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{{Short description|Subdistrict of Baoshan, Shanghai, China}}
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'''Wusong''' ({{zh|t=吳淞|s=吴淞|p=Wúsōng}}), [[Postal romanization|formerly romanized]] as '''Woosung''',{{refn|group=n|Variant spellings include '''Woo-Sung'''.{{sfnp|Sladen|1895|p=[https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/278/mode/2up 278]}}}} is a [[subdistrict]] of [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan]] in northern [[Shanghai]]. Prior to the city's expansion, it was a separate port town located {{convert|14|mi|sp=us}} down the [[Huangpu River]] from Shanghai's urban core.
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'''Wusong''', [[Postal romanization|formerly romanized]] as '''Woosung''',{{refn|group=n|Variant spellings include '''Woo-Sung'''.{{sfnp|Sladen|1895|p=[https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/278/mode/2up 278]}}}} is a [[subdistrict]] of [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan]] in northern [[Shanghai]]. Prior to the city's expansion, it was a separate port town located {{convert|14|mi|sp=us}} down the [[Huangpu River]] from Shanghai's urban core.

==Name==
==Name==
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{{anchor|Etymology}}
Wusong is named for the Wusong River, a former name for Shanghai's [[Suzhou Creek]]. Suzhou Creek is now a tributary to the [[Huangpu River]], emptying into it in [[Puxi]] across from [[Lujiazui]] and just north of the [[Bund]]. The Huangpu had previously been a tributary to the Wusong, but the two reversed their importance when a flood caused it to gain a number of the Wusong's former tributaries.
Wusong is named for the Wusong River, a former name for Shanghai's [[Suzhou Creek]]. Suzhou Creek is now a tributary to the [[Huangpu River]], emptying into it in [[Puxi]] across from [[Lujiazui]] and just north of the [[The Bund|Bund]]. The Huangpu had previously been a tributary to the Wusong, but the two reversed their importance when a flood caused it to gain a number of the Wusong's former tributaries. The location where the Huangpu and Wusong meet was generally known as ''Wusongkou'' ("mouth of the Wusong"). As a result of an American railroader visiting the area in his sea captain days, it would also become the namesake for an unincorporated community in southwestern Ogle County, Illinois, northwest of Dixon.


==History==
==History==
The [[Battle of Woosung]] occurred on 16 June 1842 between British and Chinese forces during the [[First Opium War]]. It was the site of China's first telegraph wires and [[Woosung Road|first railroad]], both running to Shanghai along what is today the route of the [[Shanghai Metro]]'s elevated [[Line 3, Shanghai Metro|Line 3]]. During the steamship era, it was the point of departure for large [[steamship|steamers]] bound for Shanghai.{{sfnp|Sladen|1895|p=[https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/278/mode/2up 278]}} [[Tongji University]] was founded here in 1909. During [[World War II]], this town was the site of an internment camp for marines captured on [[Wake Island]]. Wusong became a district of Shanghai, before it was abolished in 1964 and incorporated into [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan District]].
Wusong housed a [[Qing Empire|Qing]] fortress protecting the entrance to Shanghai.{{sfnp|Sladen|1895|p=[https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/278/mode/2up 278]}} It was captured by the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] during the [[Battle of Woosung]] on 16 June 1842, amid the [[First Opium War]]. During the steamship era, it was the point of departure for large [[steamship|steamers]] bound for Shanghai.{{sfnp|Sladen|1895|p=[https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/278/mode/2up 278]}} This position caused it to be the site of China's first telegraph wires and [[Woosung Road|first railroad]], both running to Shanghai along what is today the route of the [[Shanghai Metro]]'s elevated [[Line 3, Shanghai Metro|Line 3]].{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} By 1900, it boasted a [[list of lighthouses in China|lighthouse]] and a "skeleton" [[teahouse]], as well as a small squadron of war-[[junk (ship)|junks]] (''ty-mung'') of the [[Imperial Chinese Navy]].{{sfnp|Sladen|1895|p=[https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/278/mode/2up 278]}} [[Tongji University]] was founded here in 1909.

