The Chinese government has just published an interactive online map of the city of Shanghai that highlights important Communist landmarks that have great significance to the history of the party in China.
The map is entirely in Chinese, but there is talk of developing bilingual options for those who have interest in the party’s development in the city of Shanghai. In the meantime, we recommend clicking around and listening to the slightly creepy automated music.
Here are a few of the landmarks from the virtual tour:
In 1915, Chen Duxiu founded the New Youth magazine in Shanghai, which was instrumental in spreading the influence of the New Cultural Movement as well as the May Fourth Movement. The magazine did not last very long in Shanghai; the base of operations was moved to Beijing after Duxiu was made Chairman of the Chinese Literature Department. However, the magazine remained highly influential during the 1910s and the 1920s.
One of the most important sites to visit on this interactive map is the former personal residence of Sun Yat-Sen. In 1961, Sun Yat-Sen’s former residence at No. 7 Xiangshan Road, was listed as one of the Key State-preserved Cultural Relic Zones.
Moving along, Lane 163 Zizhong Road is where famous scholar and educator Chen Wangdao translated the Communist Manifesto into Chinese for the first time in 1920.
[Images via DianLiWenMi, Anomadis, Magrudy]
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