Former site of Bank of Korea Qingdao Branch

It was built on May 10, 1932. Designed by Japanese architect yoshijiro Mitsui. With a total construction area of 2000 square meters, it has a rectangular plane, two floors above the ground and one floor under the ground. It faces the street on both sides of the southeast. The indoor hall is more than 650 square meters, about 8 meters high. The whole bank of Korea building constructed by Dachang civil engineering only has some trivial stone carving decoration on the top cornice, and the large-area facade and external wall are processed into detailed horizontal concave lines. Influenced by American Louis Sullivan in composition, the whole building embodies Japanese architectural style. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the branch was taken over by Qingdao Branch of the Central Bank of the national government. Now it is the business place of industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Former site of Bank of Korea Qingdao Branch

The former site of Bank of Korea Qingdao branch is located at 12 Guantao Road, which was built on May 10, 1932. Designed by Japanese architect yoshijiro Mitsui.

The total construction area of 2000 square meters, rectangular plane, two floors above the ground, one floor underground.

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Facing the street on both sides of the southeast, the indoor hall is more than 650 square meters, about 8 meters high. The top of the ceiling is decorated with patterns. The floor of the hall is covered with colored stone, and the side windows and the top are used for lighting. It is spacious and bright. The outer wall takes the gate as the center and spreads out to both sides in turn. On the first floor of the building, there are window openings with the same width as the gate. The upper circle is below, and the edge is exquisitely decorated with granite strips. The second floor is lined with small windows and holes, without any decoration, forming an obvious contrast with the first floor. The whole bank of Korea building constructed by Dachang civil engineering only has some trivial stone carving decoration on the top cornice, and the large area of facade and exterior wall is processed into fine horizontal concave line. Influenced by American Louis Sullivan in composition, the whole building embodies Japanese architectural style.

In 1910, after the Japanese government officially announced the annexation of Korea, the Bank of Korea law was promulgated in March of the next year, and the Central Bank of Korea was renamed the Bank of Korea. In October 1917, the Bank of Korea set up a branch in Tangyi Road, Qingdao. After the opening, there are three kinds of accounts: daily gold account, silver dollar account and silver account. The three accounts handle deposits, loans, foreign exchange and other businesses of the same industry. Like Yokohama Zhengjin Bank of Japan, Bank of Korea has also issued banknotes in China. It was published in 1916. Mainly concentrated in Northeast China. After the establishment of Bank of Korea Qingdao Branch, seven kinds of gold yuan coupons, commonly known as old man's ticket, were also issued in Qingdao. At that time, the daily necessities in Qingdao were bought and sold with Japanese gold yuan coupons, especially for the bulk transactions between the Japanese. The demand for Japanese gold yuan coupons was very large. Therefore, the number of Japanese gold yuan coupons issued by the Qingdao Branch of Bank of Korea in Qingdao gradually increased. There are four kinds of banknotes: 1 yuan, 5 yuan, 10 yuan and 100 yuan. At the same time, the Qingdao Branch of the Bank of Korea, as a banking institution for overseas Japanese, also developed rapidly in loan business. According to historical records, by 1920, the bank's loan balance had reached 8-9 million yuan.

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During the period of Japan's second occupation of Qingdao, under the UnionPay currency system, the Qingdao Branch of Bank of Korea was able to handle domestic exchange business and collect military funds and miscellaneous taxes on behalf of Bank of Japan. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the branch was taken over by Qingdao Branch of the Central Bank of the national government. Now it is the business place of industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Address: No.12 Guantao Road, Shibei District, Qingdao

Longitude: 120.320645

Latitude: 36.07791

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