? Dongcheng Road, Xining Road and Zhennan Road at the street corner are one of the few century-old streets. Xining Road runs east-west, also called "West Street"; Zhennan Road runs north-south, also called "South Street". The two streets "cross" in the position of the current district education bureau. Before liberation, this was a place where shops and businessmen gathered.
West Street used to be a "food street". It's only 100 meters from the intersection to Chaoyang Street. There are many teahouses and restaurants on the street. From east to west are Guangchangrong Tea House (later renamed Jinxing Tea House), Guangji Tea House, Xiangyi Tea House, Huiru Building, Qingtian Tea House, Xi Anju and Guanzhan Garden (later renamed Xiru Tea House). Guangchangrong is the tallest (five-story concrete building) and the largest. Various Cantonese dishes, cakes and pastries. The methods of light chicken include white-cut chicken, fried chicken, Baihua chicken, brine chicken, hand-torn chicken, Yuanyang chicken, grandpa chicken and boy chicken. Later, the business was further expanded: waitresses entertained and famous singers sang; Morning, afternoon and evening, Yan Ge. At that time, politicians and celebrities also had special dishes: Li Wuzi's "county magistrate's dish", Qu Fangpu's "director's dish" and Chen Hanguang's "brigade commander's dish", which were called "three long dishes". Guangji Teahouse, which is consumed by the lower class, contains mushrooms, chicken, pork and pig liver in palm-sized bags. There is also a kind of "big meat rice", which takes pig's scalp as a dish and pork juice is drenched with white rice.
? West Street is still a "medical street". Clinics are marked with the names of doctors, which can be seen at a glance. From east to west, there are Li Zhiqiang clinic, Feng Guoliang clinic, Fan Jingbo clinic, Zhong Yaoqun clinic, Lin Wenshan clinic (ophthalmology), Huang Chitong clinic (selling plasters) and Liao clinic. There are western medicine Kuang Yunan clinic and western medicine Zhong Zhurong clinic in South Street. Because there are many clinics, the "pharmacy street" in South Street was born. There are Rendetang, Tongantang, Yongantang, Yishoutang and Youyun Drugstore. Hundreds of Chinese herbal medicines in the shop are completely unmarked, and all of them are known by skilled guys. Pick up the medicine and carefully wrap each medicine gauze, which is called "each package".
Other old brands in West Street include Sanhutang and Zhenmintang, which sell herbal tea. Sanhutang was founded by Ouyang Jin during the Daoguang period. It brings together the secret four-season herbal tea made by local Chinese herbal medicines, which can cool and clear away heat and heat, such as "three tigers", so it is called "three tigers". There is He He who plays the role of Bai Tie; Cai who sells vegetables; Degraded to the "Kuang Shaoquan" in his bones. A tree record of selling clocks and watches; * * * and shoe stores that sell shoes; Li & Fung in selling groceries. In the 1980s, a snack bar featuring wonton was born in the county town-Lin Noodles Restaurant. Because the hostess is very fat, she is called "Fat Wonton".
I went to Old West Street and Conghua, an old Chinese doctor, and asked about the city. After careful identification, he found that the West Street photographed by my father was Huang Chitong's clinic.
(This article is based on Mr. Zhong Furong's dictation)