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The Dàjìng Gé Pavilion wall, which is the only remaining part of the Old City of Shanghai wall The history of Shanghai spans over a thousand years and closely parallels the development of modern China. Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as one of China's principal trading ports. Although nominally part of China, in practice ...
Site Date Location Image Coordinates Designation Former Residence of Sun Yat-sen 上海中山故居: 1919: Huangpu District: 1-9 Site of the Socialist Youth League of China
Shanghai tram, 1920s. On 11 July 1854 a committee of Western businessmen met and held the first annual meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC, formally the Council for the Foreign Settlement North of the Yang-king-pang), ignoring protests of consular officials, and laid down the Land Regulations which established the principles of self-government.
Shanghai Oil Painting Institute, and Eastern City Women's Art School founded. [10] 1912 - Old City walls dismantled. 1913 - Shanghai Art School, Women's Art and Embroidery Institute, [10] and Xinmin Theater Research Society founded. [13] 1914 - Trolleybus begins operating along Fokein Road. 1916 - Asia Building and Union Building constructed on ...
A map of Shanghai in 1884; Chinese area are in yellow, French in red, British in blue, American in orange. In the 19th century, international attention to Shanghai grew due to Europe and recognition of its economic and trade potential at the Yangtze. During the First Opium War (1839–1842), British forces occupied the city. [37]
In 2006, the Shanghai municipal government enacted the Protection Plan for the Old City Historical Cultural Scenery Area. Under the plan, the entirety of the Old City is protected as a Historical cultural Scenery Area. 34 streets, including Dajing Road and West Fangbang Road are specifically protected as "scenery protected laneways".
A 1933 map of the Bund. The Bund [a] is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai.The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road (East Zhongshan Road No.1) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu.
On 20 November 1846, a formal concession was established; this was expanded on 27 November 1848. After a proposal to make Shanghai an independent "free city" was rejected in 1862, the British area agreed to merge with the American on 21 September 1863 as the Shanghai International Settlement. This occurred in December of the same year.