Full name is Shanghai Xujiahui Catholic Church Library, also known as Huitang Stone Chamber. In 1847, the Jesuit Society of Shanghai Catholic Church built a book repair room in Xujiahui and collected Chinese and Western books. After two expansions in 1860 and 1897, an independent two-story library was formed. Today’s Xujiahui Library not only continues functions such as reading services and document collections, but also expands functions such as document research and development and exhibition tourism to meet society’s needs for human cultural heritage – historical buildings and old foreign language documents. The existing Xujiahui Library consists of two buildings staggered north and south: The north building, namely the large study, was built in 1897. It is a two-story double-sloped roof, brick-wood structure. The north and south façades are equipped with multiple European-style pilasters and pointed-voucher pine shutter window frames. The design concept and style of the two floors integrate Chinese and Western cultural connotations. The upper floor is the Western language library; the lower floor was originally the Chinese language library, imitating the style of Tianyi Pavilion in Ningbo in the Ming Dynasty; The south building, originally the Jesuit hospital, namely the priest building, was built in 1867. After several renovations, it was fixed as a four-story sloped roof and corridor-style building in 1931.
Opening hours: Open from 09:00 to 17:00 from Monday to Saturday all year round; Closed all day on Sunday all year round.Shanghai Library Xujiahui Library
Full name is Shanghai Xujiahui Catholic Church Library, also known as Huitang Stone Chamber. In 1847[...]
