What is Paramount Gate in Shanghai?

Paramount is a famous comprehensive entertainment place in Shanghai. The full name is "Paramount Hotel Ballroom". 1929, Dahua Hotel, which was originally opened on Gordon Road (now Jiangning Road) and operated a ballroom, closed down. The West District of Shanghai is known as the "aristocratic area" and there is no entertainment place suitable for the "aristocratic area". 1932, China businessman Gu Liancheng invested 702,000 silver to build the Paramount Temple in Jing 'an Temple, and named it "Paramount Gate" after homonym. At the opening ceremony of 1933 [1], Wu Tiecheng, then mayor of the Kuomintang government, personally attended and delivered a congratulatory message. At that time, Zhang Xueliang was a frequent visitor to Paramount, and the engagement ceremony of Chen Xiangmei and Chennault was held here. Chaplin and his wife came here when they visited Shanghai.

Chinese name

Shanghai bailemen

Foreign name

Shanghai bailemen

geographical position

No.218 Yuyuan Road, Jing 'an District, Shanghai, China

Climate type

Subtropical monsoon climate?

floor space

2,550 square meters

history

1929, Dahua Hotel, which was originally opened on Gordon Road (now Jiangning Road) and operated a ballroom, closed down. The West District of Shanghai is known as the "aristocratic area" and there is no entertainment place suitable for the "aristocratic area". 1932, China businessman Gu Liancheng invested 702,000 silver to build the Paramount Temple in Jing 'an Temple, and named it "Paramount Gate" after homonym.

Designed by architect Yang Xiyu Chung, the casino is known as the "No.1 Yuefu in the East". This building has three floors. The ground floor is the kitchen and storefront, the second floor is the dance floor and banquet hall, and the third floor is the hotel. After the casino was built, it was rented to a Frenchman. According to the lease contract, Paramount boss draws according to the number of guests, and the French stipulate that all dancers should bring their own partners, which is extremely expensive, which makes Paramount lose a lot. Soon, "Paramount" dismissed the French, changed hands and recruited dancers from the society. At that time, the monthly income of dancers was as high as 3 thousand to 6 thousand yuan, which was more than ten times that of ordinary staff.

194 1 After the Pacific War broke out, a dancer named Chen was shot dead by the Japanese in the ballroom because she refused to dance for the Japanese. 1954, Paramount was taken over by relevant government departments due to serious losses. The original ballroom main building was converted into Hongdu Theater, and other ancillary buildings were converted into shopping malls. Later, it was changed to Hongdu Cinema. In June 1990, 1 1, the canopy at the entrance of the cinema collapsed due to disrepair, killing a pedestrian. It was ordered to suspend business for rectification. The current address is 2 18 Yuyuan Road.

Chen was the most popular dancer at Paramount in the 1940s. She is elegant, versatile and good at Peking Opera. He has performed Hongluan Jubilee with famous Peking Opera artists such as Ye Shenglan and Ma Fulu. At that time, Liu Huizhi, general manager of China Industrial Bank, was lucky enough to win Chen's heart and rented a house in Lane 579, Yuyuan Road. It stands to reason that Chen has a strong backer, and she should bid farewell to her career as a dancer and live a new life.