The names of passenger ships are miscellaneous, and all of them have been changed to "Dongfanghong".
Friend, do you still remember the passenger ship "Dongfanghong" sailing day and night on the Yangtze River?
Before 1984, all passengers travelling between Chongqing and Shanghai by water must take the passenger ship "Dongfanghong". Because from June 25th, 1966, 165438, the passenger ship belonging to the Yangtze River Shipping Company was changed to "Dongfanghong" and named after it. Previously, most of the passenger ships sailing on the Yangtze River were named after the prefix "Jiang" or "Min", such as Jianghan, Jiangshun, Jiangya, Democracy, People, Folklore, etc ... When the name was changed, the "Dongfanghong" was within double digits and was generally a large long-distance passenger ship. The serial number is three digits, generally small and medium-sized short-distance passenger ships.
The three figures of the "Dongfanghong" series are divided according to the four branches of Changhang, and it can be seen from the figures which branch the ship belongs to. For example, the number of Chongqing Branch is "Dongfanghong1* *"; The number of Wuhan Branch is "Dongfanghong 2 * *"; Wuhu branch number is "Dongfanghong 3 * *"; The number of Shanghai branch is "Dongfanghong 4**" and so on.
1In the mid-1980s, China Three Gorges Corporation planned to start the Three Gorges Project, and Zhang Ji was ordered to investigate the submerged cultural relics in the Three Gorges reservoir area. The shuttle bus between Yichang and Chongqing is "Dongfanghong". In recent years, Zhang Ji was invited to compile the Shipping History of the Three Gorges for the publishing house. According to the information, it was learned that the famous passenger ship was renamed "Dongfanghong" that year. Now it is listed as follows:
The "democracy" ship was renamed "Dongfanghong1"; "Jianghan" was renamed "Dongfanghong No.2"; "Jiangxin" was renamed "Dongfanghong No.3"; "Jiangshun" was renamed "Dongfanghong No.4"; ..... Jiang 'an was renamed as Dongfanghong 10. ...
"Ren" was renamed as "Dongfanghong 31"; Jiangjin was renamed Dongfanghong 32; "Jiangrong" was renamed "Dongfanghong 33"; "Jiangling" was renamed "Dongfanghong 34"; Jianghu was renamed Dongfanghong 35; Jiangyin was renamed Dongfanghong 36; Jiangyang was renamed Dongfanghong 37. ...
There is a little-known historical fact:1955165438+1October 5th, the newly-built passenger ship "Jiangxia" arrived in Chongqing on its maiden voyage. Built by Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard, this passenger ship is 29.87m long and10m wide, and can carry 254 passengers.
On February 26th, 1958, Premier Zhou Enlai visited the Three Gorges on the Jiangxia. On March 29th of the same year, President Mao Zedong boarded the Jiangxia from Chongqing and inspected the Yangtze River downstream. This "Jiangxia" ship was later renamed "Dongfanghong".
1 980 July1day, Deng Xiaoping, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, took the Dongfanghong 32 ship to inspect the Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam under construction.
1In the autumn of 980, Shanghai Film Studio filmed a color feature film "Late Rain", and the Yangtze River Waterway Administration specially allocated "Dongfanghong 40" for special use. Most of the shots were shot in this round.
On July 1984 and 1 day, Changjiang Shipping Corporation decided to adopt a new name for its ship. All passenger ships numbered "Dongfanghong" are named after Jiangshen, Wujiang, Jianghan and Jiangyu, that is, the word after "Jiang X" indicates the Yangtze River shipping branch to which the ship belongs.
For example, "Jiang Shen" series belongs to Shanghai branch; "Wujiang" series belongs to Wuhu Branch; "Jianghan" series belongs to Wuhan branch; "Jiangyu" series belongs to Chongqing Branch.
Since then, people in the past years, the familiar "Oriental Red" of the Yangtze River has suddenly faded out of people's sight.
After 18 years of ups and downs, the "Dongfanghong" sailing the Yangtze River has disappeared from people's sight, but the memory of an era will never disappear. ...