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Former Residence of Zhou Family in Yanpu, Haiyan, Zhejiang

Zhou Xinbo's former residence is commonly known as "Zhou's House". It was built in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. Because the house number is exactly 100, people call it "No. 100 Zhou's House". It is said that "No. 100 Zhou Family" has a total of 99 houses. Zhou Xinbo opened a textile factory in Shanghai and invested in the Commercial Press. The house he built had a complex structure and exquisite layout, consisting of wing rooms, a main house, a hall, a patio, a corridor, a hall, a pond, and a garden. It was demolished in the 1960s, and now only the second courtyard and the side rooms remain, totaling six brick-and-wood bungalows, covering an area of ​​about 200 square meters. Historical buildings in Haiyan County. Zhou Xinbo, whose name was Changqi and whose courtesy name was Xinbo, was extremely intelligent since childhood. After Zhou Xinbo became the manager of "Rixinsheng" ("Rixinsheng", "Rixinzeng", "Rixinchang", all known as "Sanrixin" in old Shanghai, it was opened by a native of Yanpu and was a giant in cotton cloth wholesale in Shanghai at that time), he adjusted the business strategy to focus on cotton cloth wholesale, and the cotton cloth was exported to Hong Kong and many places in Southeast Asia. As a result, Zhou Xinbo was elected as a director of Shanghai Zhenhuatang Foreign Cloth Company and became an important figure in the cotton cloth industry in Shanghai at that time.
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