Peninsula 1919 cultural and Creative Industrial Park, located at 258 Songxing West Road, Baoshan District, is the former site of Greater China yarn mill and Huafeng yarn mill
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Many historical buildings in the park perfectly interpret the Shanghai style culture of “embracing all rivers and embracing all rivers”, and also show the unique charm of the textile industry
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Today, let’s go to the site of the 100 year old factory and read and experience the story behind the historical buildings
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The peninsula 1919 cultural and Creative Industrial Park, built on the former sites of Greater China and Huafeng cotton mills, retains many historical buildings of different periods
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These historical buildings not only have the traditional gene of the Chinese nation, but also have the distinctive characteristics of making foreign things serve China
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Building 1, built in 1929, has a two-story brick and wood structure
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It is decorated with traditional Chinese elements
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There are rich decorative patterns around the windows
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The facade of the building is a fair faced brick wall with stable and harmonious colors
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When it was first built, it was a medical office building for staff of a cotton mill
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No.1 building, No.4 building and No.5 building were built in 1929, with a two-story mixed structure
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The roof decoration of the building has the characteristics of Baroque architectural style
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It was once the longest conjoined factory in the Far East
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No.5 building, No.6 building was built in 1924, with four floors of brick and wood structure
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No.6 building, No.10 building was built in 1933, steel concrete structure, the highest main building nearly 20 meters
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At present, the base of 20t blast furnace, large coal conveyor belt and anti collapse wall of raw coal yard are reserved
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The history of building 10: the Great China mill was founded in 1919, covering an area of 150 mu
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It was the largest mill in Shanghai at that time
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In 1925, the worsted Department of the mill was acquired by Guo Le of Yong’an company and changed to Yong’an No.2 mill
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In 1929, the fourth Yong’an factory was planned to be built in the western open space
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After the merger of the second and fourth factories in Yong’an, they were successively renamed as Yongfeng mill and the second cotton mill in Yong’an
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Huafeng mill was founded in 1920 in the east of Greater China mill, covering an area of more than 100 mu
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It was renamed as Rihua No.8 mill, Huafeng workshop, Wusong workshop, Zhongfang No.8 mill and guomian No.8 mill
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In 1958, No
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1 building in the early days of liberation was merged into Shanghai No
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8 cotton mill by Yong’an No
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2 cotton mill and national cotton No
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8 mill
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It was one of the largest cotton mills in China at that time, with more than 10000 workers
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In the 1990s, Shanghai’s state-owned textile industry began to adjust and transform from labor-intensive manufacturing industry to “technology + fashion”
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The former Shanghai No.8 cotton textile mill has become a brand new Peninsula 1919 cultural and creative industrial park
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In 2007, Shanghai No.8 cotton textile factory gave full play to the resource advantages of a large number of old factories and buildings, transformed into “Peninsula 1919 cultural and Creative Industrial Park”, and became Shanghai’s “new waterfront fashion landmark”
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In 2008, the peninsula 1919 cultural and Creative Industrial Park, based on the principle of “repairing the old as the old”, carried out protective repairs to many historical buildings on the former sites of Greater China and Huafeng mills, so as to record the development history of China’s national textile industry
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The seats, back and surface in the park are assembled by the spindle and shuttle on the textile machine, showing the unique charm of the textile industry
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Part of the facade of building 4 before the renovation part of the facade of building 4 after the renovation was announced as “Baoshan cultural relics protection unit” by Baoshan people’s Government in 2011 and “Shanghai cultural relics protection unit” by Shanghai Municipal People’s Government in 2014
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In 2018, it was rated as a national AAA tourist attraction
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There is a statue of Nie Qijie (Yuntai), founder of Greater China yarn mill, in Yuntai square of punch point 1
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The spirit fortress of “Peninsula 1919” adopts the expression form of pop art, and uses the creative combination of color, symbol and four Arabic numerals of “1919”, symbolizing the “past and present” and new open development concept of peninsula 1919 cultural and creative industrial park
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Graffiti imagination fantasy, color bright random paintings show cool and warmth
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The highlights of “waste” are the discarded wheels, engines, gears, etc
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of the cotton textile mill, which have been creatively transformed and endowed with new aesthetic value and practical value in the landscape of the park
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Baoshan exhibition hall of textile industry civilization the first exhibition hall in Baoshan area, which integrates the exhibition of the history of textile industry civilization and modern cultural and creative industries, shows the brilliant achievements of textile industry civilization since the opening of Shanghai port, the transformation road of the park and the construction plan of the future science and innovation center with a variety of exhibition means
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Park opening information 1
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Entrance address: No
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258, Songxing West Road, Wusong street, Baoshan District 2
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Opening hours: all day (9:00-16:00) 3
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Transportation information: under the entrance 2 of songbin Road Station of rail transit line 3, walk 700 meters westward
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Ticket: Free 5
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