Jax Stumpes: Duolun Road (11/26/2011)

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Today was a bit different - we had company on our exploration. Better than that, we had a "local" guide! But first a stop at the ATM with Kent and his work colleagues Jim and Ray:

Liyang Road was the one with the tree light decorations like those on Huaihai Road:

Liyang Road was in the American Concession (established in 1848) that later became part of the International Concession (1863). The homes here are "American-style:"

The houses are now subdivided:

Do you think those posts once held clothes lines? But you'd have to walk downstairs and go outside to hang your clothes!
Laundry:

This next picture is meant to be a look at two grandfathers watching the baby:

While grandma hangs out the wash:

These houses were built in 1914:

Lilong/neighborhood lanes are common in this area:

An apartment house on Changchun Road:

You ask, don't they have electric or gas clothes dryers? Sometimes they do, but you save money and the environment by hanging clothes to air dry, and the Chinese supposedly believe the clothes should be kissed by the sun (so that they will be naturally fresh).
A block called Saxon Apartments:

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Someone must be moving:

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Lu Xun, a Chinese writer, visited his Japanese friend Uchiyama in this building:

The Japanese began moving into the area in the 1930s, making it the Japanese Concession. The area was less policed and thus a hotbed of leftist activity.

The South Gate to Duolun Road:

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The Duolun Museum of Modern Art entrance:

Duolun Road is a "Shanghai Culture Street," which opened in 1998 as a pedestrian street. The road was built in 1911 and was originally named Darroch Road, after a British missionary.
Tamiko engages in revolutionary thinking with Lu Xun (1881-1936) and others:

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Except for this first sculpture group, the labels for the other sculptures have disappeared.
Do not steal this chair!

Hongde Tang/Great Virtue Christian Church:

Built in 1928 with Western and Chinese features.
Kent greets Uchiyama, friend of Lu Xun, and owner of a bookstore:

Interesting architecture:

Is this Kong Xiangxi?

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This lady seems confortable with this writer (Rou Shi?):

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Xi Shi Zhonglou/Bell Tower:

Darroch's bust in the tower:

I can identify this writer - Ding Ling (1904-1986):

Old Film Cafe:

Located in the Winifer Villa, with a Sculpture of Charlie Chaplin:

Old Film Cafe's mosaic tile floor:

Old Film Cafe interior:

Old movie projector:

Coffee and tea break at the Old Film Cafe:

Pu'er tea in a glass pot:

Pu'er is a large leaf variety of tea from Yunnan.
Flowers in the tea:

An antique bookstore:

An antique store:

Can anyone identify this piece of furniture?

Perhaps French and from the 1930s.
An ESSO Mei Foo kerosene lamp:

Made in the USA, these lamps were given or sold cheaply to Chinese peasants to encourage them to use kerosene instead of vegetable oil for illumination.
Former residence of Bai Chongxi (general of the Republic of China):