Jiading is a suburban district of
Shanghai
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. It had a population of 1,471,100 in
2010
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.
History
Historically, Jiading was a separate municipality/town, until, in 1958, becoming under the administration of Shanghai. In 1993, Jiading's designated was changed from a
county
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to a
district
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of Shanghai.
In the early
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
, which overlapped with
Southern Ming, the municipality was infamously known for the "Jiading Massacre", a mass murder carried out by the invading Qing force, led by defected northern Chinese bandit general . In late Qing (in 1853), Jiading city was also known for bandit activities that once captured the city and then Shanghai, as a rebellion of taxation.
In 2005, the Jiading district government invested
RMB 10 million to build the
Shanghai Museum of the Imperial Examination System.
Geography
Jiading district is located in the northwestern part of
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...
. It stretches across . It is located about from downtown Shanghai.
Climate
Jiading has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Jiading is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around .
Administration
Jiading District administers several subdistricts towns, including
Jiading,
Anting,
Nanxiang,
Huating,
Xuhang,
Waigang,
Huangdu,
Malu and
Jiangqiao.
Subdistricts and towns
Landmarks
Shanghai University has a campus in downtown Jiading, which is where
SILC is based.
The
Shanghai International Circuit is located in Jiading. Each year in April, the Shanghai International Circuit holds the
Chinese Grand Prix.
Jiading Confucian Temple
''Location'': 183 Jiading Nan Dajie, near Tacheng Lu, Jiading District, Shanghai
The Jiading Confucian Temple is one of the best conserved
Confucian temple
A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions. They were formerly the site of the administration ...
s in China. It has gone through several repairs in the past 800 years. It is a national cultural and security unit. The temple was first built in year 1219. In year 1249, a pond and three memorial gates were add to the construction and were still seen today. In front of the main gate which opens towards the Da Cheng Hall (大成殿) stands a 688-year-old juniper tree. Throughout the temple, numerous 700-year-old stone tablets stood against the wall, carved with calligraphy and documentation of historical events. Although the existing buildings are only six or seven out of ten, it is still one of the more complete Confucian Temples in China.
There is also a ''museum of imperial examinations''. The rooms surrounding the Da Cheng Hall have been transformed into a museum about the Imperial Examination, where you could read all about its inexhaustible significance since its foundation about 1,300 years ago.
Fahua Pagoda
''Location'': No.349 Nanda Street, Jiading District, Shanghai
The Fahua Pagoda located in central Jiading adjacent to Zhouqiao Bridge is a tetragonal brick-wooden
pagoda
A pagoda is an Asian tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist but sometimes Taoist, ...
with seven floors and a height of .
The ancient pagoda -called Jin Sha Pagoda(金沙塔) when it was built in 1205~1207- had been built before Jiading County was established. There is only a pagoda, no temple. According to the legend, the intention to build the pagoda was only to encourage the local intellectuals to study hard. It has a common name called "Wenbi Peak", which means to pray for the imperial examination. It was renamed to Fahua Pagoda in Ming Dynasty(明朝) by a famous Calligrapher. Presently, there are also the Memorial of Gu Weijun and the Memorial of Hu Juewen in the pagoda courtyard, the visitors can know the life stories of these two famous figures from Jiading.
In its long history, it was damaged and rebuilt quite a few times. During one of its reconstructions in 1608, the local officials funded a lot and the pagoda became a lot more beautiful. "Jin Sha Under Sunset"(金沙夕照) had been a famous attraction of Jia Ding Town for a long long time. The latest renovation was in 1996.
The pagoda is surrounded by Zhouqiao Old Street during the renovation in 1996 lots of efforts were put into restoring the buildings around it to what they looked hundreds of years ago.
Bamboo Carving Museum
''Location'':No.321 South Street, Jiading District, Shanghai
The Bamboo Carving Museum, covering
bamboo
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carving over the past 400 years since the mid-
Ming Dynasty
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. It exhibits its collections and fine modern Jiading bamboo carvings. Bamboo carvings collected by other collection organizations and collectors are also exhibited from time to time. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Zhu He, his son and grandson initiated Jiading bamboo carving in the form of deep relief and penetrating carving, which is one of the best art products with rich cultural connotation and regional characteristics in Jiading.
Sports
Shanghai Jiading F.C. is the district's local soccer club.
Accommodation
There are numerous international hotels within the Jiading district.
Among the most famous are Sheraton Shanghai Jiading Hotel and the Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting, the latter one being the first five star international hotel in Jiading.
Notable people
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Yang Yongliang (b. 1980), artist
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James S.C. Chao (b. ~1935), merchant mariner, business leader, and philanthropist. He is the founder of
Foremost Group
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.
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Wellington Koo (b. ~1888), a Chinese statesman of the
Republic of China
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.
Transportation
Highways
Jiading district is connected to downtown Shanghai by the
Hujia Expressway, the first
expressway in China. Jiading district is near Shanghai's
Hongqiao Airport
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, but across town from
Pudong International Airport.
Metro
Jiading is currently served by two metro lines operated by
Shanghai Metro
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:
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Nanxiang,
Malu,
Jiading Xincheng,
Baiyin Road,
West Jiading,
North Jiading /
Shanghai Circuit,
East Changji Road,
Shanghai Automobile City,
Anting
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Jinyun Road,
West Jinshajiang Road,
Fengzhuang
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Fengbang,
Lexiu Road,
Lintao Road,
Jiayi Road,
Dingbian Road,
Zhenxin Xincun
References
Further reading
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James S.C. Chao
External links
Jiading Government portalCrowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf
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Districts of Shanghai