Located at the corner of Yan’an Middle Road and South Shaanxi Road is Moller Villa, a garden villa with distinct Nordic charm completed in 1936. Legend has it that the design of this house was inspired by a dream of the garden owner Moller’s favorite young daughter. The little girl once dreamed that she owned a “castle straight out of an Andersen fairy tale…”
Covering an area of approximately 20,000 square meters, Tonglefang is located in the Xikang Road and Yuyao Road area of Jing'an District. Over 60 years ago, it was home to a cluster of Shanghai-style lane factory buildings, including more than ten small factories such as the China Steel Factory, Mapo Mountain Candy & Biscuit Manufacturing Factory, and Zengtai Textile Dyeing Factory. As times changed and urban functions were redefined...
ERA—A Journey Through Time and Space blends acrobatics, dance, drama, music, and world-class multimedia technology. With Chinese elements and international production, it creates a brand-new form of stage art. Original music, live performances, electronic projections, digital stages, giant water screens, and massive mirror walls come together to deliver a dreamlike experience… moving, magical, and breathtaking.
Guide: Daning Lingxi Park stretches from Gonghexin Road in the east to Hutai Road in the west, is bordered by Lingxi Road and Guangzhong West Road in the north, and reaches Daning Road in the south. It covers an area of 500,000 square meters, with a total park area of 680,000 square meters and a total investment of 960 million yuan, making it the largest park on the Puxi side of Shanghai. Daning Lingxi Park is positioned as an “ecological landscape urban...
Highlights: Covering an area of 22,500 square meters, Shanghai Circus World is another landmark building following the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai Grand Theatre, and Shanghai Museum, and is hailed as the “No. 1 Circus City in China.” Introduction: Shanghai Circus World has established a performance marketing network with major acrobatic performance providers around the world, introducing top-notch international...
The residence at 893 Huashan Road was built in 1948. It is a two-story building with a reinforced concrete structure and a construction area of approximately 800 square meters, featuring a large south-facing garden. Originally the private home of the ethnic Chinese industrialist Guo Dihuo, after the liberation it served as the office building of the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce and is now used by Shanghai Mingyuan Industrial Group Co., Ltd...
At the intersection of Tongren Road and Beijing West Road today—specifically at No. 333 Tongren Road—stands a garden villa with a modern architectural style. Named after its owner, Wu Tongwen, it is commonly referred to as the Wu Residence. Built in 1937, this four-story reinforced concrete structure features green ceramic tiles on its exterior façade and covers a construction area of 1,732 square meters. In the old days...
Yongquanfang (Lane 395) on Yuyuan Road was named after an ancient spring in the former Jing'an Temple. It covers a total area of 5,300 square meters, comprising 16 residential buildings with a total construction area of 6,233 square meters. Among them, 15 are three-story Spanish-style modern lane houses, and one is a standalone Spanish-style garden villa. All the buildings were...
As a municipal government project in 1997, Sanquan Park broke ground on August 10, 1997, and was completed and opened to the public on December 1, 1997, achieving the remarkable feat of building a park in just 100 days. For this reason, Vice Mayor Xia Keqiang personally attended the park’s opening ceremony. The park was designed by the Shanghai Municipal Landscape Design Institute, …
Lingnan Park is bordered by Fenxi Road to the south, Baode Road to the north, Anye Road to the east, and Lingnan Road to the west, covering an area of approximately 38,300 square meters. The site was originally farmland and was developed into a park in 1984 as part of the supporting facilities for Pengpu New Village (East Block). The park’s master planning and design were overseen by Zhuang Wei from the Shanghai Landscape Architecture Design Institute, …
Zhabei Park is bordered by Gonghexin Road to the west, Luochuan East Road to the south, Pingxingguan Road to the east, and Yanchang Road to the north. On March 20, 1913, Song Jiaoren was assassinated in Shanghai and died on March 22. His coffin was moved to the Hunan Guild Hall on March 23 and buried in Xiangyi Lane, Zhabei on June 26. — Over 100 acres of land were allocated here, of which...
The City That Never Sleeps is located in a 1.42-square-kilometer area in Zhabei District, Shanghai, which includes the Shanghai Railway Station. After ten years of development, it has become one of Shanghai's "Four Streets and Four Cities" and is also among the city's four major hotel districts. The area now features major shopping destinations such as Huanlong Commercial Mall, Mingpin Department Store, City That Never Sleeps Mall, and Pacific Department Store Station Front Branch...
A temple with the architectural style of the Jiangnan region during the Song Dynasty — Baohua Temple now stands in the Zhabei urban area, serving as an important site for Buddhist worship for the devout in Zhabei, while also adding a mysterious and solemn scenic touch to the district. Originally located on the south side of Shaoniancun Road in Pengpu Town, Zhabei District, Shanghai...
As one of the “Red Origins,” the Chinese Labor Union Secretariat was the predecessor of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the first leading body of the labor movement under the Chinese Communist Party. It was established on August 11, 1921, and dissolved in May 1925 after the founding of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. During its existence, the Secretariat promoted Marxism-Leninism among workers…
The Exhibition Hall of the History of the Underground Communist Party of China in Shanghai & Former Residence of Liu Changsheng is located at No. 81 Yuyuan Road. It was one of the secret offices of the CPC Shanghai Bureau during that time and also served as the residence of Comrade Liu Changsheng from 1946 to 1949 while he engaged in underground revolutionary activities in Shanghai. It officially opened to the public on May 27, 2004. The exhibition hall...
Located in Pengpu New Village, northern Shanghai, the Zhabei Youth Activity Center of Shanghai covers an area of over 8,000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 11,000 square meters. Since its establishment, the center has hosted over 100,000 visits from leaders at all levels and domestic and international dignitaries. On April 30, 1996, [Comrade] personally visited…
The Shanghai Combined Sewerage Management Office is the operating management unit of the first phase of the Combined Sewerage Treatment Project. Since the project officially commenced operations on April 1, 1995, it has played a significant role in eliminating the foul odor of the Suzhou River, improving the water quality of the Suzhou River and the lower reaches of the Huangpu River, enhancing the quality of Shanghai’s industrial and agricultural products as well as drinking water, and improving the health standards and urban environment of the residents of Shanghai.
"Sihang" is the abbreviated term for four former Shanghai banks: Yien Yieh Commercial Bank, Kincheng Banking Corporation, Chungking Bank, and Dah Sing Bank. These formed a private financial capital group north of the Yangtze River and were commonly referred to as the "Northern Four Banks," in contrast to the "Southern Four Banks"—Bank of Shanghai, Zhejiang Industrial Bank, Zhejiang Commercial Bank, and National Commercial & Savings Bank. Yien Yieh Bank was...
Located on Yuyuan Road in the bustling Jing'an Temple area, this brick-and-wood Western-style house was the first in Shanghai to employ the building-wide integral jacking and shifting technique. It was the former residence of Liu Changsheng, an outstanding leader of the Shanghai labor movement and the underground Communist Party at the time, as well as one of the secret offices of the CPC Central Committee Shanghai Bureau. In 1992, the residence was listed as one of Shanghai’s…
The Tomb of Song Jiaoren is located at 1555 Gonghexin Road (western part of Zhabei Park). Song Jiaoren (1882–1913), courtesy name Dunchu, also known as Yufu, was a native of Taoyuan, Hunan. He was involved in organizing the Huaxing Society, later joined the Tongmenghui, and served as a contributor to the Min Bao newspaper. In the second year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1910), he joined the Minli Bao newspaper in Shanghai,…