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It has been 40 years since the reform and opening up, and the urban development and changes are never ending. Feng Huaizhi, a 77-year-old man, recorded the great changes in Haigang District, Qinhuangdao with 14 hand-drawn maps.
Feng Huaizhi is very proud of his hand-drawn maps. "Up to last year, I have drawn a total of 14 maps of Haigang District, there are traffic maps and administrative maps, each map is measured on the spot and drawn by myself", he said. On the hand-drawn maps, the urban area and green lands are brightly colored and the traffic route is clear and precise, and the places related to peoples’ daily life such as residential areas, schools, hospitals, work units, restaurants, hotels, and supermarkets are displayed on the maps.
Since 1993, Feng Huaizhi has begun to draw the maps. The first one is a simple map of Qinhuangdao before liberation drawn in his spare time, which took him more than a month with his memory of Qinhuangdao as a child.
After his retirement in 2001, Feng Huaizhi decided to draw a map of Haigang District of Qinhuangdao City. He “measured” all the streets and lanes wheeled on his bike. He recorded all the communities, work units, and bus stops on every street.
Feng Huaizhi, a faithful recorder of the small island city, is recording the great achievements of Qinhuangdao since the reform and opening up by his unique way of drawing the development track of Haigang District.
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