Mr. Lu Xun has deep roots with Shanghai. On October 3, 1927, Lu Xun arrived in Shanghai with his wife Xu Guangping and has since settled in Shanghai. On October 19, 1936, due to ineffective treatment for lung disease, he died in the Apartment No. 9 Xincun in Mainland Shanghai. This period in Shanghai was the most brilliant period of Lu Xun's literary creation, and he published a unique novel "New Compilation of Stories". In addition, Lu Xun also founded many magazines, created a number of miscellaneous collections and carried out a large number of translations. Lu Xun's ideas and works are widely known as cultural wealth, and his footprints in Shanghai are still clear. See the report of the Red Voice of the Oriental Network for details.
Yokohama Road 35 No. 23
Jingyunli is located in Lane 35, Hengbang Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, built in 1925, it is adjacent to Hengbang Road in the west and Dou Le'an Road (now Duolun Road) in the east, with three rows of three-story buildings facing north and south, brick and wood structure Shikumen. More than 80 years ago, this was a place where cultural people gathered, and Lu Xun's first residence in Shanghai was in Jingyunli, Lane 35, Hengbang Road, where he also lived for two years and seven months. Located on the Chinese side of the "cross-border road", this lane is a new house that has just been built, but there are no sanitary facilities and no gas. Lu Xun, with his economic strength at that time, could only choose such a place.
Ramos Apartments
Ramos Apartment, now Beichuan Apartment, is located at No. 2079-2099, North Sichuan Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, built by the British Ramo in 1928, a reinforced concrete four-storey building, which was considered a high-end residence at that time.
On April 25, 1931, Lu Xun and Feng Xuefeng jointly compiled the inaugural issue of "Outpost". Rou Shi, Feng Xuefeng, Smedley, and Uchiyama Guanzao often visited Lu Xun, who lived in Ramos's apartment.
In 1931, in order to protest the atrocities of the Kuomintang reactionaries in killing the five martyrs of the "Left League", Lu Xun, together with Feng Xuefeng and other Communists, compiled and printed "Outpost" (a special number to commemorate the war dead). The word "outpost" was inscribed by Lu Xun on a wooden board and finally printed in the blank space of the book
In the summer and autumn of 1932, Lu Xun met with Chen Geng, a Red Army general who was treated in Shanghai, at his apartment in Ramos. Qu Qiubai also took refuge here twice and formed a deep friendship with Lu Xun, and The pseudonym of Qu Qiubai often appears in Lu Xun's works and diaries during this period.
Sketch of "Lu Xun and Qu Qiubai" (painting by Xu Beihong) (Source: Changzhou Government Portal)
After the outbreak of the Songhu War in 1932, Lu Xun moved out of ramos apartment for safety and the health of the sea baby, and moved to No. 9 New Village in mainland China in April 1933 through the introduction of Neishan Completed Construction. This is a self-contained three-storey new lane house with gas, hygiene and refrigerator.
Mainland New Village
No. 9, Lane 132, Shanyin Road, Mainland New Village is Lu Xun's last residence in Shanghai, and has now become a must-visit tourist spot for Chinese and foreign tourists. It is a group of red brick red tile brick brick three-storey new lane houses, invested by the Shanghai Trust Department of the Continental Bank, completed in 1931. Mr. Lu Xun moved in with Xu Guangping and his son HaiNian in the name of the staff of Neishan Bookstore on April 11, 1933, and died here at 5:25 a.m. on October 19, 1936, at the age of 56.
Lane 133, San'in Road, Dongzhaoli Lane
Uchiyama Bookstore
The bookstore opened by Nichiaki Neishan was originally in Weishengli, North Sichuan Road (that is, Lane 1881, North Sichuan Road, which no longer exists today). In 1929, it was moved to No. 11 Shigaota Road (Shanyin Road was formerly known as Scott Road, now no. 2048 North Sichuan Road), which is a three-story brick and wood fake building facing north and south.
In 1927, Lu Xun became acquainted with Uchiyama and became close friends when he was shopping at the Neishan Bookstore. Uchiyama Bookstore has attracted many Chinese and foreign cultural figures and become a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.
