Jianghan Customs Building in 1996 ended the mission of Wuhan Customs Office Building. Three years later, it was converted into Jianghan Pass Museum and opened on February 28th, 20th15th.
At 3: 00 pm on February 30th, 65438, with 15, the magnificent and melodious bronze bell of Houjiang Hanguan sounded. After visiting the cultural relics in the collection, we walked out of the Jianghan Guan Museum building, filled with emotion.
1862, Jianghan Pass; 1924 65438+ 10, Jianghan Guan Building was completed. Jianghan Guan Building, as a landmark building in Wuhan, has witnessed the great changes in Wuhan in the past hundred years and is an important historical witness of Wuhan's modernization.
We visited the museum's basic exhibitions:
Jianghan plain-the course of urban modernization in Wuhan and its related restoration and exhibition.
The exhibition is basically divided into three units:
The opening of Hankou is the beginning, arduous course, tortuous exploration, development and take-off of Wuhan's urban modernization.
Based on more than 500 pieces of cultural relics such as boundary markers and silver ingots in Jianghan, this paper comprehensively uses photos, plates, tables, oil paintings, scene restoration and three-dimensional imaging to show the history of Wuhan's rapid rise after its opening to trade, truly restore the tortuous course of Wuhan's transformation from a feudal inland town to a modern industrial and commercial city, and start the process of urban modernization.
By watching the exhibition, we learned that a commercial history of Wuhan is closely related to Jianghan Pass. The opening of Hankou port, the establishment of customs, the development of commerce and trade and the prosperity of economy have made Wuhan a modern metropolis, a trade distribution center in Central China and an important gateway for foreign trade. Wuhan Jianghan Pass is second only to Shanghai Jiangguan in its contribution to promoting foreign trade and outward development of urban economy. Through the history of Jianghan Pass, it shows the humiliating history of Wuhan since modern times and the brilliant achievements of the new era.
The exhibits are accurate, vivid and realistic, close to the public and grounded. Jianghan Guan Museum, as a national key cultural relics protection unit, displays cultural relics in cultural relics buildings, which undoubtedly deepens the cognition and love of Chinese citizens for urban history. It is also important for us ticket collectors to have a ticket. There are no tickets for Jianghan Guan Museum at present.
There is an old building at No.95, Jiangyan Road, Hankou, covering an area of 1.499 square meters, with a building area of 4359 square meters. It is Jianghan Pass, which has stood tall by the Yangtze River for nearly a hundred years after years and storms.
It's hard to say how deeply this old house by the Yangtze River has influenced the Wuhan people. I only remember that every time I pass by, the thick brown door on the second floor will always attract people to open it, as if those old days that were locked up can be found back.
Maybe it's time. Time caught us off guard. Nearly a hundred years later, this old house was officially turned into a museum and opened to the public free of charge. Memories of old times have just been opened.
After vicissitudes of life, it stands tall by the Yangtze River.
Time seems to have returned to Hankou a hundred years ago. 1858, Tianjin Treaty was signed, and Hankou became one of the new foreign trade ports. Hankou was opened on 186 1, and Jianghan was formally established on 1862.
At first, Jianghan Pass was located in Hankou River Street. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, with the prosperity of modern commerce and shipping in Wuhan, the business of Jianghan Customs grew rapidly. The original customs office building was too narrow and crude to use, so a new customs building was needed. 1922, the current site of Jianghan Guanxuan was officially completed.
(1932 photo of Jianghan Pass in Hankou taken by British warships)
At that time, there were many foreign firms in Hankou Concession, and most of the buildings were European. Therefore, the architectural design of Jianghan Guanlou is also the most European style with British classicism. It was designed by Simpson. he is
The shape building of Jianghan Pass is horizontally paved with large strips of granite, and the exterior wall is decorated with granite. Walls, mountain flowers, window sills and gate entrances have all been treated with artistic modeling.
The whole building looks three-dimensional and elegant, very infectious. On the fourth floor is the "Jianghan Pass" plaque inscribed by Zong Yi, a famous calligrapher and former director of Hubei Education Department.
