上海是晚清中国新鲜事的集散地,各地的中国人,都跑到这里来见识洋人洋事,吃西餐,坐四轮马车,而住在上海的人,也什么事都敢做,玩回力球,做买办,讲一口洋泾浜英语,甚至投票选举,也敢一试。不过,上海人最早的投票不是选政治领导人,而是选美女。19世纪末的上海,是个繁荣娟盛的年代,从街头的流莺,到书寓的校书,莺莺燕燕,成千累万。妓女多,文人也多。那是个文气未消的时代,即使是青楼, Shanghai is a hub of China’s new things in the late Qing dynasty. All the Chinese people came here to meet foreign affairs, eat Western food and ride in wagons while those living in Shanghai dared to do anything and play basketball , Do comprador, speak English Pidgin, or even vote for the election, also dare to try. However, Shanghai’s earliest vote was not the election of political leaders, but beauty. At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai was a thriving and prosperous era where thousands of thousands of Ying-Ying and Yan-yan came from school-goers to school books. Many prostitutes, many scholars. It is an era of mild gas, even the brothel,