Small Swords Society
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Small Swords Society or Small Sword Society was a political activist organisation in Shanghai, China, and neighbouring areas amid the Taiping Rebellion, between about 1840 and 1855. Members of the soc
Headquarters of the Small Swords Society in Shanghai
Old City (Shanghai)
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The Old City of Shanghai, also formerly known as the Chinese city, is the traditional urban core of Shanghai. Its boundary was formerly defined by a defensive wall. The Old City was the county seat fo
A 17th-century painting showing the city wall of the Old City of Shanghai and the river port outside the wall
The walled city of Shanghai during the Ming dynasty
Picture of the old city
Outside moat of the Old City