Residents of the French Concession in Shanghai

Xujiahui, next to the French Concession, is one of the two activity centers of Catholic French Jesuits in China (the other is xian county, Hebei). Various church institutions-St. ignatius's Church, Bishop's House, several monasteries, observatories, printing houses, libraries, male and female secondary schools, etc. Form a large-scale church area. Catholicism in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces is derived from here. 1861June 29th, the first Catholic church (St. Joseph's Church in Pichin) was built in the French Concession. Aurora University and Guangci Hospital are located in the center of the French Concession. Catholic missions and parishes in other places have also set up accounting offices in Shanghai French Concession to manage real estate.

In contrast, France's trade with China is not prosperous enough, and only a few French firms in the French Concession export raw silk to Lyon. During the period of tsarist Russia, Russia's influence in Shanghai was relatively small. There were 402 people in 19 15, and only 4 1 people lived in the French Concession.

19 17 After the October Revolution, 7,000 Russian refugees flooded into Shanghai, including many nobles. 193 1 year, after Japanese occupation of northeast China, a large number of Russian overseas Chinese moved from Harbin to Shanghai. In 1930s, the total number of Russian overseas Chinese in Shanghai was1.5,000 to 20,000. 1934, there were 8260 Russian nationals in the French Concession. (There are 30 1935 Russian nationals in Gongx * * Concession). They built two beautiful Orthodox churches in the French Concession: Notre Dame Hall, Saint Nicholas Church and Cemetery (the "Yangfen Mountain" on the roadside of Fei Xia).

Belarus managed to move to the French Concession after gaining a firm foothold in Shanghai Hongkou Tilanqiao. In 1920, the number of Russian nationals in the French Concession was only 2 10, and in 1934, it increased to 8260. Most of them live in Ban Lü Road, Huanlong Road and route pere robert in the center of the French Concession, and open clothing stores, bakeries and cafes in the center of Joffrey Street. Make Joffrey Street the most romantic commercial street in Shanghai.

There are many musicians, dancers and painters among Belarusian immigrants. Under their impetus, opera and ballet flourished in Shanghai. The band members of the Ministry of Industry and the French Concession Ministry of Industry are mostly Russian. They also trained a number of outstanding musicians in China, including Fu Cong. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War, the French Concession in Shanghai began to prosper because of the influx of Chinese. 19 10, the number of China people in the French Concession in Shanghai exceeded 65,438+10,000. Nearly 500,000 before the Anti-Japanese War. During the island period, it increased to 825342. At the same time, the business district of China gradually extends from Guan Highway to the east of Joffrey Street via Baxian Bridge.

The French Concession in Shanghai is also the base camp of gangs and the prosperous place of Huang and Du.

1During the 1920s and 1930s, many French elites built garden villas in French Concession residential areas in the west.