Urbanie & Urbanus

Issue 2025 Jan

Counter-Urbanization

International Gentrification of Rural China: The Emergence of Yangjiale

Yifan Song

PhD candidate in Architecture and Civil Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong

and  Paulina Maria Neisch

Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Figures

Figure 1. Mount Mogan Distribution Map.



Figure 2. Growth of Yangjiale B&Bs over the years; the number of foreign residents in Shanghai over the years; the number of foreign population flows in Shanghai over the years.



Figure 3. Geographical distribution map of 555 Yangjiale BnBs in four styles.



Figure 4. Four architectural styles of BnB.



Figure 5. The 555 BnBs categorized into four styles in different stages of evolution.



Figure 6. The growth chart of 555 Yangjiale BnBs of four styles over the years and the comparison chart of Yangjiale’s development stages.