[Reading Architecture] Xujiahui library is back! Come to the earliest modern library in Shanghai and open the “manuscript of history”


The south building, the former Jesuit hospital, also known as the priest’s building, was greatly rebuilt in 1931

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More than 50000 volumes of various western literature published since the 15th century are stored

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The bookshelves are on the floor to the top, and a waist corridor is set in the middle to collect books

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It is a brick and wood mixed structure

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Xujiahui library, founded in 1847, is the earliest modern library in Shanghai

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It is also an important place and miniature for the spread of Western learning to the East and the spread of eastern learning to the West

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It is two buildings crisscross north and south

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The architectural style is a combination of Chinese and western

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The collection is divided into five parts according to Jing, Shi, Zi, Ji and Cong, and contains more than 120000 ancient Chinese books

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In Huiyuan, the source of Shanghai style, there is such a “beautiful place” with a hundred years of history

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The north building, that is, the big study, was built in 1897

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Translation of ancient books on the bookshelf

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Two mid-19th century reliefs are preserved in the hall on the second floor, which were made by fan tingzuo, who founded the Tushanwan painting gallery

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It has a double sloping roof of upper and lower floors

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After nearly seven months of the latest renovation, Xujiahui library has returned! Now Xujiahui library was rebuilt in 1896

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The north and South are equipped with European style pilasters, hard pine window frames and shutters

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The lower floor is a Chinese library with the same architectural structure as the Tianyi Pavilion in Ningbo in Ming Dynasty

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The layout of the library is similar to that of the Vatican library

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