Origin: Copper coins gave birth to Qianju Street
Most of the currency in the Qing Dynasty was copper coins, and most of the raw materials for casting copper coins at that time were transported from Yunnan to Beijing.
Due to the long transportation distance, the Qing Dynasty simply handed over the job of minting money to Yunnan.
According to Yongzheng's "Yunnan General Chronicles", in the 17th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1660), money was minted in Yunnan for the first time. Kunming was used as the base for casting and making money, and it was distributed in Dongchuan and other places. A casting furnace was set up, and Wu Zhou set up Baoyun Money Bureau in Kunming to take charge of making money.
The establishment of Baoyun Money Bureau in Kunming gave birth to a street named after the money Bureau, which is "Qian Bureau Street".
Guest Wen Yiduo once lived here
Qianju Street was adjacent to Gongyuan, an institution of higher learning in Yunnan Province during the Qing Dynasty. During the Republic of China, it was also close to Southwest Associated University and Yunnan University. Therefore, it is a good place to live. Most of the people on this street are scholars and literati.
Many celebrities and scholars such as Mr. Wen Yiduo and Yu Bin once lived in Qianju Street.
□ A brief list of famous people in Qianju Street
Lan Xinhui and Miao Jiahui are good at "imperial brushwork" in calligraphy and painting
The earlier famous ones on this street are Miao Jiahui (1842-1918), a female painter in the late Qing Dynasty, was good at calligraphy and painting, and had a deep knowledge of flowers.
Miao Jiahui was widowed in her early years. She was diligent and studious by nature, especially fond of calligraphy and painting.
During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Cixi heard about her reputation for calligraphy and painting, and ordered her to be recruited into the inner palace. She was given a third-grade official uniform, and the palace people called her "Mr." and she was favored.
Most of the "imperial brush" paintings and calligraphy given to ministers by Cixi were written by her. People in Kyoto paid huge sums of money to buy her paintings and calligraphy works, and honored her as "Miao Gutai". Her posthumous works include "Manuscripts for Worship" wait.
At that time, Miao Jiahui's apartment on Qianju Street was located in today's Bank of China dormitory.
Pursuing democracy, Miao Yuntai surveyed the terrain to build the Burma Highway
The second was Mr. Miao Yuntai, a relative of Miao Jiahui.
Miao Yuntai, named Jiaming, was born in Kunming, Yunnan in 1894.
He studied in the United States in 1913 and studied at Southwestern University in Kansas and the University of Illinois. He graduated from the Department of Mining and Metallurgy at the University of Minnesota in 1919. After returning to China in 1920, he served as general manager of Yunnan Tin Company, Senior advisor to the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, member of the Provincial People's Government, director of the Department of Agriculture and Mines, manager of Qunye Bank, president of Fudian New Bank, chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Economic Committee, and political councilor of the National Political Participation Association.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he attended the Political Consultative Conference held in Chongqing. Later, he served as political affairs committee member of the Executive Yuan of the Kuomintang, chairman of the Committee for Handling US Aid Material Relief, National Congress Representative, and Legislator .
Before going to Hong Kong in 1949, Mr. Miao lived in Qianju Street. In 1950, Mr. Miao went to the United States.
He returned to China to settle in 1979 and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress, a member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the Sixth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, special consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, and China International Trust Investment Company (group) directors and other positions.
Mr. Miao Yuntai is a well-known patriotic democrat.
He pursued democracy throughout his life, hoped that the country would be prosperous and strong, and made various efforts to this end.
In his early years, he yearned for Kang and Liang Weixin, supported the Western democracy advocated by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, supported the Revolution of 1911, and participated in the war to protect the law in Yunnan.
After returning to China after studying in the United States, while presiding over the financial and economic work of Yunnan, he proposed the establishment of a special import donation bureau to collect special donations for imported goods. In 1935, following his suggestion, the Yunnan Provincial Government issued an order French bank Credit Agricole was prohibited from issuing Vietnamese currency in Yunnan. He took office as the president of Fudian New Bank and implemented foreign exchange management. In order to maintain the country's tariff and financial stability, he fought hard against foreign aggressive forces and achieved great results. score.
This is very rare in semi-colonial and semi-feudal China.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Yunnan was the rear area of ??the Anti-Japanese War and an important channel for obtaining international assistance.
At the end of 1937, Mr. Miao, on behalf of the Yunnan Provincial Government, negotiated with Myanmar to build the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and personally traveled between Myanmar and Yunnan to explore the terrain and urge the construction.
Thanks to the efforts of Yunnan, the highway was finally opened to traffic in early 1939.
He also negotiated with France on issues such as the import of arms and rice via the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, and did a lot of work to arrange the reception of the American Allied Forces entering Yunnan.
Mr. Miao Yuntai left a glorious mark in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.
Meteorological pioneer Chen Yide founded his own "Private Yide Meteorological Laboratory"
Thirdly, No. 83 Qianju Street is the residence of Mr. Chen Yide, a modern astronomer.
Chen Yide (1886-1958), whose original name was Bingren and whose courtesy name was Yide, was a native of Yanjin County, Zhaotong Prefecture. He was an international student in Belgium and majored in railways. He sold out the mining rights in Yunnan due to dissatisfaction with the Qing Dynasty. The speech was blocked.
In 1927, he founded his own "Private No. 1 Determination Institute" in Qianju Street, Kunming, and created the first "Kunming Star Map" and "Bu Tiangui".
In 1936, he was appointed director of Kunming Meteorological Observation Observatory.
Participated in the compilation of "New Yunnan General Chronicles", drew "Charts of Stars Seen in Yunnan", "Wind Direction Chart", "Distribution Map of Meteorological Elements", and compiled "Astronomical Examination", "Stars", "Meteorological Examination" ", "Premonition", "Cyclone", "Climate", "Phenology" and other chapters.
Chen Yide is a pioneer in modern meteorology, astronomy, and earthquake science in Yunnan.