Lu Xun is not only a regular visitor to the Uchiyama Bookstore Literary and Art Talk, meeting with Chinese and Japanese cultural people, but also cooperating with Uchiyama to hold the "World Printmaking Exhibition", "Modern Writers Woodcut Exhibition", "Russian and French Book Illustration Exhibition", etc., to promote the development of China's emerging woodcut movement. At the same time, he and Uchiyama held a summer woodcut workshop in Shanghai, which was the first modern woodcut technique workshop in China.
Uchiyama Bookstore established extensive contacts with Lu Xun and other left-wing cultural figures, and promoted the development of left-wing cultural movements by selling left-wing progressive books and holding literary and artistic "rambling meetings". After Uchiyama's introduction, Lu Xun met japanese researcher Masuda Shigeru, writer Haruo Sato, Toshiichi Yokomitsu, Mitsuharu Kaneko, and Shigehiko Yamamoto, president of the Reform Society, in Hongkou, promoting Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges. In particular, the meeting with Masahiko Yamamoto led to Lu Xun's direct cooperation with the Reform Society. Lu Xun introduced some modern Chinese literary works to Japan and wrote a small introduction to "Outstanding Chinese Novels". In June 1936, "Transformation" opened a column entitled "Outstanding Chinese Novels" and successively published works by young Chinese writers recommended by Lu Xun. The first novel to be published was Xiao Jun's novel Sheep. In 1937, the society published the Complete Works of Great Lu Xun.
Lu Xun was in neishan Bookstore
Public Coffee Cafe: 8 Duolun Road
The current site is No. 1915 North Sichuan Road (the original site is No. 1093, the old building has been demolished and rebuilt into a 7-storey commercial building). In the 1930s, meetings of Shanghai's literary and art circles or appointments with prominent progressives often took place upstairs in public coffee shops.
Public coffee shop old shadow of the 1980s building
"Gong Brown" is relatively close to Lu Xun's apartment and Neishan Bookstore, so Lu Xun often talks with friends here.
Walking to the junction of North Sichuan Road and Duolun Road, within a few steps, I saw the metal nameplate and plaque of the ruins of the Gongzhe Cafe on the wall. Unfortunately, the plaque is still there, but it cannot lead to the era in which Lu Xun lived. The Café has been transformed into an "antique shop" that can be seen everywhere on Doron Road, awkwardly surviving in the gap between the old and the new. Friends who come to step on the spot can only take a photo with this plaque (there is nowhere to be found in the old books and bookstores in the museum).
Cade Road Smedley Residence
The area around Smedley's apartment on the 1947 map
In Lane 68, Fengxian Road, West Wang Jia Kui (formerly the door number Shimen 2nd Road Lane 41, Fengxian Road after the expansion of the current site), is a garden house residential area. In December 1928, Agnes Smedley came to China as a special correspondent for the German newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung, and arrived in Shanghai the following year. Lu Xun and Smedley met at the end of 1929 and became close friends after that.
Lu Xun at a Dutch restaurant, photographed by Smedley on September 17, 1930
In early 1931, Smedley wanted to leave China for health reasons. Before leaving Shanghai, Lu Xun and several young writers visited Shi's apartment on Kade Road (now Shimen 2nd Road) and talked freely for one night. Today, through the Xiwang Garden Lane Museum located in the lane, you can learn about the life of old Shanghai.
Today's West WangJiahui Garden House along the street (Zhang Yuanyuan photo)
Gongdelin Vegetable Food
The old appearance of the store gate of The Yellow River Road in Gongdelin
Founded in April 1922 on Beijing Road, a year later it moved to No. 43 Huanghe Road, near the Nanjing West Road International Hotel. On August 6, 1930, Uchiyama invited writers, painters, and journalists to attend the "Shanghai Rambune" to discuss literature and art. In addition to Lu Xun, the participants also included Tian Han, Yu Dafu, and Japanese literary and artistic friends in Shanghai. Lu Xun's rambling meetings at the invitation of friends are often held in coffee shops or restaurants. At present, "Gongdelin" is at No. 445 Nanjing West Road.
