Xujiahuiyuan Sceneic Area

In the southwest of Shanghai's central city, there is a century-old cultural complex. 400 years ago, Xu Guangqi, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty and a pioneer of cultural exchanges between China and the West, Zeng Buju, where many rivers converge, engaged in farming experiments and wrote books.

Known as the "First Cathedral of the Far East", the Gothic Twin Towers building Xujiahui Catholic Church, the Xujiahui Observatory, which has never interrupted meteorological observation in 140 years, the earliest modern library in Shanghai "Xujiahui Collection Book Building", and the earliest existing residential building in Shanghai in the Ming Dynasty "Nanchun Huatang". And the recording of the "Rebel March" of the former site of Baidai Company (Xiaohonglou) and so on.

Xujiahuiyuan Scenic Area is located in Xujiahui, Shanghai City Tourism Center, including Xujiahui Catholic Church, Xujiahui Observation Deck, Xujiahui Collection Bookstore, Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall, Xu Guangqi Tomb, Tushanwan Museum, Xuhui Public School Former Site, Baidai Company Former Site, Notre Dame Former Site, etc.

There are many buildings and facilities worth visiting in the whole scenic area, especially the Catholic Church and the Library and the Film Museum, to feel the deep cultural heritage of Shanghai. It takes at least one day to browse around.

Convenient transportation, you can visit for a long time, you need to make an appointment.