Shiliupu
Xiaodongmen was originally named "Baodai Gate", and outside the door is Shiliu Shop. The market is adjacent to Huangpu River in the east, Feng Dan Road in the west, Laotaipinglong in the south, Longtan Road in the north and Wan Yu Wharf Street in the south. It is a water gateway to Shanghai by the water and the city. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, merchants from all over the country set up shops and villages near Shiliupu, Xiaodongmen, engaged in inter-port trade in coastal areas and the Yangtze River basin, and became an important distribution center for agricultural and sideline products. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, wholesale owners engaged in port trade should have:
Sugar and Haibei laurel leaves are concentrated in Yangxing Street (now Yangshuo Road). Businessmen from Fujian and Guangdong transport and sell goods such as icing, seafood, longan and sea cucumber, bird's nest and sandalwood from overseas in Fujian and Guangdong. Later, sugar and north and south goods wholesalers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang moved here one after another. Before the Anti-Japanese War, there were more than 300 sugar companies and seashells in Yang Hang street, and there were trading markets.
Grain, miscellaneous grains, oil cakes and other industries gathered in Dou Shi Street. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (1862 ~ 1874), there were 76 firms, with more than 2,000 sand boats coming every year, and the soybeans shipped and sold every year were not less than100000.
Fruit goods industry is located in Daxing Street, Xiaoxiao Yuxing Street (now Pinghu Road) and Zhongshan South Road. Before liberation, there were more than 200 households, most of which were buying and selling on behalf of customers. The goods come from neighboring provinces and counties and Fujian, Guangdong, North China, Northeast China and other places.
Fresh salted fish industry gathers in Jinfangbang East Road, Zhongshan East Second Road and other places. During Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty (1875 ~ 1908), there were 326 fish shops in Shanghai, most of which were separated here and had special docks. On the eve of liberation in Shanghai, Shiliupu still has dozens of fish rafts, which is one of the distribution centers of aquatic products in Shanghai.
Medicinal materials and ginseng antler industries are concentrated inside and outside Xiangua Street. There are fifty or sixty large and medium-sized medicine shops along the street, which sell medicines all over the country. Wholesale business has become one of the six major distribution centers of medicinal materials in China, and also exported to Japan, North Korea, Southeast Asia and other places. There are more than 30 households participating in the street, accounting for about 60-70% of the participating households in the city.
Tung oil? The hemp industry is mostly located in Laotaipinglong and Zhongshan South Road. Famous historical buildings such as Henglai, Hengmei, Hengshengxing, Shenyuanlai, Yuan Yongsheng and Yuan Yucheng are all located here.
Store Xiaodongmen 16 is also a retail business center. Before the Anti-Japanese War, a number of old shops and famous shops gathered here. There are Xie Daxiang, Bao Daxiang, Xin Daxiang cotton shops, Dachangxiang Silk and Satin Bureau, Dexing Pavilion, Zuibaiyuan, Dajilou and other restaurants, Tong Hanchuntang Chinese Medicine Shop, Wang Deyu Oil Shop, Wanyou Whole Ham Shop, Copper Tin Shop, Wu Optical Shop, Feng Wantong Sauce Garden, Zhan, Tea Temple, and four freshmen. Fuan Company, the largest department store and entertainment place in Heather, is also located here. Six famous gold and silver jewelry companies, including Qiu Tianbao, Fang Jiuxia, Jingfu and Lao Qingyun, opened in Fangbang Road, which is known as the gold and silver jewelry street.
After liberation, especially after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a number of large and medium-sized state-owned wholesale units, such as vegetable market, aquatic product market, poultry and eggs, bacon, grain, fruit, and northern and southern goods wholesale departments, have been established one after another, and the Waixiangua Street farmer's market with hundreds of stalls has been opened, and nearly 100 trading outlets have been restored and built, which has dredged and expanded the material exchange between Shanghai and other provinces and cities and continued to play the role of distributing agricultural and sideline products.
Dongmen Road and Renmin Road have successively moved into a number of big stores such as Shanghai Fifth Department Store. Add a number of gold jewelry stores such as Autumn Treasure and Tang Cheng; Shanghai No.4 Food Store, Wan You Bacon Head Store, Yuanchang Shen Xing, Fengwantong Sauce Garden, Shanghai Bronze Beard Store and other stores have been expanded or transformed, and their stores have taken on a new look and the market is more prosperous.
The newly-built Green Garden Commercial Building, Schenk Hotel, Shen Long Hotel, Jasper Pool Luxury Bathroom suitable for middle and high-end consumption and a number of small and medium-sized hotels near Shiliupu Shanghai Bus Terminal can provide nearly 900 rooms and more than 2,000 beds, providing all-round services for passing passengers. (The map above 1 shows the location of Shiliupu, figure 2 shows Shiliupu in old Shanghai, figure 3 shows Shiliupu before demolition in 2004, and figure 4 shows Shiliupu reopened for Expo 20 10).