Songjiang Town
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.[citation needed] 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.
References
- ↑ "2001年松江区行政区划 (Songjiang District Administrative Divisions, 2001)" (in Simplified Chinese). xzqh.org. Retrieved 2011-04-18. "（9）撤销松江镇建制，建立岳阳街道办事处。岳阳街道办事处的管辖区域为原松江镇的部分行政区域，面积5.8平方千米；办事处设在原松江镇政府的所在地。"
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Coordinates: 31°00′38″N 121°13′39″E / 31.01056°N 121.22750°E