Outside of the Canidrome 1930s The Shanghai Cultural Plaza precinct (Traditional Chinese: 文化廣場; Simplified Chinese: 文化广场; Hanyu Pinyin: Wénhuà Guăngchăng) is an area in Shanghai's Luwan District, in the former French Concession of Shanghai, China. The area began as the Canidrome (Traditional Chinese: 逸園跑狗場; Simplified Chinese: 逸园跑狗场; Hanyu Pinyin: Yíyuán Păogŏuchăng), a stadium structure originally built for greyhound racing in 1928[1]. The clubhouse and racetrack became a multi-purpose entertainment venue, but became a place for political rallies after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and, later still, a theatre and exhibition space. In 2006, the original Canidrome grandstand was demolished as part of the reconstruction of the precinct to become a park incorporating various cultural venues[2]. Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: æ£é«”å—/ç¹é«”å—, Simplified Chinese: æ£ä½“å—/ç¹ä½“å—) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ...
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Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of...
Luwan (卢湾) is a district located in Central Shanghai, China. ...
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Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: æ£é«”å—/ç¹é«”å—, Simplified Chinese: æ£ä½“å—/ç¹ä½“å—) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ...
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Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of...
Several greyhounds before a race. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
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Location
The Calidrome was located on the rue Lafayette, which is today known as Central Fuxing Road. [3]. It occupies a large portion of the street block formed by what are today Jianguo Road, Shaanxi Road, Fuxing Road, and Maoming Road.
Name The English name "Canidrome" is a composition of cani-, dog, and drome, race course. The Chinese name, Yiyuan Paigouchang, means "Yi Garden dog racing track", where "Yi" literally means leisure. The Canidrome has also been labeled the Rendezvous for Shanghai's Elite. Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player, fondly remembered for being a leading member of Count Basie’s Old Testament orchestra and leader of mainstream orientated jam session recordings...
Species Canis adustus Canis aureus Canis dirus (extinct) Canis latrans Canis lupus Canis mesomelas Canis simensis †also includes dogs. ...
After 1949, greyhound racing, like other forms of gambling, was banned by the Communist party, and the precinct's name was changed to the Shanghai Cultural Plaza. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
History
Pre-1949 The stadium was built in 1928. It could seat 50,000 spectators. It was the largest of the three stadiums built at the time to house animal racing[4]. Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
In the 1920s and 30s, the canidrome was mostly a facility limited to wWsterners and Europeans. The Canidrome ballroom was where the American Buck Clayton and his band performed[5]. The Chinese discrimination mostly came about from the effects of the Treaty of the Bogue. Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player, fondly remembered for being a leading member of Count Basie’s Old Testament orchestra and leader of mainstream orientated jam session recordings...
The Canidrome also served as a sporting venue. On March 15, 1941 a soccer game between the Shanghai Municipal Police and the Chinese team turned into a riot in the Canidrome, and cause 20,000 Chinese spectators to flood the field. As many as 30 people were injured in the game riot[6].
1949-1976
Mass execution facility The People's Liberation Army marched into Shanghai in May 1949[7]. Public trial meetings held in the Canidrome was referred to as "The Shanghai Enlarged Joint Meeting of People's Representatives' Conference"[8]. The Canidrome and the separate Shanghai Race Course were places where mass executions took place in the hands of the Communist Party, killing hundreds each day[7]. The city police, helped by Communist political police, in a single night arrested an estimated 24,000 Chinese, and dragged them off to concentration camps in Shanghai's outskirts. Among the arrested were former Kuomintang officials, school-teachers, Christian churchmen, non-Communist union leaders, property owners, newspaper workers, factory managers, and students[9]. The executions were selected by a committee of 24 Communist-appointed "civic leaders". The Xinhua News Agency reported that Shanghai high-school students marched beside the prisoners on their way to execution beating gongs and drums, and chanting: "Kill nice! Kill them well! Kill all of them!". At the time 10,000 people gathered and demanded the death of the accused in a unanimous roar[9]. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ...
The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung1-kuo2 Kuo2-min2-tang3)[1], also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China, now on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in...
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Front gate of the main building of Xinhua News Agency in Beijing The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified Chinese: æ–°åŽç¤¾; Traditional Chinese: æ–°è¯ç¤¾; pinyin: ), or NCNA (New China News Agency), is the official press agency of the government of the Peoples Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and...
1976-1980s After banning greyhound racing and other forms of gambling, the Communist government re-constructed the Canidrome. Additional buildings gradually turned the entire race-course into an indoor venue. The existing grandstand, including its auditorium, was retained. During the Cultural Revolution, the Cultural Plaza became a venue for public meetings, where Red Guards and other agitators denounced "class enemies" and figures of authority. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution; often abbreviated to 文化大é©å‘½ wénhuà dà gémìng, literally Great Cultural Revolution, or even simpler, to æ–‡é© wéngé, Cultural Revolution) was a period of social chaos and political anarchy in the Peoples...
Red Guards. ...
For the 20 years after the end of the Cultural Revolution, the Cultural Plaza served a number of purposes. Its auditorium was used as performance space for films and theatre. It was also used as a conference venue, often housing political conferences and meetings. Beginning from the 1980s, the Shanghai Municipal Government began discussing the redevelopment of the Cultural Plaza precinct. Decades of neglect had left the buildings in the precinct in need of repair. Construction in the precinct since 1949 had lacked overall planning. Its former role as a space for political meetings had diminished in significance, while its role as a performance space had been superseded by newer or better facilities. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
1990s-2000s
Reconstruction The large, covered space built over the former Canidrome also served as a versatile exhibition space. In 1997, this area became the location of the Shanghai Flower Market. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 2003, a series of international design competitions were held[2]. A plan was adopted to rebuild the precinct as a park. Certain elements of the original structures will be retained, including the long-span space frame structure over the auditorium, which was, at the time of its construction, the longest such span in the Far East[2]. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ...
The original grandstand, along with most of the other structures in the precinct, was demolished in 2005.[10] 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
References - ^ Brown, James Dale. [2002] (2002). Frommer's Shanghai. Frommer's Publishing. ISBN 0764566997
- ^ a b c Beyer Blinder Belle China. "Shanghai Cultural Plaza." Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
- ^ Mountainsongs. "Mountainsongs." Canidrome-YìyuánPǎogǒuchǎng. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- ^ Jackson, Beverley. [2005] (2005). Shanghai Girl Gets All dressed up. Ten Speed Press. ISBN 1580083676
- ^ Jones. Andrew F. [2001] (2001). Yellow Music - CL: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in the Chinese Jazz Age. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822326949
- ^ Wakeman, Frederic E. [1996] (1996). The Shanghai Badlands: Wartime Terrorism and Urban Crime, 1937-1941. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521528712
- ^ a b Bellucci, Lucille. [2005] (2005). Journey from Shanghai. iUniverse Publishing. ISBN 0595343732
- ^ Karanjia, Rustom Khurshedji. [1952] (1952). China Stands up and wolves of the wild west. People's Publishing House. No ISBN digitized
- ^ a b ""Kill nice!" Time magazine, May 21, 1951, Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
- ^ Sina News. "Landmark of yesteryear, Shanghai Cultural Plaza demolished". 2005-12-01. Retried 2007-05-19.
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April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ...
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May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (129th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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