Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
Beijing Daxing International Airport flight verification is coming soon, and Beijing's second international airport will be officially opened before 30 September 2019. China United Airlines will move operations overnight from Beijing Nanyuan Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, which means that Nanyuan Airport will bid farewell to the civil aviation stage.
History of Beijing Nanyuan Airport
Back in time to the capital of July 1907, more than ten kilometers south of Yongdingmen, the Qing government built a simple runway for the take-off and landing of planes in the playground of the Nanyuan Town, which is the first in modern Chinese history. The name of China's first civilian airport, Nanyuan Airport, was derived from the town name.
The terminal building of Nanyuan Airport is not high, and the appearance looks traditional. The powerful four-character “Beijing Nanyuan” on the upper floor of the terminal highlights the history of the airport.
Along the Nanyuan Airport terminal building, walk through a small arch bridge, a "four courtyard" full of northern residential features will be displayed. A pair of stone lions "stayed in front of the door", two Zhuhong doors open to the left and right, a huge shadow wall blocked the line of sight. The lacquer on the facade has been somewhat mottled, and the plaque with the book "Yuxiang Hotel" is hung on the threshold.
"The grass and trees here are all planted by my colleagues. The spring and summer gardens are good to see and the flowers bloom. Even the stone roads are smooth and clean many times," 74-year-old Zhang Bingcheng said. He was the general manager of “Yuxiang Hotel” before he retired. He worked here for 12 years.
The history of Yuxiang Hotel can be traced back to 1906, when the sixth army of the Beiyang Army was stationed in Bingnanyuan, and the barracks were built on the base of the original Shenji camp. In 1921, Feng Yuxiang refurbished the original building and set the headquarters here.
In 1990, Beijing announced that Yuxiang Hotel was a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit. The official name was “the former site of the Nanyuan Barracks Command”. The barracks were not originally called "Yuxiang". These two characters were the officers and soldiers of Nanyuanchang station in the past to commemorate the word "Yuxiang" in Feng Yuxiang's name. They also took the homophonic "Yuxiang". In addition, there were often air force planes flying at Nanyuan Airport. In the blue sky, the officers and men of the station took the meaning of "flying in the universe."
The barracks buildings are all single-story brick and wood structures arranged in rows, which are traditional hard mountain styles, and the doors and windows are Western-style. "Look at the murals above the corridor, all of which were carefully crafted by craftsmen. The entire yard has more than 2,400 murals, each of which is an allusion." With the direction of Zhang Bingcheng's fingers, the reporter saw the corridors wandering around. The barracks will be surrounded by them.
The barracks were divided into five rows. The first four rows were soldiers' barracks. The last one was Feng Yuxiang's headquarters. In the war years, the soldiers' barracks were destroyed by artillery and then rebuilt according to the original appearance. Soldiers’ barracks have their own names, namely “Wisteria Garden”, “Magnolia Garden”, “Rose Garden” and “Three Friends”. When the reporter interviewed, it was winter, and the flowers and trees in the park were somewhat degraded, but the thick wisteria branches still hovered along the pergola.
Dai Lin, a member of the VIP Center of the China United Airlines Service Department, is another interpreter. He is not very old, but he has an inexplicable affection for Nanyuan Airport, especially the “Yuxiang Hotel”. Under the guidance of Dai Lin, the reporter came to the "Yuxiang Hotel" in front of a Gothic building. Here is the command post of General Feng Yuxiang to launch the "Beijing Coup". The four characters of the "Military Command" are still clearly visible. Previously, the name here was called "Army Review Office."
The building was built right in front of the headquarters, but it used to be a shooting range.
Dai Lin said, "In 1924, this was a small parade ground. General Feng Yuxiang was here to parade."
The book on the wall of the building in front of the barracks has two characters of "progress". According to the explanations of later generations, it can be understood as 'a little more progress every day'."
Airport construction begins in 1907, earlier than its counterparts in the United States and Japan
During the Qing Dynasty, Nanyuan was originally a royal hunting ground close to the capital. It has a large area and is surrounded by earthen walls. Many animals are stocked in the garden. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, floods occurred in the suburbs of Beijing. Floods flooded from the Yongding River rushed through the earthen walls of Nanyuan. The animals in the garden that scattered were birds and beasts. The royal hunting ground was abandoned, and Nanyuan was replaced by him. It became the resident and training ground of the Qing army. Afterwards, it gradually developed into a reading place, and the sixth town of Beiyang Army stationed here.
In 1904, two small planes from France carried out an air show at the Nanyuan School, which was the first take-off and landing aircraft on Chinese land.
