Historical Change from Monochrome to Color: The Long Lost Past of Beijing Brothers

People always say that high-rise buildings and food culture have recorded the historical development and changes of Beijing, but they don't know that there is another profession that has also recorded the development of Beijing. What I want to talk about today is the "brothers" in Beijing. In other words, due to the current epidemic, the income of "brothers" has dropped sharply, but the former "brothers" in Beijing are very enviable occupations.

Affected by the epidemic, I did nothing at home and brushed a hit drama. Among them, Lincoln is the "elite lawyer" of royal cars, "Anjia" of Buick chartered cars, and "New World" with many classic cars. Today we are going to talk about taxis in the "New World". The boldest person in the "new world" is Xu Tian. Although it is said on the Internet that people in Xu Tian are like fools and reckless people are not like policemen, it is understandable that they are a few owners of human car dealers.

Sorry, it's a bit far-fetched ... I actually want to say that the earliest "brothers" in Beijing were "rickshaws". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, rickshaws flowed from Tianjin to Beijing, but rickshaws first spread from Japan to China, so they were called Oriental rickshaws. According to historical statistics, by the early 1920s, there were 75 rickshaw shops in Beijing, renting 93 rickshaw factories, and there were about 300 rickshaw factories in the suburbs outside the city. Among them, most rickshaws are made by the "Xifuxing" foreign car shop in Hufangqiao, but except for the owners and drivers who own their own cars, most of them are rented from the car factory to make a living. People like "Xiangzi" in the play are the earliest in Beijing. Each of their cars is divided into two shifts, day and night. The two classes are divided according to the opening and closing time of the city gate. The day shift is about 6: 00 am to 6: 00 pm, and the rest of the time is night shift. From this point of view, it is similar to the current "brother" in Beijing.

Back to modern times, in the 1990s, the word "yellow-faced woman" was believed to be a lot of childhood memories of the post-80s and even some post-90s, among which "Tianjin Dafa" and "Songhua River" were the most classic, and these taxis all had a yellow painting feature. Although people nicknamed them "locusts", they are very popular and practical, and moving is not a problem. Of course, it is also very cheap. The starting price 10 yuan, 1 0km, 1 km and then increase1yuan.

With the improvement of people's living standards and the implementation of 1994 emergency measures to control air pollution in Beijing, this economic and practical "yellow face" is gradually replaced by pure red Li Xia, Fukang and Jetta. Compared with the "yellow-faced car", this kind of car highlights the comfort of the car and greatly improves the safety. By 1998, after the "yellow-faced woman" completely withdrew from the Beijing taxi market, the taxi price was unified at 65,438+0.2 yuan per kilometer in Li Xia and 65,438+0.6 yuan per kilometer in Fukang and Jetta.

It is understood that although Li Xia is only 4 cents away from Fukang and Jetta, its comfort is quite different. Because there is no air conditioner in Li Xia, although heavy clothes can solve the problem of keeping out the cold in winter, I'm afraid it can't be solved by a fan in summer. It's hard to imagine how the taxi driver master who makes a living came here. For the relatively expensive Fukang and Jetta, these two taxis are not only comfortable to ride, but also air-conditioned. At that time, people with some money were more willing to spend a few cents and wait a little longer to take Fukang and Jetta.

In 2005, in order to welcome the Beijing Olympic Games, the Beijing Municipal Government decided to reshuffle the taxis again. At this time, the monochrome of taxis was changed to orange, supplemented by white, blue and red, which laid the basic color style of taxis in Beijing. In terms of models, the car companies bidding for Beijing taxis at that time included China, Chery and BYD. However, due to local protection policies, Beijing Hyundai Elantra and Sonata finally won. Although it has been many years, these two old models can still be seen frequently in the market.

In addition, in order to ensure the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing taxis introduced some barrier-free taxis, among which the King TX4, which is full of European flavor, bears the brunt. However, the number of these taxis is very small, and even the post-90s generation like me have never seen them.

At present, with the gradual application of the concept of internet plus in reality, taxis in Beijing are no longer limited to taxi companies, and "Brother" may also have the temporary status of private car owner, and the resulting online carpooling platform has become an indispensable travel tool for people to travel. At the same time, although there is no vehicle type limit for fuel taxis, there are many new taxis on the market. However, the popularity of Beiqi EU series new energy taxis in suburbs not only reduces the price of taxis for consumers, but also responds to the call of national energy conservation and emission reduction.

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As a post-90s generation in the suburbs of Beijing, although I couldn't afford a taxi when I was a child, I always thought of taxis from Shahe, Madian and Deshengmen. With the continuous development of domestic economy, taxis, once used as luxury travel tools, have become close to the people. Perhaps the arrival of online car rental has brought a lot of pressure to Beijing's traditional taxi industry, but the historical changes are an indelible mark of Beijing's modern development.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.