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Hongkou unveils new commemorative plaques for historical buildings
By:Luyukun  |  From:english.eastday.com  |  2018-05-23 18:07

(Photo: former residence of Dinglin)

May 18 was International Museum Day and on this occasion Shanghai Hongkou District, in connection with this year’s theme of “super-connected museums”, unveiled new commemorative plaques for a batch of historical buildings in the North Bund area. Included among the list of the first 40 buildings are the former residence of Ding Lin (1904-1986), a writer who joined the CCP in 1932, well known for her feminine novels set in 1920s Shanghai, the Young John Allen Memorial Church (Jingling Tang), the former home of the Comparative Law School of Soochow University, and the former house of the Hongkou Branch of the Commercial Press.

The reporter learnt during the unveiling ceremony that, in order to provide a better narration of the stories behind those historical buildings, Hongkou District has tried to digitally connect a total of 120 buildings and former residences of celebrities to create an “unwalled museum”. A QR code will be available for each historical building with a new plaque attached to it and simply scanning the QR code will present a short introduction along with pictures of the building.

As an area boasting rich historical, cultural and humanistic treasures, Hongkou has been positioned by President Xi as the origin of Shanghai’s avant-garde "East Meets West" culture. Li Qiang, current Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai, also mentioned that historical buildings are the living history of a city and he underscored the need to preserve those historical and cultural heritages--the living memories of Shanghai.

During the unveiling ceremony, the organizers made an example by attaching a new plaque to the former residence of Dinglin and scanned the QR code on the plaque. A guide with the Memorial Site of the 4th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party then recited Dinglin’s prose titled “Wuyue”(Literally “May”).

After the ceremony, more than a hundred young members of the Communist Party and the Communist Youth League escorted and attached the new plaques to other historical buildings, showing that the young understand the importance of remembering the old.

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