Amusement Culture and Urban Humanistic Ecology of Shanghai during the Republic of China Period (1912-1936)
Jiang Yan
Abstract: During the Republic of China period, Shanghai amusement games were gradually developed along with the process of urban modernization, and were successfully transformed from exotic scenery into local products. In the process, Shanghai gave amusement games commercial, social, and cultural attributes, which became an important part of the Haikai culture, and was then promoted nationwide as a platform and medium for communicating with social groups, developing social undertakings, and spreading social culture, and in turn shaping the city's humanistic ecology.Specifically, firstly, the amusement park realized the commercial operation and perfected the market pattern of Shanghai; secondly, the amusement appraisal was open to the public and accomplished the self-construction of the emerging civic class;and lastly, the amusement contacted political, commercial and social sectors in the form of the amusement association to expand the functions of education, public welfare and revolution,and fed the cultural character of the city. In fact, Shanghai amusement culture of this period is also a "living heritage", with the construction of its urban humanistic ecology as the core of the current inheritance. It should be in this vein, along the road to make a new era of innovation and creativity, that is, "Shanghai experience" and "China's wisdom", which are merging in pairs and light each other up.
Key words: amusement; amusement culture; Shanghai during the Republic of China; urban humanistic ecology
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