Ming-Qing Old Street

　　The Ming-Qing Old Street was first constructed in the fifth year of the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty (1727). By the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924), commerce here had flourished to its zenith, with over a thousand businesses and handicraft workshops, and total capital exceeding five million taels of silver. As a result, the county town of Huangyuan, also known as “Dan’ga’er,” gained provincial fame as the “Commercial Capital by the Sea.” Commerce thrived, attracting merchants from dozens of countries such as Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, who established foreign firms here. Even during the 1950s and 1960s, it remained the main commercial district of Huangyuan County.