Fuxingfang Review

On the edge of the trendy Sinan Mansion, there is still a similar appearance, but the interior is still a 100% old Shanghai style old alley, called Fuxingfang. Fuxingfang is located on Fuxing Middle Road. Since Fuxing Middle Road was named Rafael Road during the concession period, it was originally called Rafael Road. After 1943, with the change of the road name, the name has been changed to Fuxingfang. The new style of Fuxingfang, which has been built in 1928 for nearly a hundred years, has a history of nearly a hundred years. It is a new style of Lilong building, with three floors high and a brick-concrete structure. The main road about 6 meters wide is extremely spacious, orange-red brick walls, wooden shutters, have become a small chimney of decorations, full of a century of retro atmosphere. Because in the downtown area and by the Sinan Mansion, there are no shortage of foreigners here; The magic capital of Haina Baichuan, even the alley is also an international style. At the beginning of the completion of Fuxingfang, many of the middle-class people living here, in addition to the domestic, will also raise a rickshaw driver. The rickshaw driver was hired with the car, came to the house during the day to "work", and left the owner's house at night. Therefore, the main alley in Fuxingfang Lane is very spacious, and parking a car on the side will not affect the normal traffic in the middle. Celebrities have been living in many famous alleys in Shanghai, and their reputations are from the famous people who lived here, and so is Fuxingfang. Of the 95 house numbers, the famous one is the former residence of Justice Minister Shi Liang. Shen Maish, a scholar who lived in the Chinese and Western scholar, went to Beiping to teach, and the owner changed to a barrister Shi Liang, who also worked as a residence and a firm. No. 8 was once He Xiangning's former residence. From 1927 to 1937, He Xiangning lived here, set up and led the Chinese Women's Anti-Enemy Support Association, to carry out anti-Japanese rescue activities. On the 16th, Du Yueqian and his fourth wife Yao Yulan's wedding room, and they were still "rented to marry". Because their marriage had been opposed by the second wife and the third wife, they could not bring Yao Yulan into the family to marry here. The four wives also have a famous girlfriend, the "Donghuang" Meng Xiaodong, who came to Shanghai for a tour in 1936. It is said that he stayed at the girlfriend's house at No. 16 Fuxingfang. Zhang Yuanji, who is famous for hosting the business printing book hall, also temporarily put the United Library in Fuxing in 1939. Fang (also in Fumin Road Changle Road new pavilion). Fuxingfang also set up an early Chinese-French Education Foundation. Today, although the residents living here are not as thunderous as before, the green plants, drying clothes, quiet and well-behaved cats everywhere, all show that Fuxingfang is as comfortable as its former name Lafayette Terrace. Address: 553, Fuxing Middle Road Transportation: Huaihai Middle Road, Metro Line 13