In the 26th year of the Guangxu period (1900 AD), a new shop broker was opened next to Henan Road in Shanghai - Duoyunxuan. Duoyunxuan first launched Suhang Yafan, poetry paper, four treasures of study, calligraphy and painting mounting, etc., and later developed woodblock watermarks, calligraphy and painting intermediaries and other businesses. With high-quality products and honest services, Duoyunxuan quickly became the mainstream art in Shanghai. Circle: Zhang Daqian first came to Shanghai, Duo Yunxuan introduced him to join the famous scholar Zeng Xi; Shen Yinmo was unknown, Duo Yunxuan knew talents with keen eyes and vigorously recommended them to help him become famous; Zhang Taiyan liked to use "Duo Yunxuan belongs to clouds" rice paper The painting paper splashed ink and wrote; at the beginning of the famous work "The Golden Lock", Zhang Ailing compared the moon in her memory to "a teardrop fell on Duoyunxuan's letter paper..." At its peak, Duoyunxuan served as hundreds of calligraphers and painters. The reputation of "Home of Calligraphy and Painting" and "Jiangnan Art Garden" spread like wildfire.

After the founding of New China, Duoyunxuan, which has experienced storms and sunshine and completed nationalization, has grown and grown as a representative enterprise in the Shanghai art industry. In that turbulent era when he was polite, Duoyunxuan bravely shouldered the cultural mission and restored and developed traditions. The woodblock watermarking technique and insisted on carrying out calligraphy and painting acquisition business, rescued and collected a large number of precious cultural relics scattered by the people. In 1978, Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House was established on the basis of Duoyunxuan, and the "one body and two wings" development period was begun with the calligraphy and painting publishing business. In the 1980s, Duoyunxuan has become an undisputed leading enterprise in Shanghai's art industry. "The art of "the art of the people connects the nine-modes to revive the past and present, and the pen has three long and four beautiful clouds that are concentrated in the outside world" is Duoyunxuan's Portrait.

In the 1990s, the market economy was in full swing, and Duoyunxuan wrote an important page in the history of the development of the Chinese art market with the spirit of daring to be the first in the world. In 1992, Duoyunxuan registered and established an art auction company in mainland China. In 1993, Duoyunxuan sounded the first hammer of art auction in mainland China, opening up the historical process of 20 years of rapid progress in the Chinese art market. From then until the first decade of the new century, Duoyunxuan entered several emerging art businesses, forming an art industry chain covering auctions, store sales, antiques, art brokerage, e-commerce, art education, art exhibitions, and woodblock watermark production and operation. , become the leader in the Chinese art market.

Duoyunxuan never stopped reforming and innovating. In 2009, under the deployment of the former Shanghai Literary and Art Publishing Group, Duoyunxuan became an independent market entity from Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House and embarked on the path of group development. Through institutional and mechanism reform, century-old stores have stimulated huge innovation potential, transformed from traditional business formats to modern art business enterprises, and implemented brand expansion strategies, successfully deployed in Jinan, Hangzhou and other places. Duoyunxuan's business scale has achieved leapfrog development.

In December 2011, the Duoyunxuan Art Center, which has raised funds of hundreds of millions of yuan and a construction area of ​​30,000 square meters, started construction in the Xuhui Riverside Zone in Shanghai. It will work with international media giants such as Oriental Dream Factory to build a world cultural and artistic industry belt and build it with Shanghai-style calligraphy and painting are the banner, which combines a comprehensive art space with multiple formats such as high-end art business, art finance, art real estate and a new symbol of Shanghai's elegant culture. The century-old cloud will stretch its figure on this big stage and embark on a new journey.