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.