In the middle of the 19th century, modern competitive sports began to enter China
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In 1928, a brown horseshoe shaped building was built on Nanjing West Road to provide leisure, entertainment, sports and friendship for young people
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It was named “Xiqiao Youth Association”
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Its completion time was six years earlier than the International Hotel beside it
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This is the predecessor of today’s sports building
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Sports building Shanghai sports building is located at 150 Nanjing West Road, near Huanghe Road
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It covers an area of 1933 square meters and a construction area of 11306 square meters
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On September 25, 1989, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Shanghai
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The shape of the building is bright and chic
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It adopts the style of American Arts and crafts school and imitates Chicago rice building
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The shape and decoration are slightly classical
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The concave and convex design makes the building present a horseshoe shape
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There are dominoes like concave design and walls covered with dark brown tiles
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At the gate of the building stands a metal lamp post more than two meters high
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On the surface and base of the lamp post are carved delicate relief with plant patterns
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Under the lamp post are four small lion heads, which are lifelike
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A long domed window runs through the second and third floors, just like a rainbow
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The second and third floors of the building are exquisitely decorated
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The walls are made of marble, engraved with exquisite patterns and flowers
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The bright brick wall interior makes people feel a strong sense of magnificence
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Above the fourth floor, the wall is straight convex concave, left and right protruding four columns, concave into the window, under the window of the flower with elegant color, to the building into a breeze
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The indoor swimming pool on the ground floor is one of the earliest warm pools built in Shanghai
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There are two sand filtration equipment in the pool, which circulated to draw water
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Later, the foam seed was filtered to keep the water clear
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There is a basketball room on the second floor
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The court is paved with wooden floor
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There is a circle of stands around
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Many high-level basketball games have left their footprints here
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Due to the advanced facilities of the basketball room, it became the center of Shanghai basketball games in the 1930s
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The gymnastic room on the fourth floor is a place for gymnastic and skill training
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After the completion of the Xiqiao Youth Association, basketball and volleyball Invitational or open competitions will be held here every year
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This building, which integrates modern sports and cultural life, occupies a unique position in the development of Shanghai sports
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After liberation, the building with modern comprehensive sports facilities began to be used as an office space
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On February 18, 1954, Xiqiao youth association was officially renamed as Shanghai Sports Club
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Since then, the building has been used by the Shanghai Municipal Sports Commission
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When the building is “in the name of sports”, it should also undertake the important task of training sports talents in Shanghai
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At that time, the sports club, from warm water swimming pool to fully functional conference hall, had advanced indoor sports facilities
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On December 28, 1957, Shanghai Sports Club was officially listed
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Using the original facilities in the building, the club has opened sports training classes for swimming, gymnastics, volleyball, go, etc., and cultivated a large number of sports talents, such as Hua Yigang, Yu liefeng, Zhou Yongqi, Chang Hao, etc., which has provided precious fresh blood for China’s sports industry
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In the historical process of China’s sports going to the world, the world sports circle has seen the brilliance of Chinese athletes
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At the same time, in the 22.5-meter-long and 7.2-meter-wide small non-standard swimming pool of the sports building, the pride of Olympic champions Yang Wenyi, Le Jingyi, Zhuang Yong, Asian Games champion Jiang Chengji and other Chinese swimmers is also held up
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Today, in this sports building with nearly a hundred years of history, every brick has already been engraved with the mark of sports
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The citizens are here for fitness and leisure, visiting the Sports Museum; the young athletes are here to sweat for the dream of tomorrow
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Maintenance of the building this year, the Shanghai Sports Museum in the sports building will meet you with a brand new look, displaying the traditional elegant and modern double-sided “magic” sports culture image
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The exhibition and display project of Shanghai Sports Museum (Preparatory) was approved in February 2019 and started construction in August 2020
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By January 2021, the decoration project has been completed and entered the exhibition stage
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It is expected to be open to the public free of charge in the first half of 2021
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The overall architectural style of Shanghai history museum building is eclecticism, which is influenced by neoclassicism in facade composition
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It is composed of East and West buildings
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At the northwest corner, there is an eight story clock tower with a four side clock inlaid with a diameter of about three meters
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The top of the clock tower is decorated with an arc cornice of Baroque style, and the top of the clock tower is a spire
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On September 25, 1989, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Shanghai
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Address: No.325, Nanjing West Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai opening hours: 9:00-17:00 from Tuesday to Sunday (closed at 16:00) (except national holidays)
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During the epidemic period, you need to make an appointment to visit the hotel
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Tel: 63232504 admission: the free international hotel building faces south, 22 floors above ground and 2 floors below ground, with an elevation of 83.8 meters, steel frame structure and decorative art style
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In 1950, the central flagpole on the top of the building was determined as the origin of Shanghai city coordinates
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On May 25, 2006, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit
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Address: No.170, Nanjing West Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai opening hours: all day (public area only) admission: free Jinmen hotel building belongs to neoclassicism style, also influenced by Renaissance style and decorative art style, with “concave” shape in building plane and symmetrical left and right in facade
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On September 25, 1989, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Shanghai
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Address: No.104, Nanjing West Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai opening hours: all day (public area only) admission: free micro tour route recommended route 1: International Hotel — Sports Building — Golden Gate Hotel — people’s Park — Shanghai History Museum — Shanghai Grand Theater — people’s Square — Shanghai Museum Route 2: International Hotel — Sports Building — Golden Gate Hotel Gate Hotel — Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street — the Bund’s past splendid retrospect of architecture readable: let ancient villages shine the vitality of the times! The story of Guangfulin is long and charming
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Architecture can be read: Jiading Confucius Temple, the largest ancient architectural complex in Northwest Shanghai, can be read: Chuansha, a 180 year old building, has left many celebrities’ footprints
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Architecture can be read: the years of “cars and horses are far away and letters are slow” are engraved in this building
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Architecture can be read: from “black stone” to “black glue”, this century old apartment is dazzling Around the sound of the years, architecture can be read: quiet years, into the Jinshan old house of the “big guy” story! Architecture can be read: a classical garden of Ming Dynasty, a pearl hidden in the old city
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Architecture can be read: the fashionable new building of a century old cotton mill
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Architecture can be read: the first large-scale site building excavated in Shanghai
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Architecture can be read: the bell tower style building in its 80s
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This library has unique aesthetic feeling
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Architecture can be read: Science Hall No.1 building: the light of science and technology building in the century old building Here is the largest Confucius Temple in Shanghai
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Materials: Municipal Bureau of sports, Municipal Bureau of culture and tourism
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Editors: Han Bingrong, Ruan Tianlin.
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