Free encyclopedia Wikipedia jumps to:? Navigation? Search richter hotels (Astor? House) is one of the major foreign-funded hotels in China in the19th century and the first half of the 20th century. 1959 was renamed Pujiang Hotel.
Directory [hidden]? 1? Geographical environment 2? History 2. 1? 19th century 2.2? 2.3 the first half of the 20th century? Decline 3? State 4? The other five? See 6? Note 7？ Reference 8? External link [Edit]? Geographical environment Richard Hotel is located at the intersection of Huangpu River and Suzhou River, on the east side of the north embankment of Waibaidu Bridge, at Huangpu Road 15, Hongkou District. During the prosperous period of Richard Hotel, the west side of Broadway Mansion [2] is opposite to Broadway Road [1], and the south side is opposite to Shanghai Bund complex across Suzhou River. There are consulates of more than ten countries including the United States, Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union along Huangpu Road. Along Broadway eastward to Tilanqiao, it used to be a British-funded and Japanese-funded ship wharf, such as Gonghe Lane Wharf and Huishan Wharf.
[editor]? History [edit]? /kloc-Richard Hotel in the 0/9th century was founded in 1846, when Shanghai was only open for three years. Richard, a British businessman, built a hotel named Richard between the British Concession near the Bund of Jinling East Road and the county seat of Shanghai [3]. Hotel? And then what? Restaurant (Richard Hotel). This is the earliest modern hotel in Shanghai [4].
1856, Shuijing Bridge, the predecessor of Suzhou Creek Waibaidu Bridge, was completed. 1857, Li was optimistic about the development prospects here, bought a piece of wasteland with an area of 1 min on the north side of the bridge at a very low price, built a two-story brick-wood structure building with East Indian style here, and moved Richard Hotel from the original site. However, due to its remote location and inconvenient transportation, the initial operating conditions were not good.
1860, British Smith (Henry? Smith) took over the management of Richard Hotel and renamed it Astor? House. Under the management of Smith, Richard Hotel has opened a billiard room, a bar, a ballroom and a poker room in addition to the guest rooms, and there are often singing, dancing and drama performances in the lobby downstairs to attract customers. As a result, hotels began to improve and the number of foreign tourists increased significantly.
/kloc-In the late 9th century, Richard Hotel was often the first place in China to accept modern things: 1867, the restaurant used gas for the first time in Shanghai; 1in July, 882, the first batch of electric lights in China were installed here, which attracted a group of curious visitors. 1883 became the earliest place to use tap water in Shanghai.
[editor]? In the first half of the 20th century, 1906, due to the reconstruction of the steel bridge of Waibaidu Bridge, some hotel land had to be ceded. At the same time, another foreign hotel, the Palace? The hotel has begun to build a new six-story building. Because it is located in a prime location on the Bund of Nanjing Road, it brings survival pressure to Richard Hotel, which has only two floors and is located on the north bank of Suzhou Creek. In order to win the competition, in the same year, Richard Hotel also demolished the old building and converted it into a five-story brick-wood structure with a construction area of 8 100 square meter (now Jinshan Building). Because it is difficult to compare with the Zhong Hui Hotel, a luxurious six-story building was built in front of it. This building was built in 19 10, facing the street on four sides, with an area of 4,437 square meters and a building area of1501square meter. It is a mixed structure of reinforced concrete and brick and wood, neoclassical style, complicated large arched windows, rows of Ionian columns, gray exterior walls and corner roofs. The new Richard Hotel has more than 200 rooms. ? Most of the previous managers of Richard Hotel were captains, so many facilities in the hotel are modeled after the style of the ship, such as the corridor of the hotel, which is painted like the passage to the sleeping cabin on a passenger ship.
Richard Hotel was one of the most modern luxury hotels in the Far East at that time: hot water was provided 24 hours a day, and every room had a telephone. It was one of the earliest elevators in China, and Shanghai was the first to show semi-audio movies (1908) and audio movies (19 13 12.29).
The top restaurant in Richard Hotel (Peacock Hall) is very spacious and luxurious, which can accommodate 500 people for dining or dancing. In the evening, the symphony orchestra plays here, and at 8 pm, well-dressed guests come here for dinner. "At this time, you can see most foreign bigwigs in this port city [6]"
/kloc-In the 20th century and the first half of the 20th century, Richard Hotel was the favorite place for celebrities from all over the world to stay in Shanghai. Their list includes: Duke of Edinburgh, a famous five-star general in the American Civil War, and the 18 th President General Grant (Ulysses? s？ Grant, 1879, staying at Richard Hotel Room 4 10), British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1920), scientist Einstein (1922), comedian Chaplin (193 1).
[editor]? The turning point of the decline of Richard Hotel was the August 1937 Songhu Battle. During the war, Hongkou, where Richard Hotel was located, was not listed as a wartime neutral zone because it belonged to the sphere of Japanese influence [7] and was isolated from other areas of Shanghai public concession. Western expatriates living in Hongkou quickly left and moved to the safer central and western regions such as Shanghai public concession and its cross-border road construction area [8] and Shanghai French concession [9]. After the evacuation of western expatriates from Hongkou, Richard Hotel was unable to operate because of the loss of customers. So the British transferred the hotel to the Japanese. After the Anti-Japanese War, the British took back the Richa Hotel and rented it to Jianhua Real Estate Company. The ground floor hall was divided into 23 rooms, transformed into shops along the street, opened cafes and bars, and the upstairs rooms were rented by American clubs and other units.
After 1949, Richard Hotel is still managed by the British. 1950 When the lease expires, Jianhua Real Estate Company will return the house to the British business. At this time, the China government and British businessmen had a dispute over the cost of repairs. Finally, on April 9th, it was taken over by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, 1954, as the office building of East China Textile Administration and China Tea Import and Export Corporation. On June 25th, 1958 was assigned to Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Organs Affairs. On May 27th, 1959, Richard Hotel was renamed Pujiang Hotel, officially opened to the public, and was responsible for receiving foreign and overseas Chinese tourists.
[editor]? At present, Pujiang Hotel suffered great damage during the Cultural Revolution. The restaurant on the top floor is beyond recognition, and the former luxury hotel is gradually declining. From 65438 to 0988, Pujiang Hotel and Shanghai Tower were placed under the Shanghai Hengshan Group. 1995, the original Richard Hotel was almost demolished and rebuilt. After learning about the historical origin of the hotel, Wu, president of Hengshan Group, decided to keep the former site of the hotel and planned to gradually restore its original appearance. After renovation in 2002, Pujiang Hotel was listed as a three-star hotel with a total of 1 16 rooms.
1990 19 February 19 Shanghai Stock Exchange was established in the lobby on the first floor of the former Richard Hotel. [ 10]
[editor]? Others 1846 12.22, the British consul in Shanghai, Aleguo, called foreigners who rented land in Shanghai, rented the Richard Hotel, held a meeting, and established the "Road Wharf Committee" (Committee? Open? Road? And then what? Jetties), the predecessor of Shanghai Public Concession Industrial and Commercial Office.
1897, Cai Jun of Shanghai Daotai held a big dance in the banquet hall of Regent Hotel to celebrate the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi. Consuls in Shanghai and foreign businessmen living in Shanghai were invited to the dance.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Richard Hotel held "Communication te amo" on Saturday and Sunday nights for the first time. Since then, ballroom dancing has become popular in Shanghai.
19 19, Zhou Xiangsheng, a waiter of Richard Hotel, accidentally picked up a large number of rubles and exchanged them for 500 silver dollars. He jumped ship to Xiangsheng Automobile Company at the junction of Broadway and Wuchang, and later became a taxi king in Shanghai.