The [[Battle of Shanghai]] represented the outbreak of [[World War II]] in Asia,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shanghai 1937 – Where World War II Began|url=http://www.shanghai1937.tv/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=SHANGHAI 1937: WHERE WORLD WAR II BEGAN|language=en-US}}</ref> and Wusongkou was the scene of an all-out land, sea and air battle, as Imperial Japanese Marines landed here on 23 August 1937, and were attacked by [[Republic of China Air Force|Chinese Air Force]] [[Curtiss BF2C|Hawk III]] fighter-attack planes escorted by [[Boeing P-26 Peashooter|P-26/281 Peashooters]]; the intense dogfight between the Chinese fighters and [[Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service|IJN fighters]] from aircraft carriers ''[[Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō|Hōshō]]'' and ''[[Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō|Ryūjō]]'' resulted in several Chinese fighters shot down, while the Japanese lost two [[Nakajima A4N|A4N]] fighters, each claimed by Capt. [[cmn:刘粹刚|Liu Cuigang]] and Lt. [[John Huang Xinrui|John Huang]], although Capt. Liu's victim managed to nurse his crippled A4N back to ''Ryūjō''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chen|first=C. Peter|title=Wong Sun-sui a.k.a. John Huang Xinrui|url=https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=947|access-date=2020-11-12|website=WW2DB|quote=Huang Xinrui flying in his Boeing P-26 Model 281 scored a kill over a Nakajima A4N during the Wusongkou counterattack; near Chongming Island.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Republic of China Air Force|first=Taiwan, ROC|title=Martyr Qin Jia-zhu|url=https://air.mnd.gov.tw/EN/PastCurrent/PastCurrent_Detail.aspx?FID=28&CID=176&ID=1327|access-date=2020-11-12|website=air.mnd.gov.tw|language=en|quote=Lt. Qin Jiazhu flying in his Boeing P-26 Model 281 was shot down and killed in the tense dogfight over Wusongkou on 23 August 1937.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chen|first=C. Peter|title=Capt. Liu Cuigang|url=https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=932|access-date=2020-11-12|website=WW2DB|quote=Capt. Liu Cuigang flying in his Curtiss Hawk III shot down an Imperial Japanese Navy A4N fighter, but the badly damaged Japanese fighter managed to return for a safe landing on Ryujo.}}</ref> Wusong was later the site of an internment camp for marines captured on [[Wake Island]] after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] over four years later.

Wusong became a district of Shanghai, before it was abolished in 1988 and incorporated into [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan District]].<ref name="toponymy">{{cite web |title = 上海地名志 总述 |publisher = Office of Shanghai Chronicles |url = http://www.shtong.gov.cn/dfz_web/DFZ/Info?idnode=70865&tableName=userobject1a&id=73521 |date =3 August 2004 |access-date =3 October 2019|language =zh}}</ref>

==Landmarks==
{{anchor|Wusung Radio Tower}}
The Wusung Radio Tower is a 321 metres tall [[guyed mast]] situated at Wusong near [[Shanghai]]. The Wusung Radio Mast was built in the 1930s and was at the time of inauguration the world's second-tallest architectural structure after the [[Empire State Building]].<ref>*Book: "Ein Riese unter Riesen" ( Page 33), Aufstieg und Fall des Deutschlandsenders III in Herzberg/Elster, Helmut Knuppe, Leipziger Verlagsgesellschaft, {{ISBN|3-910143-85-7}}</ref>


== Notes==
== Notes==
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== References ==
== References ==
===Citations===
=== Citations ===
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===Bibliography===
=== Sources ===
* {{citation |last=Sladen |first=Douglas |location=New York |publisher=New Amsterdam Book Co. |date=1895 |title=The Japs at Home, ''5th ed.'' |contribution=Bits of China |url=https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/n5/mode/2up |contribution-url=https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/276/mode/2up |pp=276–354 }}.
* {{citation |last=Sladen |first=Douglas |location = New York, NY |publisher=New Amsterdam Book Co. |year = 1895 |title = The Japs at Home |edition = 5th |contribution=Bits of China |url = https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/n5/mode/2up |contribution-url = https://archive.org/stream/japsathome00sladuoft#page/276/mode/2up |pages = 276–354 }}.


