Qinghai Road is a 200-meter-long street where almost no motor vehicles pass through, but it is famous for its cherry blossoms. The current Shanghai Media Group headquarters is located right next to Qinghai Road. The road is well known for cherry blossom viewing, and it also features Shanghai’s first Western-style building with an elevator, which now houses the outpatient department of Yueyang Hospital. There are also many trendy shops to explore today.
Built in 1931 at No. 31, Lane 1136, Yuyuan Road, it was constructed for Bao Zhining, the campus belle of Great China University and Wang’s second wife. The construction took four years and was completed in 1934. This building is an Italian Gothic-style castle, covering an area of 10.78 mu, with the main structure spanning 2,158.8 square meters, and costing 300,000 silver dollars. Attraction…
The music plaza is located at No. 1220 Jiangning Road, in the Changshou area of Putuo District. The community consists of seven high-rise buildings, with a total construction area of 100,000 square meters and a site area of 30,000 square meters. Situated at the intersection of Changshou Road and Jiangning Road, it offers a quiet retreat in a bustling area. Numerous bus lines serve the area, including routes 76, 138, 24, and 1…
Hengfeng Road Bridge, with Shimen No. 2 Road on one end and Hengfeng Road on the other, was newly built in 1987. It is the first bridge over the Suzhou River constructed using the cantilever casting method, and also a successful example in Shanghai’s large-scale bridge construction where pre-stressed connected box girder structures were applied. The construction process was precisely controlled by computer—starting with building both ends before closing the middle section.
The Shanghai Writers' Association is located at No. 675 Julu Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai. Its publication "Harvest," a nationwide rare bi-monthly literary journal dedicated purely to literature, is published under the association. The current president is the female writer Wang Anyi. Attraction location: No. 675 Julu Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai…
The Shanghai Glasses Museum is located at No. 533 Baochang Road in the Baoshan Community Cultural Activity Center. It was established in 2005 and officially opened on June 6, 2006, during the 11th National Eye Care Day. The museum offers the public a comprehensive understanding of glasses—the primary tool for vision correction—and reveals the scientific knowledge and cultural significance behind them...
The Shanghai Anti-Drug Science Popularization and Education Museum (hereinafter referred to as the Anti-Drug Museum) is a base established by the Shanghai Municipal Narcotics Control Commission, the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, and other organizations, aiming to provide anti-drug science education for teenagers. It also serves as a platform for promoting anti-drug awareness in society and engaging people from all walks of life in the anti-drug cause. The museum is located at 188 Hanzhong Road, within the Shanghai Youth…
Established on June 1, 1953, the China Welfare Institute Children's Palace is a comprehensive, community-based extracurricular education institution for children, founded by the late Madam Soong Ching Ling, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China. With a vision grounded in the needs of human historical development and the creation of a better future, she established the institution based on scientific principles of children's education. The China Welfare Institute Children's Palace is a fully funded public institution...
No. 21, Lane 504, Middle Yan’an Road (formerly Dufu Li, Foch Road), from August to November 1937, was the site of the Eighth Route Army Office in Shanghai. This is an old-style Shikumen building with two floors facing south, where the east side room on the ground floor served as a meeting room, the east side room on the second floor as a bedroom, and the rear building as dormitories for radio operators and code clerks. A telephone was mounted on the wall at the stairway corner...
No. 584 Baoshan Road (formerly the intersection of Baoshan Road and Dongbaoxing Road) was the location of the Oriental Library. From March to April 1927, the Commercial Press Club within the Oriental Library served as the general headquarters of the Third Armed Uprising of Shanghai Workers. On December 7, 1977, this site was designated as a municipal-level memorial site by the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee...
No. 5, Lane 387, Shanhaiguan Road (formerly No. 5, Yulin Lane, Shanhaiguan Road), from the end of 1928 to 1930, served as the office location of the CPC Songpu Special Committee (abbreviated as "Songpu Special Committee"). It was an old-style Shikumen lane residence, built with brick and wood, two stories high, facing south. After the committee was disbanded, it remained a residential property...
The Majestic Theatre, MAJESTICTHEATRE, is located at No. 66 Jiangning Road in Shanghai. After the liberation, it was once renamed Beijing Cinema and reverted to its original name in early 1985. Built in the 30th year of the Republic of China (1941), it was designed by architect Fan Wenzhao and features a two-story reinforced concrete frame structure. At the time of its completion, it was…
Sir Elly Kadoorie's Mansion, commonly known as the Marble Palace, is located at No. 64 Yan’an West Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai, and currently houses the China Welfare Institute Children’s Palace. Constructed in 1924, it covers an area of 14,000 square meters with a floor space of 4,700 square meters. It was once the private residence of Sir Elly Silas Kadoorie, a British Jewish tycoon and founder of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited...
No. 221 West Yan'an Road is a Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit. Historically known as Hong'en Hospital, it was a comprehensive hospital donated to the Shanghai Municipal Council by an anonymous benefactor. Its current location is west of the intersection between Urumqi Road and the West Yan'an Road elevated highway. It was once the renowned Huadong Hospital, which catered to high-ranking officials and intellectuals in Shanghai. Shanghai...
Zhangyuan is also a must-visit spot in Shanghai, where the charm of the old city is fully on display, hiding the most authentic, down-to-earth side of the city. Heading south from the intersection of West Nanjing Road and Taixing Road, amidst the bustling commercial area, you’ll find rows of Shikumen residences, spacious alleys, red and gray bricks, and lines of drying clothes...
Zhejiang Road Bridge, commonly known as the Old Garbage Bridge, is located on the Suzhou River in downtown Shanghai, China. It connects Zhejiang Middle Road in Huangpu District to the south and Zhejiang North Road in Zhabei District to the north. It is one of the few remaining old fish-belly style simply-supported steel truss bridges in China and is considered a national treasure. In 2014, it was designated as a municipal-level cultural heritage site in Shanghai...
The Former Site of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce is located at No. 470 Beisuzhou Road. This site was originally the location of the Qing government’s Envoy Office. In modern times, Shanghai had already become a hub of maritime activity. Most Chinese envoys dispatched abroad set sail from the Port of Shanghai. To ensure safe voyages, following the tradition of fishermen in southern Fujian who built Mazu temples or Tianhou Palaces to worship deities for protection, the Guangxu Emperor...
Qian Family Ancestral Hall Walking into Zhabei Park and following a forest path over a small stone bridge, you’ll come face to face with the rustic Qian Family Ancestral Hall. Built with a brick-and-wood structure, it features dark grey eaves, white plaster walls, latticed windows, and an imposing blue-brick gate adorned with four large carved stone characters reading “Qian Family Ancestral Hall.” Particularly eye-catching are the vivid brick carvings on all four sides. According to experts…
The former site of the Mixed Court of the Shanghai International Settlement is located at No. 191 Zhejiang North Road. It was originally built in 1899 during the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty. It once served as the Mixed Court (also known as the Joint Tribunal) in the late Qing period, and later as the First Special District Local Court of Jiangsu-Shanghai and the Second Branch of the Jiangsu High Court during the Republican era. On August 11, 1949, Chen…
The site of the Central Bureau of the CPC after the Third National Congress is located at the intersection of Gongxing Road and Linshan Road in Zhabei District (formerly 3 Cengli, Xiangshan Road). After the conclusion of the Third National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Guangzhou, the Party Central Committee decided to relocate the Central Bureau back to Shanghai in response to evolving circumstances. In July 1923, Wang Hebo, a member of the Central Executive Committee and head of the Peasant and Workers Department (later added as a...