South Gate: South Gate is the first key word that Zhongshan Road must mention. Zhongshan Road, bounded by the intersection with South Ring Road, is divided into south section and north section. The northern section of Zhongshan Road, according to the "old Nanning" who lives in Zhongshan Road, was originally called South Gate. This title began in the Ming and Qing Dynasties; The intersection of the South Gate and the present South Ring Road is called the South Gate, which is now the southern section of Zhongshan Road. Originally called Nanmenwai, it was also called Caoxie Street, and now many old people still call it that. In the 1920s, when the South Gate was named Zhongshan Road, it did not include the South Gate. It was not until 1952 that the government "merged" the South Gate and called it Zhongshan Road. The history of Zhongshan Road and its relationship with the South Gate should start from the Ming Dynasty.
Before the Ming Dynasty, Nanning City was rebuilt in the third year of Song Yuanfeng (1080). The original city of Nanning was destroyed by the invasion of Jiaodi (present-day Vietnam) on the 11th day of the first month of the ninth year of Song Xining (1076). After reconstruction, there were seven city gates, which were reduced to five after expansion and maintenance: Chaotianmen. In the Yuan Dynasty, Nanning was mainly maintained on the basis of Song Cheng. Because of frequent wars, there was basically no new construction.
In the Ming Dynasty, Nanning had relatively stable society, great economic development and increased population. Known as "Little Nanjing" in history (a brief introduction to Guangdong and Guangxi in Ming Dynasty), the urban area expanded compared with that in Song Dynasty, and it crossed the Song Cheng city wall and developed to the western and southern suburbs outside the city wall. It was not until the thirtieth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1602) that the South Gate was finally opened on the wall at the junction of Zhongshan Road and South Ring Road, so it was called the South Gate. At that time, the wall south of Nanning was near the north bank of Yongjiang Bridge between the South Ring Road and Jiangbei Avenue (Qianjiangbin Road). Now, the northern section of Zhongshan Road is about several hundred meters from the south gate to the urban area, and there is access when there is a door. (Lu Xun's language), this section of the road is named "South Gate" because it is connected with the South Gate. This also explains why the southern section of Zhongshan Road was originally called outside the South Gate-it was built outside the South Gate.
The situation was turbulent in the late Ming Dynasty, and the south gate was blocked. It was not until the tenth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (167 1) that the south gate was reopened. In the 24th year of Kangxi (1685), seven arch bridges were built with stones in the moat outside the South Gate (located in the middle section of Zhongshan Road), and the South Gate Tower was rebuilt in the 4th year of Guangxu (1878).
1927, south gate demolition; 1930 Demolition of the 2000-meter-long fence from the South Gate to Guanyin Pavilion (now the west side of Nanning Telecom Building); After 193 1 year, the demolition work was intermittent, and it was not until the early liberation of 1950 that all the broken walls were demolished. At this point, the south gate disappeared completely, and only the south gate vegetable market in the northern section of Zhongshan Road inherited and witnessed this historical change in daily life.