Shanghai Old Street

Shanghai Old Street, originally named fangbang middle road, is 825 meters long. The road is adjacent to the Yuyuan Bazaar and runs from Zhonghua Road to Henan Road.

The old street can be divided into the eastern and western section. The eastern section, by elaborate decoration and remolding, keeps the characteristics of residences in the late qing dynasty and early republic. the houses on the street are fitted with checked windows, shop-fronts of wooden boards, balustrades and swing doors, roofs with upturned eaves and protruding corners, laced drain pipes and horse-shape wall tops.
The western section is filled with Ming and Qing style architectures, with black tiles and white-washed walls, red columns and upturned eaves, predenting reminiscent styles of old Shanghai.

There are many hundred-year old stores in the street, as well as also newly opened danfeng teahouse, clinic of famous Chinese medical doctors and others of traditional characteristics.


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