Jincheng Grand Theatre (Huangpu Theatre)
The Golden City Theater in 1934
780 Beijing East Road. Opened in February 1934, it has more than 1,600 seats, although it is less than "Great Light", but it is also comparable to the great Shanghai, International and other theaters. In 1934 and 1935, Lu Xun watched movies and performed in the "Golden City". In 1958, the Golden City Grand Theatre was renamed Huangpu Theatre. There are also Shanghai burlesques and other performances here.
New Asia Hotel
Old shadow of New Asia Hotel
It is located at No. 422 Tiantong Road, at the northwest corner of the intersection of North Sichuan Road. Founded in Guangzhou in 1928, it later set up a head office in Hong Kong, most of the shareholders were overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao businessmen, and set up a branch in Shanghai in 1933 and opened in January 1934. When Lu Xun was in Shanghai, he would sometimes travel south along North Sichuan Road, and when he reached the intersection of Tiantong Road, he would go to "Xinya" with his relatives and friends to sip tea. Later, he was invited or invited to drink here many times. Now after the renovation, it is open to the public under the name of Jinjiang Metropolo Classic New Asia Bund Hotel.
The present appearance of New Asia Hotel (Photo by Zhang Yuanyuan)
Kunshan Garden (Kunshan Park)
Kunshan Garden Old Shadow
It is located at No. 13 Huayuan Road, Kunshan. The only record of Lu Xun's visit to the park in his diary is that on October 9, 1932, he went to the hospital with his wife and hai baby, and visited the children's park together. This "children's park" is now Kunshan Park. It was first named Hongkou Park, later known as Kunshan Garden, dedicated to children's play. In 1937, it was renamed Kunshan Children's Park, and the public still commonly known as Kunshan Garden. In 1944, it was named Kunshan Park. The park is small and elegantly furnished. It was repaired several times in 1950 and 1979. On November 2, 2018, the second phase of the Reconstruction and Expansion Project of Kunshan Park was completed, and after the reconstruction, the gate of the park was rebuilt on Zhapu Road, and the original wall was demolished. The park is arranged into two characteristic areas: the ancient tree theme area and the historical theme area.
Good Friend Book Printing Company
The old street appearance of Liangyou Book Printing Company
At 861-863 North Sichuan Road (then No. 851 North Sichuan Road). Founded in 1924, the ground floor of the building is the store department, the rear part is the printing house, and the third floor of the rear is the editorial department. "Liangyou" mainly publishes various albums, which are widely sold at home and abroad with "Liangyou Pictorial" (1926.2-1945.10), which is quite influential. "Liangyou" has published Lu Xun's translations and compilations of paintings, and Lu Xun has personally sent manuscripts, selected paintings, and discussed publication matters. "Good friend" was one of the important positions for Lu Xun's later books.
Shanghai Grand Theatre
The old appearance of the Shanghai Grand Theatre
The English name is Isis Theatre. At No. 1408 North Sichuan Road, at the intersection of Qiujiang Branch (the old site was No. 523 North Sichuan Road). Lu Xun watched the most movies in Shanghai, this one, according to statistics, as many as 27 times. Because it is not far from Lu Xun's apartment, whenever there is a suitable film, Lu Xun will go to watch it, and most of them go to watch the drama with relatives and friends.
Advertisement for the film published in the Declaration on March 8, 1929
Fumin Hospital (Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital)
Old shadow in front of Fumin Hospital
The current site is No. 1878 North Sichuan Road, the original site is No. 141 North Sichuan Road, and the back door number is changed to No. 1019. Because of the proximity to Lu Xun's apartment, Lu Xun visited this hospital in the first few years of shanghai, and met many doctors and nurses. On September 27, 1929, Lu Xun's son Zhou Hainian was born here. After 1949, it was renamed the Fourth People's Hospital, which was a district second-class general hospital (from 2000 to 2017, it was a branch of the First People's Hospital, and its original name was the second title). Above the hospital building, there is a passage across, namely Lane 1856 of North Sichuan Road, which is named "Ariri", and the old Nongkou Tram Station is also named after Ariri, so it is a well-known Lane in the northern section of North Sichuan Road.
Ariri Lane Hall under the Four Courtyard Building (Photo by Zhang Yuanyuan)
Source: Red Voice Comprehensive Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall, CCTV News, Surging News, Wen Wei Po, Look at News Knows, etc
Editor: Liu Minyue