Every part of Jianghan Pass building shows the unique existence of this building. In the eyes of the curator of Jianghan Guan Museum, this building not only bears the honor and disgrace of this city, but also witnesses the growth and progress of its people.
"This is the undisputed treasure of the City Hall and the most irreplaceable landmark of the city."
After listening to the bell for decades, it remains the same.
(Jianghan Guan Bell Tower)
Just like the lingering complex of Jianghan Pass in Wuhan people, it grew up with the bell of Jianghan Pass and became the collective memory of several generations of Jiangcheng people.
Jianghan Bell Tower is built on the roof, with a height of about 23. 1 m, and four layers of bell towers are stacked. This is a typical English classical architectural style.
Besides putting the clock in the bell tower, it also acts as a lighthouse and a lookout. The bell tower is divided into five floors: the first floor is the big pendulum room, the second floor is the computer room, the third floor is the control room, the fourth floor is the clock room, and the fifth floor is the bronze bell room. There are copper clocks of different sizes hanging in the room.
(Jianghan Guan Taling)
The bell tower in the vicissitudes of life has reached its twilight years. 9 1 year old this year.
1923, the famous American Lamas Company manufactured the main core of the tower clock, which was installed by the Hengdali watch and the Hankou David watch. A year later, the tower clock was officially put into operation. Just like Big Ben in England, the bell that rings the bell uses Westminster.
Year after year, the voice of punctuality is accompanied by generations of Wuhan people. I don't know if you remember. In September 2000, the mechanical tower clock, which had been in operation for 76 years, was "retired" because some parts of the main engine were seriously worn out. The electronic clock replaced the bronze clock, and the quartz clock movement replaced the main machine of the mechanical tower clock.
Now, Jianghan Guan Museum has restored the bell tower. Rich and melodious "Westminster" music and alarm bells resounded through three towns in Wuhan. Using computer control, the original hammer hits the original copper bell on time. The feeling of "original flavor" may also fulfill the long-cherished wish of a generation of old Wuhan people.
Treasure of town house, silver ingot and witness tax.
(Jianghan Guan Museum Guan Yinding)
In addition to the priceless Jianghan Pavilion, the museum's collections should not be underestimated. Jianghan Customs Museum has collected more than 3,000 pieces of various cultural relics from home and abroad in the past three years, reflecting the changes of Wuhan's modern customs, concession history and modern social life, covering gold, porcelain, wood products, paper products and other categories.
Among them, the most famous treasure of the town hall is the silver ingot. Silver ingots in customs have always been scarce. At present, there are mainly different types of silver ingots in modern customs in China, such as Jiangkou Customs, Yuekou Customs and Jianghan Customs. Silver ingots related to clocks and watches are rare.
These three silver ingots weigh about 1800g and are horseshoe-shaped with the words "Jianghan Pass" engraved on them. The names of foundry craftsmen Luo Zhi and Wang Song even remain on Tongzhi and Guangxu 24 years ago.
As can be seen from the stamp, it was cast by the bank "Youcheng". There is also the "Thank you Commitment Letter" entrusted by Jianghan Customs in different periods.
It is said that Jianghan Guan turned the collected silver into silver ingots and turned them over to the state treasury, which nominally belonged to the Qing government and was actually used for reparations. It is priceless, perhaps it is just a historical object that witnessed the humiliation of the late Qing government.
Touch the customs of the Republic of China and restore history
(Jianghan Guan Museum restores the customs of the Republic of China)
The most wonderful exhibition of Jianghan Museum is the restoration of the custom scene in the late Qing Dynasty.
"If the audience wants to know how people declare customs in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China? I still suggest you take a look at our phantom imaging. "
Zhou Jing said. Just touch the display screen, the phantom image directly shows the daily work of Jianghan customs officers. Inspection-filling in the customs declaration form-inspection-filling in the tax bill-paying taxes in one go.
Whether it's the bell tower or the silver ingot, everything in the Jianghan Pass Museum is like opening a Pandora's box of history, which makes the Great Hankou in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China within reach.
Perhaps, just like the bell of the old bronze bell after 15 years, I think this old house will always stand by the Yangtze River and witness the infinite flying of the city, because it is the Jianghan Pass complex of the whole city.