Architectural history of Zhonghui building

Zhonghui Building is the seat of Zhonghui Bank founded by Du. /kloc-0 was completed in September, 1934, covering an area of 2 166 square meters, with a building area of 4,868 square meters, with reinforced concrete structure. Zhonghui Mansion is an art deco building, which was popular in 1930s. There are not many floors, but there are tall towers, which are tall and beautiful. After the liberation of Shanghai, Zhonghui Bank went bankrupt and liquidated. 1959, under the instruction of Mayor Chen Yi, the whole building was used by Shanghai Museum. From 65438 to 0993, a real estate company was transformed into a comprehensive building integrating shopping malls, entertainment, catering and office, but the original architectural style was destroyed. Now it is Zhonghui Building, which is listed as an excellent modern architectural protection unit in Shanghai. Now it is located at Henan South Road 16, Shanghai.

Zhonghui Building, an outstanding modern architectural protection unit in Shanghai, is located at No.6 Henan South Road and No.0/43 Yan 'an East Road in Huangpu District. Historically, it was a bank building, and after the founding of New China, it was a museum. Yan 'an East Road Viaduct passes by the door. On the building, there are four characters "Zhonghui Building" inscribed by former curator Ma Chengyuan.

In old China, Shanghai was the financial center of the Far East. In addition to foreign capital and foreign banks all over the Bund, there are more than 0/00 Chinese banks, including Zhonghui Bank. Zhonghui is not big, but it is very famous in Shanghai, because its boss is Du who was blown into Shanghai.