百年前清廷的失败为今天的中英街埋下伏笔。解放后,由于这道界限,界碑两侧的乡民们需要赶着耕牛,扛着犁耙去界碑另一侧“过境耕作”。文革时,由于这道界限,分住界碑两侧、原为乡亲邻里的人们即使擦肩而过,也低头不语,生怕落个“海外关系”的罪名。改革开放初期,由于这道界限,一 The failure of the Qing court a hundred years ago paved the way for today’s Chung Ying Street. After the liberation, because of this line of demarcation, the villagers on both sides of the boundary marker need to catch cattle and carry rakes to “cross-border farming” on the other side of the boundary marker. During the Cultural Revolution, because of this line of demarcation, on both sides of the boundary tablet, people who used to belong to the neighborhood of their folks even bowed their heads and bowed for fear of dropping a charge of “overseas relations.” In the early days of reform and opening up, due to this line of demarcation,