Baidai Little Red House

✅Baidai Little House - the recording site of the "March of the Volunteers", the birthplace of Chinese records. ✅Baidai Little Red House is a French-style independent garden house. It was once the Asia-Pacific headquarters of the Oriental Baidai Record Company and the birthplace of the Chinese record industry. The ground floor is a recording studio and a lounge for singers; the second floor is the office of music editors; the third floor is the living room of the company's boss, a Frenchman named Le Binsheng. This small building in Xujiahui Park was once the central nerve of Baidai Company. ✅In 1921, Oriental Baidai bought the land at No. 1434 Xujiahui Road (now No. 811 Hengshan Road, Xuhui District) to set up a record manufacturing company and built the first recording studio in Shanghai, which marked the beginning of the history of Chinese record production. ✅Baidai Company mainly produces diamond needle coarse grain records, with the grain from the outside to the inside, and the center of the record starts to print a distinctive red "rooster" trademark. This is the so-called Baidai "red record". The famous red "rooster" trademark has since been well-known in China, and almost all heavyweight figures in the history of modern Chinese art have left their footprints here. ✅The most famous pop singers in China at that time, such as Zhou Xuan, Bai Hong, Yao Li, and Li Xianglan, were all affiliated with Baidai; 21 classics such as "Night Shanghai" and "The Age of Flower" by Zhou Xuan, the theme song and interlude of the movie, were all produced by Baidai Company. In addition, singers such as Bai Guang, Gong Qiuxia, and Wu Yingyin, as well as popular movie stars such as Ruan Lingyu and Hu Die, also came to Baidai to show their singing skills. ✅On May 9, 1935, the "March of the Volunteers" was recorded in the recording studio of Shanghai Baidai Record Company. In July of the same year, the first edition of the "March of the Volunteers" sung by Yuan Muzhi and Gu Menghe was recorded and released by Baidai Record Company. On September 27, 1949, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference designated the "March of the Volunteers" as the national anthem. ✅In 2002, when Xujiahui Green Space was renovated, Baidai Little House, as the only historical relic of Baidai, was preserved. 🕙Business hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (entry is stopped at 16:30) 📍Detailed address: Inside Xujiahui Park, No. 811 Hengshan Road, Xuhui District 📝Note tips: Closed on Monday Ticket: Free