In a book edited by Nanyuanchang Station, the history of Nanyuan Airport was also recorded in detail: In July 1907, the Qing government initially built a simple runway for the take-off and landing of planes in the Yijun Yijun playground, which marked China's first airport born in modern history. Correspondingly, the earliest military airport in the United States was built in 1909, and Japan's first military airport was built in 1911.
Since 1907, Nanyuan, the former suburb of the capital city, has been moving forward in the aviation field.
In August 1910, Liu Zuocheng and Li Baozhen, who were studying in Japan, made planes in Japan. Due to limited use of the venue, it was difficult to conduct test flights. Hu Weide, the Japanese embassy, funded their return to China. After Liu Zuocheng and Li Baozhen returned to China, they accepted the appointment of the Qing government and began trial production of the aircraft.
Subsequently, the Qing government allocated a number of funds to build an aircraft test plant in the Nanyuan Yudian Yijun playground. This was the first time that China was sponsored by a government-sponsored aircraft. The factory that was set up in Nanyuan became the first China aviation factory. In 1911, under the leadership of Ai Xinjue Luo and Zao Tao, China's earliest aircraft research institute was formally established. The site was located at Dahongmen, Nanyuan, Beijing.
China Aerospace starts here
Aviation expert Fu Sentinel introduced that in September 1913, the first formal aviation school in Chinese history was established in Beijing Nanyuan. “The enrollment targets of Nanyuan Aviation School are mainly for active military personnel, such as graduates from relevant schools in the land and navy, and in the land, naval organs and military units under the age of 25-30. The first flight students are recruited. 50. The admission criteria are quite strict. On the basis of the selection and recommendation of military units, the aviation school will also conduct physical examinations for them. Those who pass the medical examinations will be eligible to take the examinations. Finally, only those examinations will be achieved. The requested person will be accepted."
Fu Sentinel said that the training rules and procedures of flight students have been basically determined 100 years ago. Nanyuan Aviation School divides the education training of flight students into two categories: "discipline" and "surgery". It is quite scientific and positioning. It is worth mentioning that the Nanyuan Aviation School Repairing Factory, which was established during the Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty, later evolved into the first rocket assembly plant in modern China in the 1950s.
It can be said that all China’s aviation and aerospace industries started from Nanyuan Airport.
China United Airlines is founded in Nanyuan Airport
In 1984, in order to meet the economic needs of “opening up to the outside world and invigorating the inside”, China Aviation Transportation Corporation was formally established, which is the predecessor of China United Airlines. As the first airport in Chinese history, Beijing Nanyuan Airport has also ushered in the new mission of “serving the people through communication and transportation”.
In December 1986, China United Airlines was formally established and then placed under the administration of the Air Force. During this period, China United Airlines opened 31 branches across the country, and opened a number of revolutionary old areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas and other routes. It has formed an air transportation and service network connecting the north and south of Beijing Nanyuan Airport and connecting east and west.
In 2005, China United Airlines was reorganized into Shanghai Airlines and China Aviation Materials, and first launched its flight to Wuxi. In 2010, China United Airlines officially joined China Eastern Airlines in the transformation, and announced in 2014 that it will transform into a popular economy airline and become the first state-owned low-cost carrier.
The history and development of Nanyuan Airport also attracts young people to work here.
Cheng Yun, general manager of China United Airlines Service Quality Management Department, was one of the fourth crew members recruited by the Air Force in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province in the 1990s. During the interview, Cheng Yun brought two thick albums to the reporters.
In 1992, Cheng Yun, who had just finished the college entrance examination, inadvertently saw the recruitment information of a flight attendant in a newspaper in the newspaper. Cheng Yun, who was waiting for the results of the college entrance examination, decided to sign up for a test. It’s no exaggeration to describe the recruitment scene of the year with “one thousand miles to pick one”. “The first interview is to examine the image, temperament and language expression of the candidate. The interview is handled by the Wuxi Municipal Labor Bureau. The Air Force’s interview.” The sweet and affable Cheng Cheng quickly emerged from the number of candidates and successfully entered the next round of interviews. Cheng Yun said that only 30 people left the next round of interviews, and eventually 5 were selected. He is one of them. On 26 September 1992, high school graduate Cheng Yun came to Beijing Air China Training Center to attend flight attendant training and became the first users of Air China simulator. Two months later, Cheng Yun finally became a flight attendant and realized his dream of blue sky.
