China News Service, Chongqing, July 15th title: "The Match King" raw material factory "rebirth" in Chongqing
Author Peng Guowei
Small blue brick exterior wall, Xieshan-style roof... Chongqing 18th Staircase West Jiefang Road, a building with a historical sense of quietly stands on the side of the road, echoing the centuries-old French consulate not far from the yellow exterior wall, letting Many pedestrians in the past can't help but look back.
In the early period of the Republic of China, the original site of the match raw material factory founded by the famous "match king" Liu Hongsheng was "reborn" in Chongqing some time ago after 1031 days of old repair. During the Anti-Japanese War, this match raw material factory played an important role in the economic development of the rear area and in supporting the Anti-Japanese War.
The whole building is three stories high. In order to restore the original appearance, the restoration team inquired a lot of historical data, and after countless plans scrutiny, finally decided to use the original materials on the old site and the original process to be restored as it is.
The picture shows the restored match raw material factory. Zhou Yishe
Standing by the wall, you can still feel the quaint blue brick atmosphere. "When we first took over, there were only broken walls left here." The staff of Guohao Real Estate (China) under repair said that the building at that time had no roof, only the more broken brick walls and brick columns, which had survived the wind and rain , Some bricks are severely weathered and crumbling.
He pointed at a blue brick road with the word "ancient". In the process of removing the residual wall, the team carefully removed each blue brick and then manually selected it, not only to clean the lime sand on the brick. It is also sorted according to the size, integrity and type of bricks, and then sorted and stacked to maximize the recovery and preservation of the original blue bricks. A total of 1475 blue bricks were recovered, and finally all of them were used for building reconstruction.
According to reports, due to the loss of the recovered blue bricks, which could not meet the amount of building restoration, the restoration team found a well-known national expert, and by reference and comparison, selected the most suitable material of "bloodline" for new construction.
The picture shows the centuries-old French consulate not far from the match raw material factory. Zhou Yishe
Entering the match factory, behind the entire mirror wall on the first floor, is an immersive experience hall. When the wall slowly opens, a visual feast through time is presented. The 1.33-meter shaped LED in the middle and the wall The LED screen echoes, combined with the combination of sound, light and electricity, to build a 3D world that is also illusory and true, letting people experience history and present on the scene.
At the end of the viewing, the immersive experience pavilion has automatically rotated to the third floor unconsciously. Moving out, an electric foldable staircase slowly stretched to the foot, connecting the double-layer space from the wine and cigar bar to the private banquet hall.
During the period, the restoration team combined with the information and pictures found in the archives, and found the descendants of the old craftsmen of the match factory. After many rounds of research and testing, they perfectly copied the "top lion ball" brand matches at that time.