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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 ...
Shanghai[a]is a direct-administered municipalityand the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuaryof the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu Riverflowing through it. The population of the city proper is the third largest in the world, with around 24.87 million inhabitants in 2023, while ...
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 ...
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.
Old City (Shanghai) The Old City of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海老城厢; pinyin: Shànghǎi Lǎo Chéngxiāng; Shanghainese: Zånhae Lo Zenshian), also formerly known as the Chinese city, is the traditional urban core of Shanghai. Its boundary was formerly defined by a defensive wall. The Old City was the county seat for the old county of Shanghai.
The Shanghai French Concession[a] was a foreign concession in Shanghai, China from 1849 until 1943, which progressively expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The concession came to an end in 1943, when Vichy France under German pressure signed it over to the pro- Japanese Reorganized National Government of China in Nanjing.
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. The area along the river faces the modern ...
The culture of Shanghai or Shanghainese culture is based on the Wuyue culture from the nearby Jiangsu and Zhejiang province, with a unique "East Meets West" Haipai culture generated through the influx of Western influences since the mid-19th century. [1] Mass migration from all across China and the rest of the world has made Shanghai a melting ...