Songjiang Town
in Shanghai, ChinaCategory: Attraction
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1509 Song Jiang Ren Min Bei Lu, Songjiang Qu, Shanghai Shi, China, 201600 Print route »
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Songjiang (Chinese: t 松江鎮, s 松江镇, p Sōngjiāng Zhèn; Shanghainese: Son1-kaon1 Tsen3), formerly romanized as Sungkiang, was a large town and the seat of Songjiang County in Shanghai. In 1998, Songjiang County was changed to Songjiang District and, in 2001, Songjiang was abolished to become Yueyang Subdistrict (岳阳街道).The town has a Song dynasty square pagoda and nearby a 4 meters (13 ft)-high and 6 meters (20 ft)-long Ming dynasty screen wall, decorated with carvings of legendary beasts that depict human failings and misfortunes.
West of Songjiang is an old mosque, part of which dates to the Yuan dynasty and is said to be one of the oldest Islamic buildings in China. Even today it is still a place of Muslim worship.
Most of the Chinese men fighting in the Ever-Victorious Army against the Taiping Rebellion in the 1850s were originally from Songjiang.
