Located on the Fangbang Central Road in Huangpu District of Shanghai, Shanghai Old Street is as long as 825 meters (902 yards) from west to east with the He’nan South Road in the west and the Renmin Road in the east, which was the small commodity distributing and collecting center for the merchants from all over the world in the old times, with many stores on each side of the street, for example: the earliest money shops, the jewelry stores, the hotels, the teahouses, the theaters and trading firms, which had a very China tours profound culture connotation owing to its unique geographical position, and it seems as if you walked into the prosperous fair in old Shanghai 100 years ago.
The distribution of the architectures from west to east displays the great evolution of Shanghai from the Ming (1,368 A.D.-1,644 A.D.) and the Qing Dynasties (1,616 A.D.-1,911 A.D.) to Republic of China (1,912 A.D.-1,949 A.D.). The main characteristic of the street lies in its traditional business model, creating a cultural Yangtze River cruises atmosphere in Shanghai style.Old Street.
Now Shanghai Old Street has become a multi-functional street combing sightseeing, shopping, recreation, entertainment and culture as one perfectly, which can be divided into the west section and the east section by the Guanyi Street, and the east section preserves the civilian residence style of Republic of China (1,912 A.D.-1,949 A.D.) after reformation and decoration, with the horse- head walls, the lattice divisions and the landing rocking doors recovered on each side of the street. The architectures in the west section are in the Ming (1,368 A.D.-1,644 A.D.) and the Qing (1,616 A.D.-1,911 A.D.) style, featuring the folk customs in the Old Shanghai China business travel with pink walls and green tiles as well as red columns and flying eaves. Many stores with time-honored brands appear again on the streets, for example: the Old Shanghai Teahouse, Wuliangcai Eyeglasses Stores and Chunfengdeyi Restaurant, which displays a vivid marketplace picture of the Old Shanghai. Every year there are many visitors from all over the world to come here for visiting, tasting the true meaning of the Old Shanghai.
Getting there:
It is located on the Fangbang Central Road in Huangpu District of Shanghai, and you can take Shanghai tours a bus No. 11, 64, 66, 920, 930, 736 801, 715、65, 928, 868, 910, 926, 945 and 26 as well as subway Line 8, 9 and 10 to get there directly.