The history of Zibo food street.

The name of the food street has undergone many changes. From the earliest "East-West Street" to "Commercial Street", then to "Shopping Mall West Street" and finally to "Food Street", although its name is constantly changing, the position of food street in Zibo business circle can never be ignored. Although the commercial map of Zibo has expanded a lot to the north and west, the food street is still an indispensable part of the commercial map of Zibo.

According to the book Huang Sang Ancient Rhyme, Zhangdian was originally named "Huang Sang Store", which was named after many yellow mulberry trees planted locally. In ancient times, Huang Sang Store was an important node on the official road connecting Jinan Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture. Due to the special geographical location, there are many horse-drawn carriages on the East and West Streets in Huang Sang. This east-west street is the earliest commercial center of Zhangdian and the predecessor of the food street.

Food street became the most important commercial center of Zhangdian in the 1960s or even earlier. "East-west food street, North-South Xi 'er Road, this is the most prosperous area of Zhangdian in that year." Geng Diangang recalled that as early as the 1970s, the business of the food street was already quite large. On the second day, the eighth day, the twelfth day, the eighteenth day, the twenty-second day and the twenty-eighth day of the lunar calendar, Zhangdian's big gathering always attracts vendors from all directions, which is the main place for Lao Zhang's shopkeepers to purchase daily necessities. From the intersection to the east, they mainly sell chickens and livestock, and there are many blacksmiths and tin cans at the intersection. They go west.

The historic change of food street took place in 199 1. When Zhangdian began to rebuild the old city, the food street also began to rebuild. According to the plan, there are two small buildings on both sides of the new food street. In order to rebuild the food street, four surrounding villages began to move. On September 4th of that year, the completion ceremony of the Food Street was held, which became a major event in Zhangdian District and even Zibo City. Yang Chengwu, former vice chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Zhao Zhihao, then deputy secretary of Shandong Provincial Party Committee and governor, attended the completion ceremony and cut the ribbon. At that time, the food street with a total construction area of 28,000 square meters and an investment of nearly 24 million yuan was the food cultural center in Zhangdian area. According to relevant people's memories, the food street was built to welcome the Tamia Liu Expo, so Zhangdian Daji was transformed into a rare food street in northern China. "At that time, the combination of Chinese and Western architecture, original sculptures, and north and south cuisine were sensational and famous."

199 1 year1kloc-0/month, Li Peng, then Premier of the State Council, accompanied by relevant leaders of Shandong Province, visited Zhangdian Food Street and praised it for doing a good job. This made many people in Zibo proud at that time. At that time, commercial enterprises and tertiary enterprises in Zhangdian District opened restaurants in the original site of Zhangdian Daji, forming a thriving snack culture and gradually establishing the status of a gourmet street.