Recalling the experience of being a flight attendant in the past, Cheng Yun’s words revealed his pride. He said, “I flew over Tu-154, the 'Trident' passenger plane, and the An-24, all of which were made by Soviet-made planes. But the comfort is much worse than the aircraft made by Boeing and Airbus. The most uncomfortable thing is that the Soviet-style aircraft can't use the air-conditioning system when it is on the passengers. Only after the take-off can the air conditioner start. Hot, but there is no way, the Soviet-style aircraft is like this, the air-conditioning system is not good, and the smell of kerosene is particularly large, so there are more passengers in the airsickness than at the time."
In Cheng Yun's view, in addition to the poor comfort of the aircraft in the early years, the configuration of the aircraft cabin is comparable to the present. "The first class was in the rear cabin. There were desks, private rooms and beds. Passengers entered the cabin from the rear cabin. First class.” At that time, it was a special thing to travel by plane. The airlines also prepared a lot of gifts for the passengers, such as small bags with airline logo and beautifully made tablecloths.
"Nanyuan will get better and better no matter how it changes."
Looking at the plane that is constantly taking off and landing at Nanyuan Airport, Zhang Bingcheng is very emotional. "You see how good the apron is now. In the winter, there are snow removal vehicles. Before the snow was cleared at Nanyuan Airport, it was all by people. When he was still working in the army in the early years, Zhang Bingcheng was responsible for the logistics of Nanyuan Station. Although he did not have direct contact with the aircraft, logistics was also a very important position in his mind. "When it was snowing, all our officers and men took the broom and rushed to the apron to sweep the snow. When the number of flights was heavy, the snow-sweeping task would be heavy. If the snow were not cleared, the flight would be a big sloppy problem".
One year, at the unit party, Zhang Bingcheng casually edited a song with the song "Xiao Cao". Today, Zhang Bingcheng still remembers it. "It is higher than the runway, there is no office building, we are all outfields. A small grass, never lonely, a little trouble, mainly because the problem is important, and the problem can not stand. The field warriors are thinking about safety first."
Since 1978, Zhang Bingcheng has worked and lived in Nanyuan for 41 years. He has a burning enthusiasm for Nanyuan. "People always say that 'the home is unforgettable'. My hometown is in Wenshui, Shanxi, but I dedicated my best life to Nanyuan, and Nanyuan is my second hometown."
Nanyuan Airport is about to complete its historical mission of civil aviation transportation, but Zhang Bingcheng’s life circle is still here. For the future, he did not think too much. "I am now supporting the world, no matter how Nanyuan changes, I believe it will get better and better."
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
Beijing Daxing International Airport flight verification is coming soon, and Beijing's second international airport will be officially opened before 30 September 2019. China United Airlines will move operations overnight from Beijing Nanyuan Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, which means that Nanyuan Airport will bid farewell to the civil aviation stage.
History of Beijing Nanyuan Airport
Back in time to the capital of July 1907, more than ten kilometers south of Yongdingmen, the Qing government built a simple runway for the take-off and landing of planes in the playground of the Nanyuan Town, which is the first in modern Chinese history. The name of China's first civilian airport, Nanyuan Airport, was derived from the town name.
The terminal building of Nanyuan Airport is not high, and the appearance looks traditional. The powerful four-character “Beijing Nanyuan” on the upper floor of the terminal highlights the history of the airport.
Along the Nanyuan Airport terminal building, walk through a small arch bridge, a "four courtyard" full of northern residential features will be displayed. A pair of stone lions "stayed in front of the door", two Zhuhong doors open to the left and right, a huge shadow wall blocked the line of sight. The lacquer on the facade has been somewhat mottled, and the plaque with the book "Yuxiang Hotel" is hung on the threshold.
"The grass and trees here are all planted by my colleagues. The spring and summer gardens are good to see and the flowers bloom. Even the stone roads are smooth and clean many times," 74-year-old Zhang Bingcheng said. He was the general manager of “Yuxiang Hotel” before he retired. He worked here for 12 years.
The history of Yuxiang Hotel can be traced back to 1906, when the sixth army of the Beiyang Army was stationed in Bingnanyuan, and the barracks were built on the base of the original Shenji camp. In 1921, Feng Yuxiang refurbished the original building and set the headquarters here.
In 1990, Beijing announced that Yuxiang Hotel was a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit. The official name was “the former site of the Nanyuan Barracks Command”. The barracks were not originally called "Yuxiang". These two characters were the officers and soldiers of Nanyuanchang station in the past to commemorate the word "Yuxiang" in Feng Yuxiang's name. They also took the homophonic "Yuxiang". In addition, there were often air force planes flying at Nanyuan Airport. In the blue sky, the officers and men of the station took the meaning of "flying in the universe."
