Shanghai >> Shanghai Old Street

	Attraction Typ: Pedestrian street, Shopping Market
	Location: City Centre - Central
	Recommend: 4 Star
	Shanghai Old Street
	Shanghai Old Street is an ideal place to explore the Old Shanghai, looking back to the old days.
Shanghai Old Street (chin.上海老街, Pinyin: Shànghǎi lǎojiē), Laojie in chinese, is an ideal place to explore the Old Shanghai, looking back to the old days. With a total of 825metres, it is surrounded by shophouses and buildings constructed in the Ming and Oing dynasties style. The architectural style and layout keep the characteristics of residences from late ming dynasty to the early republic, even connected to the western culture. All businesses in shanghai old street represent traditional trades and folk culture. 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. This old street, along with the star street in the north, makes a panorama of all trades and businesses in shanghai.

Shanghai Old Street