I used to live at No.55 Dongsi wicker. Sha Li Qian was born into a poor family when he was young. Before graduating from primary school, he went to a cotton wholesale store as an apprentice. I studied hard in my spare time and was admitted to Shanghai University of Political Science and Law. After that, he transferred to Shanghai Law School, graduated from the Law Department of 1929, and soon became a lawyer with a good reputation. During 1936, 165438+ 10, seven leaders of the National Salvation Association, including Shen Junru, Zhang Naiqi, Zou Taofen, Shi Liang, Wang Zaoshi and Sha, were secretly arrested by the Kuomintang government, and were known as the "Seven Gentlemen" in history. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Sha actively participated in the national salvation movement and joined the China * * * Production Party in 1938. In order to facilitate work, political identity was not made public until 1980 42 years later. After the founding of New China, Sha occupied an important position and died in 1982. Sha's former residence is a building with three courtyards. During the Republic of China, this house used to be the residence of the tax Commissioner, so a sliding iron gate was added outside the gate to strengthen security. The appearance of the yard hasn't changed much, and even there is an iron gate at the door.

Shortly after the founding of New China, Ye Shengtao, a famous writer and educator, lived in No.71Hospital of Dongsi Batiao. Surrounded by flowers and plants, the courtyard has a pleasant environment. 1987, 87-year-old Bing Xin visited 93-year-old Ye Shengtao. Under the begonia, Bing Xin approached his ear and told him to take care. Someone took this rare and moving scene with a camera in time. The following year, Ye Shengtao died. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the population of Beijing dropped sharply due to years of war. At that time, "merchants didn't get together, the city scenery was still sparse", the traffic outside the city was difficult, and there were large open spaces everywhere in the city. Therefore, after the Ming court moved its capital to Beijing, in order to encourage industrial and commercial development, it successively built thousands of private houses and shops in important sections of the city, such as Daming Gate, Dong 'anmen, Xi 'anmen, Bei 'anmen, the Bell and Drum Tower in the inner city, Dongsi Pailou and Xisi Pailou, as well as Chaoyangmen, Andingmen, Xizhimen, Fuchengmen and Xuanwu Gate, and invited people to live.

Dongsi is located in the central area of the inner city, and its business is developed again. After Jishuitan stopped shipping in the Ming Dynasty, the goods from the south abandoned their ships at the canal docks in Zhangjiawan and Tongzhou, JD.COM, and were transported to Beijing by land instead of water. They entered the city from Chaoyangmen and were transported to all parts of the inner city. Dongsi is strategically located. Many JD.COM businessmen have to dine, shop or trade goods on both sides of the road from Chaoyangmen to Dongsi, which promotes the business prosperity here. The annual Lantern Festival held in the south of Dongsi in the Ming Dynasty also promoted the prosperity here.

On the opening day, merchants from all provinces in China gathered here to distribute all kinds of goods produced in various places, and even "rare goods can live, the bones of three generations and eight generations, five kinds of medicines for four people" are readily available.

At that time, in the west of Dongsi South Street, there were six imperial grain shops, namely Baohe, Heyuan, Shunning, Fude, Fuji and Baoyan, which were jointly operated by the emperor and eunuchs, specializing in groceries from customers and businessmen from all over the world. All these have promoted the commercial prosperity of Dongsi. In old Beijing, there is a saying that the richest people in the world in Beijing live in Dongcheng, so there are many well-funded shops and famous money houses near Dongsi, such as the famous four Hengqian Banks, Donghengzhao Pawnshop, Yong 'antang, Shuangjiang Pharmacy, Hongrentang Pharmacy, Hechang Paper Store, Dexiangyi Silk Shop, Jushoutang, Ruizhenhou, Luyuanchun and Bai Kui Old Restaurant. After 1949, Dongsi business circle has changed a lot. 195 1, using Long Fu Temple to open Dongsi People's Market; 1969, the whole temple was demolished and built into a shed-style shopping mall; 1977, building a four-story commercial building; Long Fu Building was finally completed at 1988. Many state-run shops have also been opened in Dongsi South, North and West Streets and Longfumiao Streets.

After the 1980s, a snack street with the flavor of one-stop temple fair was formed, with large shopping malls as the main body in South Street, fashion, household appliances and catering as the operating characteristics in North Street and individual shops in West Street. Before the arrival of the 2 1 century, the Beijing municipal government rebuilt and expanded the winding roads extending to the east and west into wide and straight streets in the Ming and Qing dynasties, named Ping 'an Street, making it the second auxiliary axis running through Beijing from east to west. The completion of Ping 'an Street has brought greater business opportunities to Dongsi District. Dongsi government is committed to the transformation of the old city and economic construction, trying to restore Dongsi's former prosperity.