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[Development]New-Style Shikumen Houses: In the early 20th century, some changes were made to Shanghai longtangs with shikumen houses. Longtangs were built on a bigger scale than before, with differences in plane patterns, structures, layout and decoration. Each house was smaller i...; By:Published:2008-11-21 10:43:14　Clicks:157　 Comment:0View...

[Development]Old-Style Shikumen Houses: When simple plank houses became obsolete, traditional Chinese style wood-structure buildings in straight and regular lines with brick bearing walls appeared as new style buildings in Shanghai concessions. This type of house is more like a tra...; By:Published:2008-11-21 10:37:07　Clicks:434　 Comment:0View...

[Development]Garden Longtangs: In the late 1930s, new-style longtangs enjoyed further development, giving rise to another type of longtang with garden-style houses of higher standards. These houses are semidetached, with attention paid to environment greening. The interio...; By:Published:2008-11-21 10:36:04　Clicks:191　 Comment:0View...

[Development]New-Style Longtangs: While longtangs with new-style shikumen houses were mushrooming, a new style of longtang style evolved from them. In the new-style longtangs, the building style of shikumen houses phased out. The previously enclosed courtyard was transformed...; By:Published:2008-11-21 10:34:31　Clicks:100　 Comment:1View...

[Development]The Development of Longtangs (Alley) in Shanghai: A city is like a living body. If viewed from the sky, the crisscross roads are like arteries dividing the city into a number of small zones, with small alleys zigzagging through building blocks. The alleys dotting the whole city are like blo...; By:Published:2008-11-21 10:31:15　Clicks:196　 Comment:0View...

[Brief History]Contemporary Shanghai: In May 1949 Shanghai was liberated. It became a municipality directly under the Central Government on Oct 1 of 1949, and began to revive. Besides regaining its position as a shipping, industrial and economic center, Shanghai became the science and te...; By:Published:2008-10-16 10:40:28　Clicks:55　 Comment:0View...

[Brief History]Modern History: After 1840 the British Army entered Shanghai and opened it as a treaty port in 1843. Many other countries set up concessions in Shanghai. They sought industrial raw materials and dumped superfluous goods there. At that time Shanghai became an 'Adven...; By:Published:2008-10-16 10:36:53　Clicks:59　 Comment:0View...

[Brief History]Ancient History: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Shanghai belonged to the Wu State. During the the Period of the Warring States, Shanghai first belonged to the Yue State and then to the Chu State. During the Warring States Period (475 -221BC), Huang Xie, known...; By:Published:2008-10-16 10:18:32　Clicks:72　 Comment:0View...