==See also==
==See also==
{{Wiktionary|Wusong|Woosung}}
* [[Woosung, Illinois]]
* [[Woosung Road]]
* [[Woosung Road]]
* [[Wenzaobang]], also known as Wusong Creek
* [[Wenzaobang]], also known as Wusong Creek
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For the Wusong River, see Suzhou Creek.
Wusong
吴淞区
Subdistrict of China
1980–1988

Location of Wusong on Shanghai.
History 
• Established
1980
• Disestablished
1988
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Yangpu District
Baoshan District, Shanghai
Today part ofPart of the Baoshan District, Shanghai
Wusong
Traditional Chinese吳淞
Simplified Chinese吴淞
PostalWoosung

Wusong, formerly romanized as Woosung,[n 1] is a subdistrict of Baoshan in northern Shanghai. Prior to the city's expansion, it was a separate port town located 14 miles (23 km) down the Huangpu River from Shanghai's urban core.

Name[edit]

Wusong is named for the Wusong River, a former name for Shanghai's Suzhou Creek. Suzhou Creek is now a tributary to the Huangpu River, emptying into it in Puxi across from Lujiazui and just north of the Bund. The Huangpu had previously been a tributary to the Wusong, but the two reversed their importance when a flood caused it to gain a number of the Wusong's former tributaries. The location where the Huangpu and Wusong meet was generally known as Wusongkou ("mouth of the Wusong"). As a result of an American railroader visiting the area in his sea captain days, it would also become the namesake for an unincorporated community in southwestern Ogle County, Illinois, northwest of Dixon.

History[edit]

Wusong housed a Qing fortress protecting the entrance to Shanghai.[1] It was captured by the British during the Battle of Woosung on 16 June 1842, amid the First Opium War. During the steamship era, it was the point of departure for large steamers bound for Shanghai.[1] This position caused it to be the site of China's first telegraph wires and first railroad, both running to Shanghai along what is today the route of the Shanghai Metro's elevated Line 3.[citation needed] By 1900, it boasted a lighthouse and a "skeleton" teahouse, as well as a small squadron of war-junks (ty-mung) of the Imperial Chinese Navy.[1] Tongji University was founded here in 1909.

The Battle of Shanghai represented the outbreak of World War II in Asia,[2] and Wusongkou was the scene of an all-out land, sea and air battle, as Imperial Japanese Marines landed here on 23 August 1937, and were attacked by Chinese Air Force Hawk III fighter-attack planes escorted by P-26/281 Peashooters; the intense dogfight between the Chinese fighters and IJN fighters from aircraft carriers Hōshō and Ryūjō resulted in several Chinese fighters shot down, while the Japanese lost two A4N fighters, each claimed by Capt. Liu Cuigang and Lt. John Huang, although Capt. Liu's victim managed to nurse his crippled A4N back to Ryūjō.[3][4][5] Wusong was later the site of an internment camp for marines captured on Wake Island after the attack on Pearl Harbor over four years later.

Wusong became a district of Shanghai, before it was abolished in 1988 and incorporated into Baoshan District.[6]

Landmarks[edit]

The Wusung Radio Tower is a 321 metres tall guyed mast situated at Wusong near Shanghai. The Wusung Radio Mast was built in the 1930s and was at the time of inauguration the world's second-tallest architectural structure after the Empire State Building.[7]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Variant spellings include Woo-Sung.[1]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Sladen (1895), p. 278.
  2. ^ "Shanghai 1937 – Where World War II Began". SHANGHAI 1937: WHERE WORLD WAR II BEGAN. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  3. ^ Chen, C. Peter. "Wong Sun-sui a.k.a. John Huang Xinrui". WW2DB. Retrieved 2020-11-12. Huang Xinrui flying in his Boeing P-26 Model 281 scored a kill over a Nakajima A4N during the Wusongkou counterattack; near Chongming Island.
  4. ^ Republic of China Air Force, Taiwan, ROC. "Martyr Qin Jia-zhu". air.mnd.gov.tw. Retrieved 2020-11-12. Lt. Qin Jiazhu flying in his Boeing P-26 Model 281 was shot down and killed in the tense dogfight over Wusongkou on 23 August 1937.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Chen, C. Peter. "Capt. Liu Cuigang". WW2DB. Retrieved 2020-11-12. Capt. Liu Cuigang flying in his Curtiss Hawk III shot down an Imperial Japanese Navy A4N fighter, but the badly damaged Japanese fighter managed to return for a safe landing on Ryujo.
  6. ^ "上海地名志 总述" (in Chinese). Office of Shanghai Chronicles. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. ^ *Book: "Ein Riese unter Riesen" ( Page 33), Aufstieg und Fall des Deutschlandsenders III in Herzberg/Elster, Helmut Knuppe, Leipziger Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 3-910143-85-7

Sources[edit]

See also[edit]

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