Xi'an, known as the ancient capital during the ancient dynasties and the starting point of the Silk Road, has the reputation of "Oriental Palace". This royal city has been changed a lot but still shine for unique style.

Have you ever noticed the rapid development of Xi'an?

           

Old Steel Factory  

There are such a group of old Xi'an people, their pride and dreams, given to the old gears of the factory. That is the industrial memory of Xi'an, the old steel factory in 1958, which witnessed the industrialization transformation of the whole city.

           

The old steel factory in the 1980s was the peak of Xi'an industrial production. In 1988, the old steel plant was shut down, and the abandoned factory was no longer able to roar. The hot scene of "iron burning" in the iron and steel generation came to an abrupt end, leaving only the empty factory to tell about the "burning passion" of the past.

        

Old steel factory has been transformed into a design creative park.

                                  

The pickling pool here has been transformed into a waterscape and abandoned old parts have been made into art works. Half a century later, the old steel factory is infected by contemporary creative and innovative elements, and its story has just begun.

The change of the old steel factory is not only the work, but also the change of life for people. The glory of a generation are stored in the momories, gradually giving birth to new hope.

Dahua1935  

In Xi'an, there is such a place, like an unpolished pearl lost in the dust, in the downtown without losing quiet, here is Xi'an 's earliest modern textile factory-Dahua Factory.

            

         

The mottled walls vaguely flowed with the brilliance of the time when they were built here. The simple and smooth panes of the lines produced a variety of light and shadow under the refraction of light from different angles, becoming the most beautiful indentation.

        

In Dahua 1935 Museum, women spinner is using machine tools, which brings you back to the 1930s.

                      

Dahua factory has added modernist design elements after it was rebuilt in 2011.

                                

Dahua 1935 is now a large comprehensive cultural center covering Museum, theater, art exhibition, boutique hotel, restaurant, shopping block and so on.

Retro Vintage Exhibition

Vintage are like silent witnesses of time. Even though they have been dusty for many years, it evokes the past in your mind when you see it at the first time.

           

Brown and red wood furniture, insulated electric kettle, black and white TV, each piece of furniture display seems to let you go back.

           

At that time, electronic technology was underdeveloped, and we were always interested in various versions of magazines and comic books.

           

The iron tricycle was a must for childhood, and the happiness at that time was always so simple.

           

Various kinds of winding toys also carry the childhood fun of Chinese children.

      

In 1975, every body had an enamel jars.

             

The ancient Seagull camera is very precious, it is the only way to keep the memory of that era.

           

Ice Peak is still popular in Xi'an today.

The city river used to be lively. People gathered around to fish to spend a leisure time.

           

A park has been built around the citywall.

           

The blue trams are the classic memories.

           

With the development of science and technology and the popularization of environmental protection concept, Xi'an has gradually popularized the new energy bus.

           

The TV tower in the 1980s has become the symbol of Xi'an City.

         

Today, it adds a scrolling LED screen, which is still dazzling.

                                

In the early 1980s, when bicycles were riding slowly on the south street of Xi'an, people might not have thought of its prosperity today, and now people may not be unaware of its vicissitudes of life.

           

In the past 40 years, the clothing, food, housing and transportation have changed dramatically. In 2018, Xi'an was approved as a "National Central City", which has become a new milestone!

Pic From Internet