Shanghai Nanjing Road, the most famous commercial street in the world. Nanjing Road in a broad sense includes Nanjing East Road and Nanjing West Road. Nanjing Road in a narrow sense, that is, Nanjing Road before 1945, especially Nanjing East Road (Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street) today.
history
Nanjing Road starts from the Bund 185 1 to Park Lane, Henan Road. 1854 Yanzhou-Zhejiang Road, commonly known as the main road. 1862 extends westward to Tibet Road again. 1865, the Ministry of Industry of Shanghai Public Concession was officially named Nanjing Road. 1905 to 19 1 1 Hatton, a Jew, paved a hardwood pavement on Nanjing Road. Half the property on both sides of the road belongs to him. 1March, 908, using trams. 1925 On May 30th, the "May 30th" tragedy occurred in front of the old gate at the intersection of Guizhou. 1945 After World War II, the concession was abolished. During the Republic of China, the Shanghai Municipal Government renamed Nanjing Road as Nanjing East Road, and the original Jing 'an Temple Road was renamed Nanjing West Road, collectively known as Nanjing Road, with a total length of about 5 kilometers. 1953 Nanjing East Road demolished the iron quinoa wooden pavement paved by trams and replaced it with concrete pavement.
trait
At the beginning of the 20th century, there were British-funded welfare companies, Luo Hui companies, Taixing companies (now Lane Crawford) and Whistler companies along the road, collectively known as the four major companies or the old four companies. Shixian Company, Yongan Company, Xinxin Company and Daxin Company invested by overseas Chinese are collectively referred to as the last four companies. In addition, there are professional stores such as Xie Daxiang, Laojiefu, Hendry, Hengyuanxiang and Zhang Xiaoquan. Become the busiest road in Shanghai.
Since 2000, Nanjing Road starts from Henan Middle Road in the east and ends at Tibet Middle Road in the west, and a characteristic pedestrian street-"Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street" has been built, with the widest pavement of 28 meters and the total length of 1.200 meters.
Nanjing East Road
Nanjing East Road and the east section of Nanjing Road start from Zhongshan East Road on the Bund in the east and reach Tibet Middle Road in the west, with a total length of 1599 meters. Among them, it passes through Henan Middle Road and comes out from Henan Middle Road, which is Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in detail. Compared with Nanjing West Road, Nanjing East Road enjoys the reputation of a shopping paradise and has always been known as the first commercial street in China. Along the road, there are various old shops and shopping malls in Shanghai, including Yongan Company, Shixian Company, Xinxin Company and Daxin Company. On holidays, it is always crowded and bustling.
Nanjing Road Walkway
Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street is a characteristic pedestrian street with five functions of shopping, tourism, commerce and culture, with a total length of 1000 meters.
The pavement of the pedestrian street is paved with colored masonry, with a 4.2-meter-wide gold belt as the main line. The material used in the gold belt is Indian red granite imported from Italy. There are 37 rainwater covers on the gold belt, which are engraved with buildings of different periods in Shanghai. There are barrier-free blind roads on the road.
There are public facilities such as seats, flower beds and telephone booths on both sides of the road. There are three sculptures at the intersection of Henan Middle Road, Zhejiang Middle Road and Tibet Middle Road, with the themes of "a family of three", "young woman" and "mother and daughter" respectively. At the entrance of Henan Middle Road and the exit of Tibet Middle Road, there is another street monument of "Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street".
In the middle of the pedestrian street is Century Square, which sets the stage for the performance. There are also 4.5 tons of "Oriental Baoding" and landscape clocks in the square, surrounded by flowers.