The Spring Festival is an annual carnival of the Chinese nation and an eternal spiritual pillar of the Chinese nation.

Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. It is also an important carrier for China people to release their emotions and meet their psychological needs. It is the annual carnival and eternal spiritual pillar of the Chinese nation.

from the opening of Shanghai to the 192s and 193s, it gradually developed into "the largest city in the Far East". During this period, the number of immigrants far exceeded that of the indigenous people living here. They come from all over China, but Jiangsu and Zhejiang account for more than 8%, occupying many advantages, each with hundreds of thousands to millions of people.

There are about 3% Anhui nationality and 1% Guangdong nationality. These ethnic groups became "Shanghainese" at that time. They and their descendants constitute the main body of Shanghainese today, and they are old Shanghainese since modern times. Today, most people living in downtown Shanghai are descendants of these immigrants.

"Shanghainese" are generally born in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Yuyao, Suzhou, Changzhou, Changshu, Cixi and Wuxi, and now the suburbs of Shanghai, while the ancestral homes in Yangzhou and Yancheng are the most in northern Jiangsu. With the renovation of the old city in Shanghai in full swing, some old immigrants who originally lived in the central city have moved to the suburbs.

The first large-scale migration in Shanghai in modern times originated from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War. In the early 196s, the Taiping Army attacked Suzhou and Hangzhou on a large scale. During this period, a large number of refugees who occupied all social strata in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, hid in the concession protected by foreign forces, which directly contributed to the prosperity of the concession and laid the foundation for attracting immigrants in the future.

Shanghainese call it alley, which is not only different from the traditional houses in the south of China, but also different from any western architectural form. However, it always bears more or less the trace of traditional architecture in China, and more or less the influence of foreign architecture. It can best represent the characteristics of modern Shanghai urban culture and is also the most direct product of modern Shanghai history.

At first, this kind of houses specially built for China people in the concession were all made of wood structure, with low cost, simple construction and fast construction speed. From September, 1853 to July, 1854, in less than a year, Guangdong Road and Fujian Road. More than 8 wooden shacks were built for rent and profit. This kind of rented wooden house generally adopts the overall layout of townhouses and is named "Li", which is the embryonic form of Shanghai alley.

after p>187, this simple wooden house was banned by the concession authorities because it was flammable and unsafe. However, because a large number of rented houses can bring the most important source of tax revenue to the concession authorities, real estate business activities have not stopped, but have become more and more prosperous. However, the early simple wooden house was completely replaced by a new type of residence-Shikumen Lane. Since then, alley houses have officially stepped onto the stage of Shanghai's urban construction activities and played an increasingly important role.

Shanghai, shot in 1993.