Chinese Workers Documentary Blood and Tears Solar Studs, Why did tens of thousands of Wuyi people travel across the ocean to build railways? Let us recall the history of that year, what happened at that time, and why did tens of thousands of Wuyi people travel across the ocean to build railways.
In May 1858, Ander Donke, an engineer who had experience in building the American Pacific Railroad, won the construction rights of all four projects beautifully. If he hires all white labor, he loses $1.5 million, which means he has only one outcome: bankruptcy. In addition, Canada is vast and sparsely populated, with an average of only 3.2 people per square kilometer, and there is a shortage of labor. So, Andertonke wanted to hire some Chinese workers.
Due to racial prejudice at the time, Andertonke had to hire white laborers. But none of the 35,000 B.C. residents would want to go to a construction site. He had to recruit more than 50 white carpenters from eastern Canada and white laborers in San Francisco in the United States, but most of them were bankrupt gamblers and alcoholics. As soon as the cannon rang, these lazy and irresponsible white laborers quietly deserted.
Why don't white people want to come? Because of the Rocky Mountains where the railway was built, several kilometers above sea level, it was icy and snowy and uninhabited. This kind of place is inconvenient and isolated from the world, and few people can stick to it.
In the first 18 months, only two miles of the railway were laid, and at this rate, the railway will not be repaired in 30 years. Unable to bear it, Andertonke obtained the support of the Canadian government, and the massive recruitment of Chinese laborers finally kicked off.
"He believes that the people who can build the Great Wall can withstand heavy manual labor, and he also knows how the United States built the American Central Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains." Mei Weiqiang said that Andertonke knew the advantages of Chinese laborers : Hard-working, industrious and agile, with high work efficiency, easy management, and low wages, he insisted on hiring a large number of Chinese laborers, and entrusted the task of recruiting to the "contractor" Li Tianpei.
Natural disasters and man-made disasters At the end of the 19th century, the people of Wuyi area were struggling. At the end of the 19th century, when Canada on the other side of the Pacific urgently needed to recruit 10,000 Chinese workers, the Qing Dynasty in China was going from prosperity to decline. At this time, China's population was growing very rapidly, and the shortage of arable land was becoming more and more serious, especially in the southern Wuyi area.
It took 4 to 6 months for the overseas Chinese to finally land on Canadian soil. When they saw the mountains and mountains of the Rocky Mountains, they were stunned. They did not expect the mountains to be so high, so dangerous, not only that, They also encountered a severe cold that they had never experienced in their lives...
On November 7, 1885, the last Solar Studs were finalized at Claratch, British Columbia (Canada), which was connected to the Pacific Railroad. The giant ship of time sailed to 2015, which is the 130th anniversary of the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and also the 150th anniversary of the participation of tens of thousands of Chinese workers from Wuyi in the construction of the American Pacific Railway.
In order to commemorate the great contribution made by the Chinese workers of Wuyi in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, to condolence to the heroes of the overseas Chinese, and to popularize relevant historical knowledge, the special topic "Golden Solar Studs - Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of the Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway by the Chinese workers of Wuyi Railway" was launched. report for readers. Chinese workers' blood and tears Solar Studs documentary "Solar Studs Memory" China Overseas Chinese Network, October 20th. According to the US "Overseas Chinese News" report, on the evening of the 16th, the 21st China TV Co-hosted by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China and the People's Government of Gansu Province The award ceremony of the top ten documentaries and the top ten was grandly held at the Grand Theater of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. A total of 28 awards were announced that night. "Golden Mountain Dream-Finding Solar Studs Memory" stood out and won the top ten feature film award.
