YANGJINGBANG: The story of the creek
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YANGJINGBANG was a tributary of the Huangpu River, with its Pudong section called East Yangjingbang and Puxi section called West Yangjingbang. Yangjingbang usually refers to the part on the west of the Huangpu River. It ran 1.6km from the Huangpu River to Zhoujinbang (now Xizang Rd M.) via the present-day Sichuan–Yunnan Road stretch, matching today’s Yan’an Rd E.
Transformation of Yangjingbang
1843
Shanghai was opened as a treaty port. Prior to this, the banks of Yangjingbang were open fields with scattered thatched cottages.
1845
The British concession — the first of its kind in modern China — was established north to Yangjingbang Creek and south of Li Village (present-day Beijing Road E.).
1849
The French concession was established between the south bank of Yangjingbang and the northern city wall of the Shanghai County. Yangjingbang thus became the boundary river between the British and French concessions
.1853
After the Taiping Rebellion broke out, Shanghai merchants fled to the British concession, and trade along the Yangjingbang Creek boomed.
1863
The British and American concessions merged to form the International Settlement.
1864
Authorities on either side of Yangjingbang argued over the solutions to the creek pollution, which caused health hazards. The British wanted it dredged, while the French wanted it gone.
1914
The International Settlement and the French concession agreed to cooperate in filling up the creek and building a road.
1917
The former Yangjingbang Creek, along with the adjacent Songjiang Road and Confucius Road, was transformed into a broad avenue, named Avenue Edward VII in honor of King Edward VII of the UK. This road became the boundary between the two concessions
.1924
To commemorate the victory of World War I, the European War Memorial was erected at the eastern end of Avenue Edward VII on the Bund. It became an important landmark, but was later dismantled by the Japanese invaders during World War II.
1943
The International Settlement and the French concession were returned to the Wang Jingwei regime. Avenue Edward VII was renamed Dashanghai Road.
1945
After the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the road was renamed Zhongzheng Road E..
1950
After the liberation of Shanghai, the road was renamed Yan’an Road E., which is used today.
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