As an attempt to introduce new capitalist things on a large scale, Nanyang Guild Hall laid the foundation for the development of China Expo and played a positive role in promoting the development of modern industry and commerce in China. At the same time, it also has a great influence on Nanjing's politics, economy, transportation and social life.
Lu Xun, inspector and natural history teacher of Shaoxing Middle School in Zhejiang Province, led more than 200 teachers and students to observe. Mr. Lu Xun, an old friend of Lu Xun's, a fellow countryman of Shaoxing, who works in Jiangxi Pavilion of Homecoming Association, gave each of the teachers and students a special exquisite porcelain teacup engraved with "Memorial of Nanyang Homecoming Association, a gift from Xu Jilong". At that time, the press commented on the exhortation meeting to varying degrees: "the big clocks and watches in the country, the big industrial schools for businessmen and the big advertising fields for products also transported domestic products to foreign ships and railways"; "A day's hard work is better than ten years' study".
There are theaters, circuses, animal and botanical gardens and other entertainment and education places inside and outside the exhibition venue, and there are more than 200 hotels and shops. A small subway will be laid outside the venue, and each carriage can accommodate a small train of 20 or 30 people, which will depart around the venue once an hour. Specially published a book "Jinling Magazine", the cover of which is printed with "the first printing of Nanyang Persuasion Association in Xuantong's second year".
Xiong Xiling, the founder of the box, absorbed advanced foreign porcelain-making technology, which made Xiang Porcelain famous and won the Nanyang Persuasion Association Award. Shen Shou was a famous embroidery artist in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and she was one of the two female examiners in the Examination Institute of Nanyang Ye Quan Association. Her embroidery works were exhibited at the meeting and won the first prize. Xu He Glass Factory, a famous industrialist in Jiangsu Province, brought rare glass products to the exhibition. Lu Yuequan, an industrialist, vigorously promoted the life insurance industry during the Nanyang persuasion meeting and founded China people's own life insurance company. Robert Dalai, the American tycoon and president of Dalai Shipping Company, also led a delegation to China to observe the Nanyang Persuasion Association.
Three famous modern writers in China, Lu Xun, Mao Dun and Ye Shengtao, also visited Nanyang Hall. At that time, Lu Xun was 29 years old and was the superintendent of Shaoxing Middle School in Zhejiang. He led more than 200 students to visit Nanyang Persuasion Association. Mao Dun and Ye Shengtao are 14 years old and 16 years old respectively. They are both middle school students. After visiting the Nanyang Persuasion Association, they all thought that they broadened their horizons and had a subtle positive impact on their later thoughts and literary creation.
During the period of Nanyang Persuasion Society, Shi, a famous patriotic journalist and one of the founders of China News, set aside the right to operate Shenbao, and founded a newspaper with authoritative discourse power and reflecting public opinion for the society. Yang, the founder of Jinling Jingke Office and a Buddhist master, gave a speech at Nanyang Persuasion Association as a religious celebrity, showing his patriotism and love for the people. Wang Shuyan, a gifted scholar in Jiaojiang, Huangyan, Zhejiang Province, roamed the meeting place twice, and his poems flourished. He wrote 265,438+00 poems, named "Miscellaneous Poems of Nanyang Persuasion Association", which was published in the first and second episodes and widely circulated as a beautiful talk.
In order to hold the Nanyang persuasion meeting, Nanjing built a power plant, and Nanjing also used electric lights. There are five-color lights in the exhibition area at night. The popularity of photography, all kinds of scientific instruments, and the new mechanical Chen Zhan make people "unexpected". The industrial products on display are mainly light industry, while heavy industry and chemical industry are backward, which also shows the structure of China's national industrial capital.
Nanyang Persuasion Association mainly focuses on agricultural and sideline products, handicrafts and educational products, and has set up an education museum and a Guangdong education product exhibition hall, which are dedicated to displaying various educational products and achievements. Scholars in education participated in the research of exhibits and wrote many excellent research reports. At the same time, many educational societies were born in Nanyang Persuasion Association. Various provinces have set up craft schools (workshops) to recruit students and teach various craft technologies.
One of the reasons why Nanyang Persuasion Association is located in Nanjing is the convenient transportation. During the preparatory period, the railway, Yequan Road and Feng Run Road leading to the venue were specially built, and a small train was added at the venue, which further facilitated the flow of people and logistics.
It has realized the original intention of Nanyang Persuasion Association to "build Nanjing market". The construction of each exhibition hall truly embodies the combination of Chinese and western, colorful; The newly-built store "seems to have a unique European market style". These architectural concepts and technologies had a great influence on Nanjing's urban construction during the Republic of China, such as Yihe Road Embassy, residential areas and buildings along Zhongshan (North) Road.
Nanyang Guild of Persuasion attracted nearly 300,000 visitors, with a total turnover of tens of millions of silver dollars, which played a positive role in the development of modern industry in China. Delegations from the United States, Japan, Germany and other countries affirmed and appreciated the Association. Persuasion will make China people who pursue modern civilization more eye-opening. Members of Nanshe Society came to Nanjing with their family and friends from Shanghai to observe Nanyang Missionary Association in September 19 10. After three days of observation, they still haven't finished all the observations. Lu Xun, inspector and natural history teacher of Shaoxing Middle School in Zhejiang Province, led more than 200 teachers and students to observe.
-Xu Jilong, a fellow Shaoxing countryman and an old friend of Lu Xun, who works in Jiangxi Pavilion of Ye Quan Hometown Association, is very kind because he met an old friend from a foreign country. He not only warmly welcomed Mr. Lu Xun, but also gave each of the teachers and students a special exquisite porcelain teacup engraved with "Nanyang Leaf Plenary Session as a souvenir, from Xu Jilong". Everyone got the cup and regarded it as a treasure, and they couldn't put it down. They all said: If Mr. Cai Yu didn't lead the team, where could he get such a good souvenir!
Mao Dun visited Nanjing for three and a half days and was deeply inspired. Before he left, he also bought some rain stones as a memorial to his mother. When Ye Shengtao published an article in 1934 "Middle School Students" magazine, he also mentioned that he had visited the Nanyang Persuasion Association in middle school.
It can be seen that Nanyang persuasion society is deeply impressed in their minds. At that time, the press spoke highly of the guild: "national clocks and watches, industrial schools for businessmen, product advertising fields, and transporting domestic products to foreign ships and railways"; "A day's hard work is better than ten years' study".