The barracks buildings are all single-story brick and wood structures arranged in rows, which are traditional hard mountain styles, and the doors and windows are Western-style. "Look at the murals above the corridor, all of which were carefully crafted by craftsmen. The entire yard has more than 2,400 murals, each of which is an allusion." With the direction of Zhang Bingcheng's fingers, the reporter saw the corridors wandering around. The barracks will be surrounded by them.
The barracks were divided into five rows. The first four rows were soldiers' barracks. The last one was Feng Yuxiang's headquarters. In the war years, the soldiers' barracks were destroyed by artillery and then rebuilt according to the original appearance. Soldiers’ barracks have their own names, namely “Wisteria Garden”, “Magnolia Garden”, “Rose Garden” and “Three Friends”. When the reporter interviewed, it was winter, and the flowers and trees in the park were somewhat degraded, but the thick wisteria branches still hovered along the pergola.
Dai Lin, a member of the VIP Center of the China United Airlines Service Department, is another interpreter. He is not very old, but he has an inexplicable affection for Nanyuan Airport, especially the “Yuxiang Hotel”. Under the guidance of Dai Lin, the reporter came to the "Yuxiang Hotel" in front of a Gothic building. Here is the command post of General Feng Yuxiang to launch the "Beijing Coup". The four characters of the "Military Command" are still clearly visible. Previously, the name here was called "Army Review Office."
The building was built right in front of the headquarters, but it used to be a shooting range.
Dai Lin said, "In 1924, this was a small parade ground. General Feng Yuxiang was here to parade."
The book on the wall of the building in front of the barracks has two characters of "progress". According to the explanations of later generations, it can be understood as 'a little more progress every day'."
Airport construction begins in 1907, earlier than its counterparts in the United States and Japan
During the Qing Dynasty, Nanyuan was originally a royal hunting ground close to the capital. It has a large area and is surrounded by earthen walls. Many animals are stocked in the garden. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, floods occurred in the suburbs of Beijing. Floods flooded from the Yongding River rushed through the earthen walls of Nanyuan. The animals in the garden that scattered were birds and beasts. The royal hunting ground was abandoned, and Nanyuan was replaced by him. It became the resident and training ground of the Qing army. Afterwards, it gradually developed into a reading place, and the sixth town of Beiyang Army stationed here.
In 1904, two small planes from France carried out an air show at the Nanyuan School, which was the first take-off and landing aircraft on Chinese land.
In a book edited by Nanyuanchang Station, the history of Nanyuan Airport was also recorded in detail: In July 1907, the Qing government initially built a simple runway for the take-off and landing of planes in the Yijun Yijun playground, which marked China's first airport born in modern history. Correspondingly, the earliest military airport in the United States was built in 1909, and Japan's first military airport was built in 1911.
Since 1907, Nanyuan, the former suburb of the capital city, has been moving forward in the aviation field.
In August 1910, Liu Zuocheng and Li Baozhen, who were studying in Japan, made planes in Japan. Due to limited use of the venue, it was difficult to conduct test flights. Hu Weide, the Japanese embassy, funded their return to China. After Liu Zuocheng and Li Baozhen returned to China, they accepted the appointment of the Qing government and began trial production of the aircraft.
Subsequently, the Qing government allocated a number of funds to build an aircraft test plant in the Nanyuan Yudian Yijun playground. This was the first time that China was sponsored by a government-sponsored aircraft. The factory that was set up in Nanyuan became the first China aviation factory. In 1911, under the leadership of Ai Xinjue Luo and Zao Tao, China's earliest aircraft research institute was formally established. The site was located at Dahongmen, Nanyuan, Beijing.
China Aerospace starts here
Aviation expert Fu Sentinel introduced that in September 1913, the first formal aviation school in Chinese history was established in Beijing Nanyuan. “The enrollment targets of Nanyuan Aviation School are mainly for active military personnel, such as graduates from relevant schools in the land and navy, and in the land, naval organs and military units under the age of 25-30. The first flight students are recruited. 50. The admission criteria are quite strict. On the basis of the selection and recommendation of military units, the aviation school will also conduct physical examinations for them. Those who pass the medical examinations will be eligible to take the examinations. Finally, only those examinations will be achieved. The requested person will be accepted."
Fu Sentinel said that the training rules and procedures of flight students have been basically determined 100 years ago. Nanyuan Aviation School divides the education training of flight students into two categories: "discipline" and "surgery". It is quite scientific and positioning. It is worth mentioning that the Nanyuan Aviation School Repairing Factory, which was established during the Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty, later evolved into the first rocket assembly plant in modern China in the 1950s.
It can be said that all China’s aviation and aerospace industries started from Nanyuan Airport.
