In lane 481, Xinmin Road, Minhang, there is a residential building built at the beginning of last century, which is full of early Shanghai style architectural features and combines Chinese and Western architecture
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It not only witnesses the vicissitudes of the old Minhang street for a century, but also retains many precious memories
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It is called Xiang’s house
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Today, we’ll walk into it together and encounter an old time of “old Minhang” The layout of Xiangjia house, an old building with “the most difficult shape” in Minhang, is unique and the architectural style is novel
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The main building in the house is two two-story buildings, and the layout of the buildings is slightly “L” shaped, connected by an overpass
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The main building is a two-story symmetrical Western-style small building, with the block facing east in the west, similar to the traditional layout of one front and two sides
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The outline of the facade is concave
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The facade adopts double-layer windows with outer shutters and inner glass windows
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The entrance door is decorated with colored glass
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The roof is made of small green tiles
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The tiles are laid under the tiles
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The ridge is made of red machine tile
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At the foot of the waist line of the outer eaves, there is a decorative band of water brush stone
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A small balcony supported by brick columns is built in the middle concave of the facade
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On both sides of the facade are buildings with convex edges and corners
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The front doors and windows are arched
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The whole building is a green brick fair faced exterior wall, and flower patterns are embossed on the front wall of the front courtyard
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The auxiliary building is located on the west side of the main building, which is a strip-shaped two-story building with long corridor combining Chinese and Western culture
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There are auxiliary rooms along the courtyard wall
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The corridor on the second floor has the original fancy iron guardrail
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Under the eaves of the corridor, there are arc-shaped carved flowers hanging, green brick fair faced exterior wall, red brick horizontal belt decoration, hard mountain top and small grey tile roof
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In front of the building is a small courtyard with brick walls
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There are auxiliary rooms in the East, long corridors in the West and corner houses at the corner of the south wall
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The gallery arch of the auxiliary building on the east side of the auxiliary building is very beautiful
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Every brick has been finely polished and has high artistic value
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With the integration of China and the west, the builders of Shanghai style charm Xiang house are local historical and cultural celebrities Xiang Wenrui, Xiang Zhenfang and his son
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Xiang Jia used to be an Hui merchant, whose business was tea
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After the town party to join the industry, has run ink factory and match factory and other enterprises, was known as “match king”
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The education and working background of traditional Chinese culture and Western culture make the father and son have the shadow of combining Chinese and Western culture when they build the house
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The south facing building in the backyard was built in 1924
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The second floor is surrounded by a fancy iron guardrail
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The eaves are decorated with carved flowers
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There is a small courtyard in front of the building
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The layout is novel and the appearance is unique
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It is a typical Chinese Western architecture
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In 1935, Xiang Zhenfang rebuilt the roof of the study house into a concrete platform, and Xiang’s house was fully completed
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Located in Minhang town (now Jiangchuan road street, Minhang District), which was known as “little Shanghai” at that time, Xiang’s house is undoubtedly a miniature of Shanghai style culture
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In September 2000, Xiangjia house was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Minhang District
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After a hundred years of wind and rain and man-made changes, by the time of the reconstruction of Minhang old street, the building had been devastated, and even there were signs of collapse in some parts
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In order to protect this house with historical characteristics, Minhang District has started to carry out comprehensive renovation of Xiang’s house since 2012
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In order to completely restore the original appearance of Xiang’s house and retain the cultural heritage of Minhang old street, the staff always followed the principle of respecting historical facts and repairing the old as before
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They used wukangshi, xiaoqingwa and other building materials to restore the original appearance of the building’s overall wall and door head, and the door was also restored to solid wood iron pole and iron rocking stem door
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The roof originally had serious leakage, and then the tiles were laid again, and the waterproof membrane and steel mesh cement mortar layer were added to reinforce the waterproof layer, which effectively improved the waterproof effect of the building
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The first floor of the main building and the entrance floor are restored with solid wood and old-fashioned color tiles respectively
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By the end of September 2014, the renovation project had passed the completion acceptance, and the Centennial residence appeared in front of the world with a new look
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In the new era, after the completion of the “gorgeous turn” of Xiang’s house, Xiang’s house has restored its former style
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With its unique courtyard layout, unique western style and exquisite architectural technology, Xiang’s house has become a good place for people to learn and appreciate the excellent historical architectural art
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In 2015, with the support of various social parties, in order to better highlight and inherit the regional culture, Xiang house made a magnificent turn – it was turned into “Minhang old street exhibition hall” and opened to the public free of charge
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There are many sections, such as “industry serves the country”, “Huangpu gate”, “qunxianbizhi”, “the first town in the suburb”, etc
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at the same time, the historical materials, such as the 14m real relief of Presbyterian street, the stone tablet a hundred years ago, and the opening of humin Road, are reasonably displayed, which restore the historical features of the old Minhang street as far as possible and show the past changes of the old Minhang
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Opening hours of buildings, tickets and reservation methods opening hours: 9:00-15:00 from Tuesday to Sunday address: No
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29, Lane 481, Xinmin Road (in Xinghe Jingyuan community) transportation: exit 2 of Jiangchuan Road Station of Metro Line 5, walk 500 meters to the south
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Admission: free booking telephone: 54756369 (groups need to make an appointment by telephone, individuals do not need to make an appointment) 1
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Minhang riverside park is a public green space with an area of about 37000 square meters
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It is an open park that meets the needs of community residents’ life, rest and physical exercise
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It also provides venues and space for community cultural activities
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Opening hours: all day address: the intersection of Humin road and Jianshe Road, Minhang District, Shanghai admission: free 2
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Guteng garden Guteng garden is a classical garden building, covering an area of 4948 square meters
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It is located on the ancient coastal Shagang before Shanghai became a land
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The original site was once a rural market town, which was named after the ancient Wisteria planted by Dong Yiyang, a poet of the Ming Dynasty
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It is commonly known as “Wisteria shed”
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Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 06:00-19:00 address: No.148 Lincang Road, Minhang District admission: free 3
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The exhibition area of the old Minhang historical and cultural exhibition hall is 420 square meters, with exhibition areas of “Shenjiang gate, water and land key points”, “gathering of farmers and businessmen, important economic and trade town”, “the arrival of all the talents, passing on the fragrance of books”, “witnessing the miracle, building a great cause”, etc In this way, the historical and cultural profile of the area is displayed.
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