Evolution ofArchitectures and Nantong City in Modern History
Xu Yongzhan
Abstract：The open-up of Shanghai and southern Jiangsu in 1840 formed a prosperous situation for Nantong city. The architectures and the city itself have evolved in two ways: the splendid development of ancient architectures and the old town had been continued, and Western decoration began to appear in houses in Nantong, which could be called the beginning of the architecture modernization. ln 1895, Zhang Jian, the businessman with strong political power, achieved a monopoly commercial development rights in Nantong. After that, the city had formed a system of one city and three towns, and the integration of western style and Chinese traditional architecture became popular. Since 1903 when the economic development in Nantong had reached the climax, the three-town pattern had been perfected, and the modern architecture developed throughout. There had been a lot of residential and public buildings in modern style, which greatly enriched the material content of the first modern city.
Keywords：Nantongmodern architecture and cityevolution
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 20-23 )