China United Airlines is founded in Nanyuan Airport
In 1984, in order to meet the economic needs of “opening up to the outside world and invigorating the inside”, China Aviation Transportation Corporation was formally established, which is the predecessor of China United Airlines. As the first airport in Chinese history, Beijing Nanyuan Airport has also ushered in the new mission of “serving the people through communication and transportation”.
In December 1986, China United Airlines was formally established and then placed under the administration of the Air Force. During this period, China United Airlines opened 31 branches across the country, and opened a number of revolutionary old areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas and other routes. It has formed an air transportation and service network connecting the north and south of Beijing Nanyuan Airport and connecting east and west.
In 2005, China United Airlines was reorganized into Shanghai Airlines and China Aviation Materials, and first launched its flight to Wuxi. In 2010, China United Airlines officially joined China Eastern Airlines in the transformation, and announced in 2014 that it will transform into a popular economy airline and become the first state-owned low-cost carrier.
The history and development of Nanyuan Airport also attracts young people to work here.
Cheng Yun, general manager of China United Airlines Service Quality Management Department, was one of the fourth crew members recruited by the Air Force in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province in the 1990s. During the interview, Cheng Yun brought two thick albums to the reporters.
In 1992, Cheng Yun, who had just finished the college entrance examination, inadvertently saw the recruitment information of a flight attendant in a newspaper in the newspaper. Cheng Yun, who was waiting for the results of the college entrance examination, decided to sign up for a test. It’s no exaggeration to describe the recruitment scene of the year with “one thousand miles to pick one”. “The first interview is to examine the image, temperament and language expression of the candidate. The interview is handled by the Wuxi Municipal Labor Bureau. The Air Force’s interview.” The sweet and affable Cheng Cheng quickly emerged from the number of candidates and successfully entered the next round of interviews. Cheng Yun said that only 30 people left the next round of interviews, and eventually 5 were selected. He is one of them. On 26 September 1992, high school graduate Cheng Yun came to Beijing Air China Training Center to attend flight attendant training and became the first users of Air China simulator. Two months later, Cheng Yun finally became a flight attendant and realized his dream of blue sky.
Recalling the experience of being a flight attendant in the past, Cheng Yun’s words revealed his pride. He said, “I flew over Tu-154, the 'Trident' passenger plane, and the An-24, all of which were made by Soviet-made planes. But the comfort is much worse than the aircraft made by Boeing and Airbus. The most uncomfortable thing is that the Soviet-style aircraft can't use the air-conditioning system when it is on the passengers. Only after the take-off can the air conditioner start. Hot, but there is no way, the Soviet-style aircraft is like this, the air-conditioning system is not good, and the smell of kerosene is particularly large, so there are more passengers in the airsickness than at the time."
In Cheng Yun's view, in addition to the poor comfort of the aircraft in the early years, the configuration of the aircraft cabin is comparable to the present. "The first class was in the rear cabin. There were desks, private rooms and beds. Passengers entered the cabin from the rear cabin. First class.” At that time, it was a special thing to travel by plane. The airlines also prepared a lot of gifts for the passengers, such as small bags with airline logo and beautifully made tablecloths.
"Nanyuan will get better and better no matter how it changes."
Looking at the plane that is constantly taking off and landing at Nanyuan Airport, Zhang Bingcheng is very emotional. "You see how good the apron is now. In the winter, there are snow removal vehicles. Before the snow was cleared at Nanyuan Airport, it was all by people. When he was still working in the army in the early years, Zhang Bingcheng was responsible for the logistics of Nanyuan Station. Although he did not have direct contact with the aircraft, logistics was also a very important position in his mind. "When it was snowing, all our officers and men took the broom and rushed to the apron to sweep the snow. When the number of flights was heavy, the snow-sweeping task would be heavy. If the snow were not cleared, the flight would be a big sloppy problem".
One year, at the unit party, Zhang Bingcheng casually edited a song with the song "Xiao Cao". Today, Zhang Bingcheng still remembers it. "It is higher than the runway, there is no office building, we are all outfields. A small grass, never lonely, a little trouble, mainly because the problem is important, and the problem can not stand. The field warriors are thinking about safety first."
Since 1978, Zhang Bingcheng has worked and lived in Nanyuan for 41 years. He has a burning enthusiasm for Nanyuan. "People always say that 'the home is unforgettable'. My hometown is in Wenshui, Shanxi, but I dedicated my best life to Nanyuan, and Nanyuan is my second hometown."
Nanyuan Airport is about to complete its historical mission of civil aviation transportation, but Zhang Bingcheng’s life circle is still here. For the future, he did not think too much. "I am now supporting the world, no matter how Nanyuan changes, I believe it will get better and better."
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