150 Years of the Old Town in Shanghai

Author: Qian Zonghao;
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Page: 180
Publication Date: 04/2009
ISBN: 9787532260942
Publisher: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House
Details
The 150-old years since it opened to foreign traders in the mid 19th century has witnessed the greatest humane development in Shanghai. In that period we have seen a Shanghai co-inhabited by Chinese locals and foreign nationals, the formation of the Shanghai Painting School, the building of Shikumen (stone-framed gate) houses, the development of time-honored firms or shops, and so on and so forth. As a result, the 150-year period has added a new chapter in the history of the old town in Shanghai.