in Shenzhen, the old street naturally became the earliest commercial center, which guided and influenced the consumption trend in Shenzhen for a long time. Through second-class shops, bustling passenger flow, all kinds of traditional goods and winding alleys, we can see the houses with distinctive Lingnan characteristics such as arcades, temples, academies, ancestral halls, ancient clocks, stone roads and century-old trees.