The old flavors of Shanghai~Shanghai City God Temple
The old flavors of Shanghai~Shanghai City God Temple⛩
🚶♂️"When in Shanghai, one must visit the Bund; and when at the Bund, one cannot miss the City God Temple."
✅The streets are lined with closely packed antique-style buildings, with their carved beams and painted rafters, the vermilion gates, the ancient brick lanes shining with a bluish hue, small bridges over flowing water, willows gently caressing, bustling with pedestrians, shoulder to shoulder, as if stepping into the scene of 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival'. The soft whispers of the Wu dialect singing, the classical charm of the cheongsam swaying, and the scent of rouge and powder filling the alleys will make you feel as if you have been here in a past life.
✅The snack street gathers a multitude of Shanghai's special snacks, such as Nanxiang's small steamed buns and crab roe soup buns, Lvbolang's three-shred eyebrow crisp, Songyuelou's vegetarian buns, as well as the sweet osmanthus sugar lotus roots and the street-filling aroma of deep-fried stinky tofu. Amidst the tradition, there is no lack of modern elements, such as fried squid, spicy crab, grilled skewers... and of course, there's also McDonald's Uncle and KFC Grandpa from across the ocean.
✅The inner halls of the City God Temple are majestic and exquisitely built, with an ancient charm and thriving incense. In front of the western mirrors in Yu Garden, the long-gowned shopkeeper speaks eloquently: Speaking of Sun Wukong fighting the White Bone Demon... it's the absolute old flavor of Shanghai! On the retro building of the Ten Miles Foreign Market, accompanied by the theme song of 'The Bund', a lady in an elegant cheongsam holds a fragrant fan, leaning against the vermilion railing, her every frown, smile, bow, and glance exuding intoxicating charm. On both sides of the Folk Custom Street, live performances such as sketching, paper-cutting, fabric collage, can cutting and splicing, and hollowed-out inner carving are dazzling, with the most eye-catching being the dough figurines, which look just like photographs; with a few pieces of dough, a custom-made figurine appears in just a moment.
✅The City God Temple tourist area also houses several small commodity wholesale markets and large comprehensive shopping malls, as well as many jewelry and jade stores like Lao Feng Xiang and Lao Miao Gold, with Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street also within close reach. A wide array of local specialties and modern products are on display, naturally inflating your desire to consume, and your wallet will also rapidly deflate. Such a tourism and commercial planning layout fully reflects the grand strategic vision of the people of Shanghai
shopping area in the old city of Shanghai. many tourists combine the visit with a Yu Garden tour so the area is always packed with people. it’s cool to check out the area once but probably not again due to how busy it is
Built in Yongle Reign of Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), the Old City God Temple of Shanghai, commonly known as Chenghuangmiao by locals, is located at Middle Fangbang Road, and adjoins Yu Garden in the south.With an area of 2,000 square meters, the present temple includes nine palaces - Huo Guang Palace, Sixty-year Cycle Palace, God of Fortune Palace, Cihang Palace, City God Palace, Empress Palace, Parents Palace, Guansheng Palace and Wenchang Palace.
Take a foreigner friend to see the second time, I can't remember the appearance of 14 years ago, the first time I met the friend, I was too busy recently, I saw my friend or I was happy to go to their wedding next month.
A landmark area to see the traditional side of Shanghai. This place is definitely another must visit spots for tourists, and located next to Yu Garden.
The Shanghai Chenghuang Temple, one of the three major temples of the Yangtze River, is not very large in scale, but the content is very rich. The biggest highlight is a "big abacus" hanging high on the Yimen, the book "not calculated by people", the bead dialing 9736720123568, the house contains the heavens and the earth, the yin and yang five lines of tai chi four elephants and three living things, etc. In addition, the "group of immortal murals" around the main hall and the "sculpture of the gods and soldiers" on the roof are also a must. In fact, Chenghuang Temple, Yu Garden and Yu Garden business district are three different concepts, many people, especially tour groups, are generally just around Jiuqu Bridge to eat and stroll, many wonderful things are not to take care of.
The lights are very beautiful and enter the fairy tale world.