History of rickshaws and rickshaws in old Shanghai.

The rickshaw is a two-wheeled passenger transport vehicle towed by human power. The rickshaw was formerly called "Oriental rickshaw", also known as rickshaw, and was created in about 187. In the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873), Milla, a Frenchman, saw the convenience of rickshaws and planned to buy them from Japan. He submitted a plan to the Public Board of the French Concession, demanding that "passenger service agencies with hand-drawn trolleys be set up in the two concessions" and applied for a ten-year patent operation. Later, after consultation between the Public Board Bureau of the French Concession and the Ministry Bureau of the Public Concession, it was agreed that the two bureaus would issue rickshaw licenses and approve the journey price. In January of the following year, rickshaws were imported from Japan to Shanghai. Because it was imported from Japan, it was also called Toyo car by Shanghai people at that time.

chartered cars were first developed in county towns. In July of 16th, Qishuyan established Yimin Rickshaw Company, rated as 2 rickshaws, and the county office approved the West Street to the railway station. On May 1st, 17th year of the Republic of China, "Zhuang Zhongxi (Zhuang Qi), director of urban construction, together with members of the Standing Committee of Tongjiang Road, went to Benniu to open the river road for the second time. The Standing Committee took four rickshaws (vehicles), visited the sericulture guidance center all the way through Xinzha Town, and inspected the river engineering through Lianjiang Bridge, and inspected the road construction achievements of each section along the way. By noon, the spectators were horrified, which was the first to open the atmosphere". In the same year, someone planned to build Danyang Road rickshaw company. In the 2 years of the Republic of China, Ben Niu also opened a human-powered car dealership with a small number of rickshaws. There are already Longhutang, Hutang Bridge and Baijiaqiao that connect rickshaws from the county to the surrounding market towns. There is no such industry in towns and villages except running cattle. Because going to the countryside is a long distance, rickshaw drivers are tired of pulling carts and running, so rickshaws have been in this county for more than 4 years, and it is not common to come to towns and villages.

A passenger tricycle is a combination of a rickshaw and a bicycle. It can accommodate two passengers, and the driver pedals, which reduces a lot of physical strength compared with the rickshaw running. On the eve of liberation, there were three or five tricycles owned by Ming Huang people in Changzhou city, which were included in the rickshaw industry