Shanghai Old Street

　　     Step into Shanghai Old Street, and you’ll feel as if you’ve traveled back to a bustling marketplace in Shanghai 100 years ago. This uniquely styled commercial and tourism street within the Yu Garden area serves as a multifunctional hub integrating sightseeing, shopping, leisure, entertainment, and cultural exhibitions. Historically known as Temple Front Street, it once housed some of Shanghai’s earliest money shops, gold and silver stores, taverns, teahouses, theaters, and trading firms, and has long served as a major pedestrian corridor connecting Shiliupu (Little East Gate) with the City God Temple and Yu Garden areas. Its prime location and rich cultural landscape along the street have endowed it with deep commercial and historical significance. Originally named Fangbang Middle Road, Shanghai Old Street stretches 825 meters from Henan South Road in the west to Renmin Road in the east. The architectural styles and commercial layouts from west to east showcase the evolution of old Shanghai’s culture from the Ming and Qing dynasties through the Republican era and into the period of Western cultural influence. The street's businesses primarily feature traditional trades, highlighting folk culture and evoking a distinct Shanghai-style atmosphere. Divided into eastern and western sections by Guanyi Street, the eastern part has been renovated to preserve the residential features of the late Qing and early Republican periods, with restorations including latticed windows, folding door panels, Fan-style railings, and floor-length swinging doors, complemented by upturned eaves, decorative water drips, and horse-head walls on the rooftops. The western section features facades modeled after Ming and Qing architecture, emphasizing the folk charm of old Shanghai’s urban core.

　　     Shanghai Old Street recreates century-old establishments such as Tonghanchun, Laotongsheng, Wu Liangcai, Wanyouquan, Qiu Tianbao, Old Shanghai Teahouse, Deshun Restaurant, Chunfeng Yide Lou, Xishi Tofu Shop, Dingniangzi Fabric Store, Rongshun Restaurant, and Boyintang, while also introducing traditional-themed shops like Danfeng Teahouse and the Hall of Famous Doctors. Together with the adjacent “Star Street” to the north, it presents a vivid “Along the River During the Qingming Festival”-style panorama of old Shanghai’s commerce, travel, and everyday life.

　　     Suggested Duration

　　     3 hours

　　     Transportation

　　     Bus routes 11, 926, 920, etc.

　　     Admission

　　     Free

　　     Opening Hours

　　     All day

　　     Location

　　     No. 416, Fangbang Middle Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai