▲ The site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a typical Shanghai shikumen-style house, was quite inconspicuous in Shanghai in 1921. Over 30 years later, even the attending delegates couldn't definitively locate it.
▲ The Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China exhibits and narrates how countless Chinese people sought the path to national prosperity and strength over nearly 100 years starting from 1842. It also recounts how the Communist Party of China progressed from the Shikumen in Shanghai all the way to Tiananmen in Beijing.
▲ The Suzhou Creek, with its two banks clearly demarcated—war-torn on the north shore and bustling with revelry on the south—is vividly explained by the miniature model.
▲ The west wall displays the original appearance of the 1937 Battle of Shanghai, with 8 giant shell holes and over 420 bullet holes precisely detected, located, and restored. This is a rare live exhibition of war relics in China.
▲ The "Si Hang" in Shanghai Sihang Warehouse refers to banks, with "Si Hang" representing the four private banks in China at that time: Zhongnan, Yanye, Dalu, and Jincheng.
▲ This is the south gate of the Sihang Warehouse located on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, which was the entrance and exit for Chinese soldiers during the Defense of Sihang Warehouse.