Former site of Qiyan guild hall

Qiyan guild hall, Sanjiang guild hall and Guangdong guild hall are called the "three big guild halls" in the early days of Qingdao, which was initiated by Fu Bingzhao, President of Qingdao chamber of Commerce. The memorial service for the death of Sun Yat sen in 1925 and the May 30th Qingdao rally were held here. After Japan occupied Qingdao for the second time in January 1938, Qiyan guild hall was forcibly occupied by the Japanese army and renamed "Xingya club". After liberation, it used to be a naval Hostel, but now it is a naval station.

Former site of Qiyan guild hall

Qiyan guild hall is located at No.13 Guantao Road, Qingdao City, Shandong Province. "Guild hall" is a kind of social organization set up by fellow townspeople in Hakka areas since the Ming Dynasty. It appeared in the environment of traditional market economy expansion, population migration and frequent flow, and adapted to social changes. Qiyan Guildhall came into being with a large number of population flow and intense urbanization in Qingdao in the late Qing Dynasty, and gradually developed into a fellow Guildhall with the strongest economic strength and the largest number of businesses in Qingdao.

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After its establishment, it, together with Sanjiang Guildhall and Guangdong Guildhall, was called the "three Guildhall" in the early days of Qingdao. In fact, it was the three major Chinese business groups gathered in jiaoao concession. They had a decisive influence on the economic situation of jiaoao, Shandong and even the whole East China.

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The Qiyan guild hall was founded by Fu Bingzhao, President of Qingdao chamber of Commerce. Shandong businessmen in Qingdao at that time were also divided into three business groups: Huangxian, Yexian and Jimo. Fu was not only the leader of Huangxian, but also the representative of the whole Chinese business community. When the Qiyan guild hall was completed in 1907, both the German General Governor and the governor of Shandong attended the celebration. The couplets on both sides of the gate were put forward by Liu Tingchen, the Minister of the Ministry of education They are the people who lived in the cultural relics of rites and righteousness, who made the sea state be transformed together, and there are many people in Yan and Zhao dynasties who are generous and elegiac, and I come to Tiandao to ask about the heroes. " Although the confrontation is not neat, it has rich implications. The local consciousness and cultural confidence revealed in it are particularly valuable today. Later, Zhu Jie, manager of Chengtong, who was born in Tianjin, Hebei Province, joined in, so it was renamed "Qiyan guild hall" in 1922.

The memorial service for the death of Sun Yat sen in 1925 and the May 30th Qingdao rally were held here. After Japan occupied Qingdao for the second time in January 1938, Qiyan guild hall was forcibly occupied by the Japanese army and renamed "Xingya club". After liberation, it used to be a naval Hostel, but now it is a naval station.

Address: No.13 Guantao Road, Shibei District, Qingdao

Longitude: 120.320849

Latitude: 36.07788