Today in 1999
,Duolun Road Cultural Celebrities Street opened.
Duolun
Road (formerly known as
Darroch
Road) was a side street
in Shanghai with the commercial
downtown of Sichuan North
Road to the north and Lu
Xun Park and Hongkou Football Stadium to the north. The literary activities held
by Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Guo Moruo, Ye Shengtao and other great maters and Ding Ling,
Rou Shi and other leftist writers give Duolun Road the status of ¡° City of
Modern Literature¡±; the famous coffee house (site), Hongde Hall, the
celebrities¡¯ residences in various styles, such as Kong (Xiangxi) residence, Bai
(Chongxi) residence, and Tang (Enbo) residence make Duolun Road an ¡°Open Museum¡±
of Shanghai school of architecture; from the homes of celebrities such as Qu
Qiubai, Cheng Wangdao, Zhao Shiyan, Wang Zaoshi and the Japanese
bookkeeper£Nei Shanwanzao to the old buildings of China Arts College and
Shanghai Drama Club and all these help to form a strong cultural atmosphere of
Duolun Road. With culture and tourism as the main line,
Duolun
Road, which is 550
meters in length, combines Celebrities¡¯ Houses, famous sites of
Shanghai, cultural markets
and leisure communities together and focus on cultural displays.
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