《申报》视野下的近代上海“夜花园”

“The Night Garden”in Modern Shanghai Depicted in Shenbao

鸦片战争以来,上海开埠,经济发展,人口增长,城市化起步,社会风尚变迁,其中最为显著的变化是娱乐业的繁荣。在众多输入到中国的"洋娱乐"中,"夜花园"可谓是近代上海夜晚的一颗"新星",丰富了时人的消夏生活,获得了短暂的繁荣发展,特殊的历史时期促成了它的昙花一现。《申报》作为近代权威性的大众传媒,其关于"夜花园"的报道,不但是时人了解"夜花园"的主要媒介,也成为今天研究"夜花园"的重要资料来源。

After the First Opium War, Shanghai is opened up and the European and American civilization promotes the economic growth, the population increase, the urbanization, and the change of social trends of modern Shanghai. The most notable change is the prosperity of entertainment. Among the many input＂foreign forms of entertainment＇to China, ＂the Night Garden＂, as a＂star＂of the night of modern Shanghai,has enriched the public life and enjoyed a short prosperity, but has also been criticized by the public. The report and depiction of＂the Night Garden＇in Shenbao not only helps people understand＂the Night Garden＇better,but offers an important source of information to the present studies on＂the Night Garden＇as well.