Shanghai's inhabitants are the most flavorful

When it comes to Shanghai's residential houses, Shikumen naturally comes to mind. Shikumen is the most characteristic residence in Shanghai. China's general stamps in the 23rd group of "Chinese residential" in the Shanghai residential pattern is used in the Shikumen building. The Chinese ****production party was also born in a typical Shikumen building on Wangzhi Road (now No. 76 Xingye Road).

Shanghai is known as the "Universal Architecture Exposition". On the Bund side of the road, a block of Gothic, Romanesque, Renaissance, Baroque and other Chinese and Western, very different styles of the towering buildings show the elegance of architectural art. Similarly, Shanghai's modern residential architecture can also be described as oceanic, colorful. Walking in the streets and alleys, savoring these Shanghai residential houses, you will feel that the unique charm of the old house is also a beautiful scenery.

Shikumen houses are derived from the traditional Chinese courtyard. In the late nineteenth century, houses built with traditional wooden structures and brick walls began to appear in Shanghai. Because the exterior doors of these homes were made of stone, they were called "Shikumen". As a product of architecture and culture, the Shikumen, which is a fusion of Chinese and Western architectural art, has left a deep imprint on China's modern architectural history. Its emergence is an inevitable part of urban life. The modernized life in the western style has broken the traditional living pattern of the large courtyard family, and replaced it with the Shikumen alley culture which is suitable for single immigrants and small families to live in. In Shikumen, there are "pavilions", "parlors", "rooms", "patios", and "second landlords". Shikumen-related terms such as "second landlord", "sister-in-law" and "seventy-two tenants" have become warm memories of old Shanghai.

Shikumen architecture was prevalent in the 1920s and accounted for more than three-quarters of all residential buildings at that time, and nearly 40 percent of the city's citizens still live in the century-old Shikumen.

Shikumen is a two-story building with a brick structure, a sloping roof often with slotted windows, red brick facades, and a traditional Chinese pagoda at the entrance. The main door is made of two solid black lacquered wooden doors with wooden shafts, often equipped with a door ring, and the sound of banging in and out of the door echoes in the old Shikumen alley. The lintel of the door is made of traditional brick carving with a green tile roof, and the details of the exterior wall are carved with western architecture. There is a balcony on the second floor, and the overall layout adopts the European townhouse style. Nowadays, Shanghai pays attention to the preservation of old buildings, and some of the Shikumen lilongs with the characteristics of the Shanghai school have been preserved as a whole group of excellent buildings in modern times.

Shanghai's residential area is called "lang", and people from other cities can't even pronounce this word, in fact, "lang" is just a generic name for "hutong", which is different from the street houses. In fact, "Lane" is just a common name for "Hutong", which is different from street houses. In the early days, most of the Shikumen were called lanes and li, which is what we often call "li lang", or "lane hall". Lane halls were often called lanes, miles, squares, villages, apartments, villas and so on, with the level rising gradually. The latter are also known as new-style lilongs, where living conditions are significantly better than those of the early old-style shikumen, complete with European-style fireplaces, roof chimneys, air vents, large bathrooms, and so on.

The new-style lilong houses appeared in the late 1920s in the Concession, and in general they were closer to the architectural style of modern European houses than Shikumen. Most of the buildings are of mixed structure and emphasize on the function of use. The new-style lilong has a chic and neat appearance, exquisite and comfortable decoration, spacious outdoor lanes, green courtyards in front of the buildings, and a beautiful living environment, which is different from that of the old-style Shikumen.

Large glass balconies on the front make the houses more well-ventilated and lighted; Shaanan Village (former Royal Garden, 151 South Shaanxi Road), built by the French Catholic Church in 1930 and inhabited by foreigners before the Anti-Japanese War, consists of butterfly-type point-like four-story houses.

Shanghai's residential buildings, in addition to the alleyway, the building apartment-style residential buildings reflect the elegance and splendor of modern architectural art, reflecting Shanghai's cityscape and the ingenuity of architects. The apartments were concentrated in the busy commercial and transportation roads at that time, and before the liberation, they were mostly inhabited by Chinese and foreign senior staff. Appreciating such buildings is like appreciating a piece of art. For example, the Yongye Building on Yandang Road in Huaihai Middle Road adopts a quadrilateral roof and a garden-shaped roof at the corner, forming a unique roof profile of the building. Such as Shanghai's earliest corridor apartments - Wukang Building on Huaihai Road (Dongmeit Apartment), a characteristic bionic building - Wukang Road Mitan Apartment and so on. These buildings will look short and old in the modern complex, but their unique sense of vicissitude and aristocratic atmosphere is incomparable to that of the high-rise nouveau riche.

In Shanghai's Xuhui, Luwan, Jing'an and other districts, there are some quiet roads, on both sides of the garden houses with deep courtyards. Garden houses emerged in the 1930s and 1940s to meet the housing needs of bureaucrats, foreign businessmen, buyers, industrialists and artists. Garden houses were romantic and charming mansions with wide lawns and trees, many with marble statues or fountains as the center of the garden, and some high-class houses had tennis courts and swimming pools to show the luxury of the house. There are more garden houses along Huaihai Road and Xinhua Road. These homes are French, Spanish, Norwegian, English country house style, comfortable and chic, soft colors, can be described as a variety of elegant and elegant. Although the years have passed, but the luxury that can not be hidden, that if the mystery is lost, but it is very emotional.

After the liberation, the government built "1,002 households" and "20,000 households", and in 1951, the first new workers' village in Shanghai and even in the whole country after the liberation was constructed --- Cao Yang New Village. In 1951, the first new workers' village after the liberation of Shanghai and the whole country was built - Cao Yang New Village. However, these "matchbox"-style "labor houses" were simple in construction and crowded inside, and could only solve the urgent problem of housing for the citizens. The old houses in the city also became the "new 72 tenants" due to the dense population. With the gradual development of the city, Shanghai residential has diluted the concept of region, a beautiful environment, chic style of residential areas spring up, the turn of the century, Shanghai residential more comfortable, beautiful, green rate, it is the Shanghai Universal Architecture Exposition added modern art charm.

Fengxian District, the quality of the sampling volume?16: c; 17: the late 19th century, the new-style Shikumen, building apartments residential, Chinese and foreign senior staff, garden houses; 18: for comparison, Shikumen is mostly a brick and wood structure of two-storey buildings, sloping roofs are often with slotted windows, red brick facades, and the entrance to the lane has a traditional Chinese style pagoda. The main door is made of two solid black lacquered wooden doors with wooden shafts, often equipped with a door ring, and the sound of banging in and out echoes in the old Shikumen alley. The second floor has a raised balcony, and the overall layout adopts the European townhouse style.19:c. 20: For example: the China Pavilion The main color is Chinese red, which gives people a taste of Chinese folklore.