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Immersed in Shanghai

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We organize themed and guided walking tours in Shanghai, particularly of historic Shanghai, aiming to create a cultural immersion experience for visitors.

Our guided walking tours are fun, interactive, and much more in-depth than many other tours you can find in Shanghai. We focus on the historic Shanghai, including older quarters, historic architectures, hidden treasures behind the metropolitan facade, local delicacies, and many more.

29/09/2018

After about three years of rebuilding/renovation, the former Shanghai municipal library (上海市立图书馆), part of the grand Great Shanghai Plan (大上海计划) of 1930's, is to resume her original identity as a library and reopen to public on October 1, 2018. This is now the site of the Library of Yangpu District (杨浦图书馆). Two new wings are added to the original structure - it is said to realize the original architectural design. In fact, the whole Great Shanghai Plan had to be aborted because of the Japanese invasion in the 1930's. Photos 5-7 show the construction site in September 2015.

Address is 128 Hengren Road (恒仁路), at the intersection of Changhai Road (长海路). The closest subway station is Xiangyin Road stop (翔殷路站) on metro line 8, exit 1. Allow 20 minutes of walk after exit.

27/05/2018

How many differences can you detect between photo 1 and 2, taken last week and three years ago, respectively? Photo 3 is the back of the gate three years ago. This is the site of the former Chamber of Commerce (上海总商会) built in 1931, now home of the Shanghai Bvlgari hotel and residences located on the northern bank of the Suzhou Creek (苏州河). Workers there told me that only the gate and walls along Henan Road (河南路) on photo 5 are original. It's striking to see words painted on the wall on the last photo are not yet erased - it has to be at least from 40 years ago!

To go there, take exit 3 of the Tiantong Road stop (天潼路站) on metro line 10/12.

05/05/2018

I managed to enter the Shanghai Meteorological Museum (上海气象博物馆) today, which is located to the west of the St. Ignatius Cathedral in Xu-jia-hui (徐家汇, photo 2). First built here by the Jesus missionaries in 1900, Shanghai meteorological records have been taken non-stop since 1872 (photo 3), even during the war periods. The building is well maintained and inside walls are original (photo 6). Xu-jia-hui was closely connected to Xu Guangqi (徐光启, 1562-1633) and his family. The English caption of photo 9 has a mistake - Xu Binwen (徐彬文) was Xu Guangqi's tenth generation offspring who once worked at the meteorological station. Be sure to go to the fourth floor/attic where you will get a different view of the surroundings (photo 10).

Visit to the Shanghai Meteorological Museum is by reservation only and guided by a staff member. To make reservations, follow their Wechat public account, 上海气象博物馆 and make your reservation there (photo 11). The interface is all in Chinese but the museum is certainly worth the pain 😀

The visit takes about one hour and expect half of your company to be pre-schoolers. The guided visit seems to be partially oriented at children, which makes the museum a good idea for school outings.

25/12/2017

So it is real - Lao-xi-men ( 老西门) area is going to be wiped off, at least the Jin-jia-fang lane (金家坊). This is one of the few left areas where history of Shanghai can be seen, touched, and felt. How sad! Our walking groups loved this area, so vivid and full of life.

If you have a chance, walk in the area now before it's gone. The closest metro stop is Lao-xi-men stop (老西门站) on metro line 10, exit 6. 😥

15/11/2017

After several failed attempts, I finally got into the "mysterious" Shanghai Waterworks Museum (上海自来水科技馆) last Tuesday. Its mystery is due to the shortest opening hours for a museum: 9-11am, and 1:30-3:30pm on Tuesdays only. I asked the guard why the museum is not opened on weekends and the response is "people here don't want to work on weekends." 😂

The lower-level of the museum displays some historic documents regarding the establishment of this waterworks by British in the 1880's (photo 4 and 5). Amazingly this plant still functions today under the name of Yang-shu-pu Waterworks (杨树浦水厂).

The museum is housed inside the compound of the waterworks. Address is 830 Yang-shu-pu Road (杨树浦路), walking distance (or one bus stop on Bus 135 or 28) from exit 2 of Yang-shu-pu Lu stop (杨树浦路站) on metro line 4, close to the intersection of Yang-shu-pu Road and Xu-chang Road (许昌路).

12/11/2017

Prada Rong Zhai (荣宅 in Chinese, meaning the mansion of Rong family) has been a hit since its opening to public starting mid October 2017. Now the free access is extended to December 17, 2017. Since online reservation is said to be already full, you can use this tip if you want to see what Prada has spend six out of its ten-year tenancy in repairing and restoring: go after 7pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. That's what our group did on a Saturday evening and we got in without any trouble even without a reservation.

Here gives more information on the painstaking restoration (in Chinese)
http://www.prada.com/zh_cn/a-future-archive/projects/rong-zhai.html

The second photo shows the layout of the original mansion. Now only about half of the mansion remains. The last photo is one of Mr. Rong's Foo Sing flour mills (福新面粉厂) located at 423 Guangfu Road (光复路), on the northern bank of the Suzhou Creek (苏州河), where our tours also paid a visit. Rong's family, at its peek of success, owned one third of the country's flour production in the 1910's-1930's.

Address of the mansion is 186 North Shaanxi Road (陕西北路), walking distance from exit 1 of West Nanjing Road stop (南京西路站) on metro line 2.

18/06/2017

From time to time I go to check on a few places just to find out how the repair or restoration goes. Today the disappointment comes from the museum affiliated to the Yang-shu-pu Waterworks (杨树浦水厂), the Shanghai Waterworks Science & Technology Museum (上海自来水科技馆). As one of the earliest waterworks in China, the castle-like factory dates back to 1880's. But the museum has been closed for a while now.

The good news is that just yards from the waterworks, the Yangpu riverside promenade (杨浦滨江) is now open. The area used to be occupied by textile mills, shipyard, and docks for fishing boats. Now it's part of a municipal project to build a pedestrian friendly promenade along the Huangpu River (黄浦江). So take advantage and enjoy! 😀

The closest metro station is Yang-shu-pu Road stop (杨树浦路站) on metro line 4, exit 2. Walk eastward on Yang-shu-pu Road for about 15 minutes.

01/06/2017

Today is the Children's Day, but I met this group of primary school students yesterday at the Shanghai Railway Museum. Didn't they start to celebrate their holiday too early? :-)

The first railway in China, Woo Sung railway (吴淞铁路), was built in Shanghai in 1876, though it only lasted for one year or so. The 4th and 5th photo shows the rail location and the fare back then, respectively.

The museum is housed in a renovated building which was a train station destroyed in the 1930's bombing during the war. The museum now opens on everyday except on Mondays, 9-11:30 am, and 2-4:30pm. Admission is RMB 10 per person. Address is 200 East Tianmu Road (天目东路), close to exit 3 of Baoshan Road station (宝山路站) on metro line 3 or 4.

25/05/2017

Our walking tour last Saturday made a stop at this art gallery which was featuring the Chinese artist Bolin Liu (刘勃麟) and his "Hacker Art". While originally scheduled to end on May 20th, this show is now extended to June 28th. An even better news is that the show curator will give two guided tours at 11 am and 3pm this coming Saturday, May 27th. Don't forget to take a look at and enjoy their cute garden at the back of the gallery.

The address of Magda Danysz Gallery is at 256 Beijing Road (北京东路), near the intersection with Jiangxi Road (江西中路). The closest metro stop is Tiantong Road station (天潼路站) on metro line 10 and 12, exit 3.

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