Qibao old street

Qibao old street

Qibao old street is located near Qingnian Road of Qibao ancient town, Minhang District, Shanghai. It was formed in the Han Dynasty, developed in the early Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a history of more than 1000 years. Qibao ancient town is a thousand year old town in the Taihu Lake Basin in the south of the Yangtze River. It is picturesque, a typical town in the city, and the nearest ancient town to the urban area.

The street is divided into North and South streets. The South Street is dominated by snacks, while the North Street is dominated by tourist crafts, antiques, calligraphy and painting. There are antique buildings in the whole street. Qibao old street

It has become a prosperous market integrating leisure, tourism and shopping.

Traffic information

Metro Line 9 goes directly to Qibao station.

It is 10 minutes' drive from Xinzhuang station of Metro Line 1 and 20 minutes' drive from Caobao Road Metro station. It can be reached by bus 803, 513, 87, 91, 92 and Xinbei special line, or by tourism line 1 or tourism line 10. Rail transit line 9 has been opened to traffic. Take the bus to Qibao station and walk for about 3 minutes.

You can also take a special bus to the tourist center of Shanghai Gymnasium.

Self driving route: on holidays or weekends: Changjiang West Road -- Gonghexin Road, turn right (Baosteel direction), go directly to viaduct after passing huma road -- S20 (Hongqiao Airport direction) -- S20 (Xupu Bridge direction) -- Caobao Road exit, go down viaduct -- Caobao Road, turn right -- Caobao road -- Xinzhen Road, turn left -- Xinzhen road -- destination, S20 is relatively blocked) you can go: Changjiang West Road Gonghe New Road North South viaduct Middle Ring Road (Hongqiao Airport direction) - Middle Ring Road (Shangzhong Road Tunnel direction) - Caobao Road exit lower viaduct Caobao road right turn Caobao road Xinzhen road left turn Xinzhen road destination.

Main attractions

The cricket hall and the old business represent the folk customs of Shanghai in the past; the old hotel and Tianxiang building present the Representative Shanghai cuisine; the Qibao opera garden displays some major local operas in Shanghai; the micro sculpture hall and Shuhan hall show the harmonious combination of Chinese folk art and Shanghai culture; the Western sculpture art of Zhang Chongren Memorial Hall even interprets the influence of Shanghai spirit on foreign culture The tolerance and reason of the intervention. There are old-fashioned eight immortals tables, benches, long billed copper pots, and square headed bamboo chopsticks in restaurants and teahouses.

Surrounding scenic spots

Yinqixing indoor ski resort: known as the largest indoor ski resort in China, it is located at 1835 Qishen Road, Qibao town, near Gudai road. (now closed)

Tropical storm water park: in hot summer, there will be many tropical storm water parks nearby. Located at the junction of Gudai, Xinzhen Road, the water park is one of the largest open-air water parks in Asia. The park has built lakes, rivers and beaches, and has more than 30 kinds of thrilling and exciting water amusement projects.

Qibao glass workshop: the workshop now has complete glass production process equipment and technology, and has become the best glass dewaxing foundry in the world, located at 488 Huazhong Road, Qibao town. There are also facilities for artistic research and display of finished products. It has naturally become a new artistic creation for Chinese and foreign sculptors.

Minhang Sports Park: Minhang sports park is located in the west of the outer ring road, the north of Gudai Road, the east of Xinzhen road and the south of nongnan road. It is an ecological and humanized space environment with the characteristics of the times. It is the first sports theme park in Shanghai.

festival activities

Qibao old street is a bit like Town God's Temple, but snacks are more concentrated than Town God's Temple. Among them, South Street is mainly featured by snacks, and featured food mainly includes Qibao tangtuan, fanggao, etc. Every year, there are food festivals in Qibao old street.

Historical legend

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Qibao has a history of more than 1000 years since it was formed in the later Han Dynasty, developed in the early Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As an important town of Songjun in history, Qibao has rich cultural heritage.

There is a popular saying of "seven treasures" among the people: Flying Buddha, bell, Lotus Sutra, Shenshu, golden rooster, Jade axe and jade chopsticks. (there is also a legend that there were eight treasures in Qibao at first. Because one of them was stolen, it was called Qibao. Because all the people who know about it are old people, and because of their long history, this legend can no longer be verified.)

Feilai Buddha is actually a Tathagata iron Buddha in Nanjiao temple. It is said that it came from the sky. It was actually raised and cast by Xu pan, a native of Wanli town in Ming Dynasty. (now hidden in Qibao Temple)

In Yongle of Ming Dynasty, the bell was built by Seng boqia, the abbot of Qibao temple. It is said that it came from the river.

The Golden Lotus Sutra was written by the princess of Qian Liu, king of Wu and Yue, in Gongkai.

Catalpa for the Millennium trees, in the original Temple of seven treasures.

These four pieces are also real objects.

The legend of Jade axe is related to the construction of Puhuitang bridge. At the beginning of the bridge, it was difficult to close the arch. When the craftsmen had no idea, an old man with white hair picked up a chopping axe from the shop of Qiaotu and threw it under the bridge to pad the bridge foundation.

Jade chopsticks said that in ancient times, the Emperor gave a pair of jade chopsticks to the meritorious officials to drive away poison and evil. The meritorious officials hid them in the Dongtu bridge pillar of Jiangjia bridge in the north of the town. Later, they were stolen and left a pair of chopsticks on the bridge pillar.

Jinji said that there are seven jars of gold and eight jars of silver hidden under gaonidun in the north of the town, which are guarded by Jinji, and the gold and silver buried must be excavated by the home of nine sons and nine daughters in law. It means that the foundation will last forever.

Address: No.14, South Street, Minhang District, Shanghai

Longitude: 121.354636

Latitude: 31.151883

Tel: 021-64615308; 021-646

Ticket information: no ticket required. The ticket for small scenic spots in the old street is 45 yuan

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