Songjiang Town (Shanghainese: Son1kaon1 Tsen3; Chinese: t 松江鎮, s 松江镇, p Sōngjiāng Zhèn), formerly rendered as Sungkiang, was a large town and the seat of Songjiang County in Shanghai. In 1998 Songjiang County was upgraded to Songjiang District, and in 2001 Songjiang Town was abolished to become Yueyang Subdistrict (岳阳街道).[1]
The town has a Song Dynasty square pagoda and nearby a 4 metres (13 ft) high and 6 metres (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.