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Timeline Of Shanghai
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shanghai in China. Prior to 1800 * 5th-7th c. CE - Fishing village develops where Suzhou Creek enters the Huangpu River. * 751 CE - Area becomes part of Huating county. * 976 CE - Longhua Temple rebuilt. * 12th c. - Market town develops. * 1216 - Jing'an Temple built. * 1292 - Town becomes county seat. * 1294 - Wen Miao (temple) active. * 1554 - City walls constructed. * 1732 - Customs office relocated to Shanghai from Songjiang. * 1780 - Yu Garden opens. * 1789 - Guyi Garden becomes communal property. 1800-1900 * 1842 ** 19 June: Shanghai taken by British forces. ** Shanghai opens to foreigners per Treaty of Nanking. * 1843 Captain George Balfour appointed British consul. * 1845 ** David Sassoon & Sons in business. ** British settlement established on outskirts of Old City. * 1846 - Richards' Hotel and Restaurant in business. * 1849 - French Concession granted. * 1850 ** '' North-China Herald'' newspaper b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Shanghai
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 foreign diplomats controlled the city under the policy of extraterritoriality. Since the economic reforms of the early 1990s the city has burgeoned to become one of Asia's major financial centers and the world's busiest container port. Early Era Around 6000 BCE, only the western part of the Shanghai region encompassing today's Qingpu, Songjiang and Jinshan districts were dry land formed by lacustrine silting from ancient Lake Tai. The modern Jiading, Minhang and Fengxian districts emerged around 1,000 BC while the downtown area remained underwater. The earliest Neolithic settlements known in this area date to the Majiabang culture (50003300 BCE). This was overlapped by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richards' Hotel And Restaurant
The Astor House Hotel, known as the Pujiang Hotel (浦江饭店) in Chinese from 1959-2018, was described as once "one of the famous hotels of the world". Established in 1846 as Richards' Hotel and Restaurant (礼查饭店) on The Bund in Shanghai, it was located at 15 Huangpu Lu, Shanghai, near the confluence of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek in the Hongkou District, near the northern end of the Waibaidu (Garden) Bridge, from 1858 on. The hotel closed on 1 January 2018, after being purchased by an undisclosed local business. It was converted to the China Securities Museum, which opened in December 2018. Location The Astor House Hotel has been on the North Bund of Shanghai, by the northern end of the Waibaidu Bridge () (the Garden Bridge in English), since 1858. The hotel is on a site and has a total building area of with 134 rooms and suites.Property Details It was a landmark in the Hongkou District and the centre of foreign social life before the opening of the Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
