The development of ancient Chinese furniture has a long and rich history. The Ming and Qing dynasties marked the golden age of traditional Chinese furniture craftsmanship. Although Ming and Qing furniture differ greatly in style, their artistic achievements have been widely praised. Stepping into the Ming and Qing Furniture Museum of China is like entering the garden estates of the Ming and Qing periods, with its blue-brick walls, white plaster, and swaying bamboo, exuding an air of refined elegance...
For every Shanghainese, "Inside the Home" is a term that evokes a genuinely warm feeling. Over 70% of Shanghainese were born and grew up in Shikumen houses. Nowadays, with the disappearance of Shikumen buildings, residents of modern apartments no longer have to queue up for shared kitchens and bathrooms as they did in the past; nor can they...
Shanghai Book City is located on Fuzhou Road, a century-old cultural street, and is one of the ten major cultural landmarks in Shanghai. In January 2003, it was designated as a “Shanghai Patriotic Education Base” by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. With a total construction area of over 39,830 square meters and a business area of more than 10,000 square meters…
The China Merchants Bank Building (The Bund) is a bank building constructed by China Merchants Bank at No. 6 on the Shanghai Bund. It was the first bank founded by Chinese people, established on May 27, 1897, with Sheng Xuanhuai as its founder. No. 6 on the Bund was originally an auction house, a three-story colonial-style building. It was rebuilt in 1906, designed by...
Zhang Qun’s Former Residence is located at No. 74 Shaoxing Road and currently houses the Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. The original owner was Zhang Qun. In 1929, he served as the third mayor of Shanghai under the Nationalist Government. The residence was built in 1947, featuring a reinforced concrete structure with three floors above ground and a total floor area of 937 square meters. It is a modern-style garden residence. In 1999…
No. 517 Fuxing Middle Road (formerly No. 557 Lafayette Road) is a French modern-style garden residence that once served as the Shanghai home of Liu Yazi, a modern democratic revolutionary, founder of the Nanshe literary society, and poet. This house was built in 1926 and originally belonged to Feng Yuxiang. In 1936, Liu Yazi leased this Western-style house from him. This…
Shangxian Fang is located at Lane 358, Middle Huaihai Road (formerly Avenue Joffre), a Shikumen lane residence built in 1924. The name of Shangxian Fang is related to the Shangxian Hall. Shangxian Hall was an institution established in 1897 in Beijing by the American Christian missionary Gilbert Reid to spread Christian cultural ideas, which, when translated from English, means "China International In..."
Located at No. 8–10 Jianguo Middle Road, 8th Bridge covers an area of over 7,000 square meters with a total floor space of 12,000 square meters. Originally a cluster of old factory buildings in the former French Concession, after the liberation, it became the site of the "Shanghai Automobile Brake Company," affiliated with SAIC Motor. Entering the new century, due to the restructuring of the original enterprise...
Xintiandi in Shanghai is an urban tourist attraction that showcases the city's historical and cultural charm. It is a leisure pedestrian street transformed from the unique old Shikumen architectural district of Shanghai, featuring international-standard dining, commerce, entertainment, and culture. Shikumen architecture embodies Shanghai’s history and culture frozen in its buildings. It complements the Ming and Qing architectural complexes of Yu Garden, the financial buildings along the Bund, and…
The former Shanghai residence of Lin Fengmian is located at No. 53 Nanchang Road, his last dwelling on the Chinese mainland. The residence is an old, somewhat dilapidated two-story red-brick building, square-shaped and without any particularly distinctive lines or colors. Lin Fengmian lived here for 25 years. Lin Fengmian (1900–1991), a renowned modern painter and...
The renowned patriotic general Zhang Xueliang, courtesy name Hanqing and art name Yian, was the eldest son of the Fengtian warlord Zhang Zuolin. He was born on June 3, 1901, in Tai’an, Liaoning. Around the time of the September 18th Incident, Zhang Xueliang was a prominent figure but played a tragic role. After 1933, he visited Shanghai three times and had three...
Shanghai’s Yanzhong Park was originally named the Large Public Green Space on Middle Yan’an Road. It is a key municipal project and a major initiative by the city government to improve Shanghai’s ecological environment and alleviate the “heat island effect” in the city center. The planned green space covers a total area of 230,000 square meters, consisting of 17 plots spread across Huangpu and Luwan...
Located at No. 271 Ji’an Road, Laomenxi, Shanghai, Fahua Temple is the only Tiantai Buddhism monastery in the city and has long been regarded as one of the Four Great Buddhist Monasteries of Shanghai. The temple was first established in the last century. In 1918, the venerable Master Xingci was invited by Madam Luo Jialing, wife of Silas Aaron Hardoon, to come from Tiantai Mountain in Zhejiang to give lectures on the “Tiantai Fourfold Teachings” at the Hardy’s Garden in Shanghai...
On January 1, 1912, Sun Yat-sen took the oath of office as the provisional President of the Republic of China. Later, due to pressure from imperialism and compromising forces within and outside the revolutionary camp, he was forced to resign. In 1917, Sun Yat-sen organized the Constitutional Protection Military Government in Guangzhou, was elected Grand Marshal, and pledged to launch the Northern Expedition. But the following year, constrained by the Guangxi Clique and the Political Science Clique, he was again...
The site of Cixiu Nunnery is located at No. 15 Zhenling Street. It is a municipal-level protected building in Shanghai. The nunnery was founded in the ninth year of the Tongzhi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1870). Originally a family nunnery of the Huang family in Shanghai, it was commonly known as the "New Nunnery" because the Huangs had another family nunnery elsewhere. During the Tongzhi era of the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed...
The former Chinese Park is now known as Riverside Park. It is located at No. 198 South Suzhou Road, on the east side of the south end of Sichuan Road Bridge, backed by the Suzhou River and facing south. The park covers an area of 4,135 square meters (including a 477-square-meter gas station), and its layout is concave in shape. After the completion of Huangpu Park in 1868, due to the Municipal Council’s...
The Bund 18 Creative Center is designed as a multifunctional space for cross-disciplinary use. With an 800-square-meter exhibition area and a ceiling height of 4.5 meters, it will be one of Shanghai’s most sought-after venues for exhibitions and parties. Spacious floor-to-ceiling windows bathe the entire space in ample light and showcase the charming scenery of the Huangpu River, with the dynamic skyline of Pudong just across the river...
Shanghai Jiuzi Park is bordered by the Suzhou River to the north, Chengdu North Road to the west, Lane 1050 Chengdu North Road to the south, and the warehouse of the Municipal Fruit Company to the east. It covers an area of 7,700 square meters, with 4,778 square meters of green space. The district government invested a total of 7 million yuan in the project. The entire construction began in November 2005 and...
Taipingqiao Park is located on Zi Zhong Road in Luwan District, Shanghai, covering an area of 44,054 square meters. It is one of the large-scale open parks in the central urban area of Shanghai. The park features a man-made lake, green spaces, Shikumen buildings, viewing platforms, and lakeside paths. Taipingqiao Park is an outstanding example of early 21st-century Chinese park design, and it is part of the…
The Shanghai Public Security Museum is China’s first thematic museum dedicated to public security. It officially opened to the public on September 11, 1999. The museum houses twelve exhibition halls, including the History of Public Security Hall, the Hall of Martyrs, the Team Building Hall, the Criminal Investigation Hall, the Public Order Management Hall, the Traffic Management Hall, the Prison and Detention House Hall, the Fire Control Management Hall, the Police Equipment Hall, the Police Exchange Hall, …