山海关的城市记忆

The City Memory of Shanhaiguan

山海关古城独特的地理位置,不仅使它成为历史上的军事重镇,也曾是临榆县的政治经济文化中心和物资集散地。胡同,小巷是市民居住区,连接着北方的典型四合院,青砖灰瓦,红柱绿窗,亲切宜人。东,西大街和南大街铺面建筑林立,形成为山海关古老的步行商业街,开放式的柴禾市农贸集市,使城内的繁荣景色更添光彩。关城历史上重要的公共建筑有兵部分司署山海镇总兵府等。由于受儒家思想的伦理道德和宗教礼制的影响,城内曾建有先师庙(孔庙)、三清观,清真寺等十余座寺祠庙;建有"维藩首善坊""节制四镇坊""进士坊"等40余座牌坊。这些从一个侧面反映了当时的社会组成、生活方式和宗教信仰等情况,是研究历史文化的重要史料。

Owing to its unique geographical location,the old city of Shanhaiguan became not only the military fortress town in history but also the political,economic,cultural and material distribution center of Linyu County. Alleys and lanes connect the northern typical courtyard which were built with cyan bricks,gray tiles,red pillars and green windows,extending visiters the most pleasant welcome.The east,west and south streets are all decorated with storefront buildings which form the ancient commercial pedestrian streets in Shanhaiguan City.The farmers'market,which was built in the open-shield style in Chaihe City,brightens up the prosperity of the city.The significant public constructions in the history of Guan City include the Branch Department of Soldiers,the General-Soldier House of Shanhai Town,and so on.There used to be more than 10 temples, such as'The Confucian Temple','Sanqing Taoist Temple','Mosque'and other shrines and temples due to the influence of the ethics and patriarchal clan system belonging to the Confucian school thoughts.More than 40 toriis such as'The Torii of Defending Frontiers','The Torii of Governing 4 Towns' Military Affairs',and'The Torii of Scholars'and so on were built in Shanhaiguan City,which reflects the structure of the society, lifestyle,religious belief at that time from a certain perspective and was regarded as the important historical data to study history and culture.