Shangzhong Building Complex

Shangzhong Building Complex

The Shangzhong Building Complex is located at No. 1 Jicen Road, Jimei. It includes the Shangzhong Building, the Songshi Building, and the Dunshu Building. The Shangzhong Building stands in the center, flanked by the Dunshu Building and the Songshi Building on the left and right respectively, forming a semi-enclosed layout. Shangzhong Building: Completed in February 1921, it originally served as the teaching building for Jimei Girls' Middle School. During the War of Resistance against Japan, it was damaged by Japanese aerial bombings. In 1946, it was repaired and became the teaching building for Jimei Advanced Commercial School. On the eve of the liberation of Jimei in 1949, the building was again damaged by artillery fire from the Kuomintang. It was repaired once more in 1951 and now serves as student dormitories for the College of Finance and Economics at Jimei University.

The building faces south with its back to the north, has a main structure of three floors, and a four-story central gate tower, covering a construction area of 3,141 square meters. It features a front corridor layout, with the exterior walls primarily made of red plain bricks accented with granite decorative inlays. The interior is of brick-and-wood construction. The roof is a Western-style double-pitched roof, while the outer corridor section has a flat roof covered with red machine-made flat tiles. The gate tower, pediments, arches, railings, and window casings are all decorated in Western styles.

Songshi Building: Completed in February 1921, it originally served as the teaching building for Jimei Girls' Middle School. During the War of Resistance against Japan, it was damaged by Japanese aerial bombings. In 1946, it was repaired and converted into a teaching building for Jimei Advanced Commercial School, and now serves as student dormitories for the College of Finance and Economics at Jimei University.

This building faces west with its back to the east, has a total of three floors, and covers a construction area of 2,949 square meters. It features a front corridor layout, with the exterior walls primarily made of red plain bricks accented with granite decorative inlays. The interior is of brick-and-wood construction. The roof is a Western-style double-pitched roof, covered with red machine-made flat tiles. The pediments, arches, railings, and window casings are all decorated in Western styles.

Dunshu Building: Completed in August 1925, it originally served as the teaching building for Jimei Girls' Primary School. During the War of Resistance against Japan, it was damaged by Japanese aerial bombings. In 1946, it was repaired and converted into a teaching building for Jimei Advanced Commercial School, and now serves as student dormitories for the College of Finance and Economics at Jimei University.

This building faces east with its back to the west. The central gate tower and southern wing have three floors, while the northern wing has two floors. It is of brick-and-wood construction, covering a construction area of 2,707 square meters. It features a front corridor layout, with both the northern and southern wings having arched corridors. The first and second floors of the gate tower combine round and pointed arches in a Western-style arcade, while the third floor features a traditional Chinese columned veranda. The roof of the gate tower is a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof with upturned ridges, the ridge ends styled in swallowtail fashion, and the roof is covered with green glass tiles. The roofs of the two wings are double-pitched, the outer corridors have flat roofs, and the roof is covered with red machine-made flat tiles. The eaves and gables of the gate tower are decorated with traditional Southern Fujian wood carvings and gray plaster sculptures, while the column capitals, arches, and railings feature Western-style decorations.