The city is a history on stone and the building is the cornerstone of the city. Touching the historic mark and through the development of buildings in Shanghai, you can see a different picture from other regions and countries. The characteristic of recent building in Shanghai is a key to make research on the history of Shanghai. In Nov.1843, Shanghai formally set up the port of foreigh trade, which gave birth to the capitalistic industry and commerce in China and then the modern industry gradually came into vogue. With the change of economy of the city and structure of the society, traditional mode of residence began to change and formed the rudiment of modem mode of residence and modern buildings is the city. Inheriting the traditional mode of residence,the form of building combining western and Chinese sytle came into being, as a result, unconventional Chinese style, such as western building, lane houses and garden villa began to produce…
Start off the tour at the Xiangyang Park and we riding through Cite Bourgogne;Stone-gate buildings,Former Residence of Song Ziwen; Tianzifang, Huaiyuanfang, Residence of Ceneral－－Chou Enlai…(which is typical historical buildings in shanghai)We can talk with the buildings and Listen to the History of Shanghai.