Dongtai Road Antique Market in Shanghai
Paige Claassen is a professional rock climber from the USA. She traveled with China Highlights to discover Shanghai. Dongtai road antique market reflects old style of the city.For more about Shanghai, please check it out:
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Authentic Chinese antiques are hard to find. I am not sure of the authenticity of the dates of these items claim to be as i believe them to be more made around 2013. However- you do find some very interesting and unique artifacts which give a glimpse of Chinese tradition.
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Tianzifang has transformed itself from legacy residential architectures and factories into an artsy area housing bars, cafes, crafts shops, design studios, galleries and boutiques. It is ardently supported by crowds of yuppies, trend setters, designers and expatriates, who fall for temptation of old Shikumen houses (stone-framed-door houses) and lanes with infinite novelties.
The development of Tianzifang is fairly recent. It is also known as Taikang Road which was a back street in Dapuqiao district. One of the Shanghai highlights is the old residential buildings called ‘shikumen’, literally ‘stone doors’, which reflects a confluence of architectural tastes. As a prized treaty port, Shanghai had been familiar to venturers since the mid-19th Century. By the 1920-1930s, housing with stone doorframes and solid wooden doors are commonly known as Shikumen. People adopted simple engravings on the stone frames. Taikang Road area was built up by the French Concession expansion. Apart from Shikumen buildings, there are also French style remainders. The distinctive scenes and architectural composition in Taikang Road denotes the city’s eventful history. In the 1930s, white-collar workers, including doctors, artists, competent seafarers and bank officers preferred to settle down here. It is equivalent to prosperous uptown of nowadays. Many influential artists in early 20th Century treat this region as their home.
Tianzifang enclave has expanded from Lane 210 to Lane 248. It is called the SOHO in Shanghai, and a nest for 29 art and design studios, 58 crafts shops and galleries, 65 antique shops and some boutiques, etc. Many coffee shops, bars, tea houses, and silk shops here are operated by an international mix of owners. They are imbedded either in the modern lanes, castles of Spanish or British styles, or the Shikumen buildings. Restaurants here are small but offer various delicious foods from many countries, such as Thai food, New York steak and burger, grill, Japanese sushi, French goose liver, cheese hot pot…
Like Xintiandi, Tianzifang is one of a small number of old Shanghai shikumen buildings. The difference is the vivid live atmosphere stimulated from Tianzifang. The original buildings are still intact, true to the authentic features of the lanes in Shanghai, with Shikumen architecture to the fore. There are over 20 varieties of well-preserved shikumen buildings in Tianzifang, whose types and completeness rank with the best in the city. Many original residents still live in the narrow lanes. Please be mindful and respect their privacy. Both visitors and local residents deserve a respite in these acres.
Tianzifang is a vanguard of creative expressions. Every boutique shines with flashes of wit and creativity with one of a kind handmade novelty items. Tourists from overseas sit outside a café, while inhabitants hurry by. Most old walls are used as panels to exhibit latest elaborate doodles in bright colors. Tianzifang survives the surrounding city demolition by working in art. Its preservation is significant for the city’s cultural heritage.
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Clothes, pearls, handbags, watches, tailors, a food court.... It just goes on and on. If you are looking for something special just ask. A salesperson will escort you up and down the aisles to a stall owned by a brother, uncle or father and they'll begin hauling goods out of secret compartments. Whether or not you buy (and you WILL buy), it's fun and the salespeople are good natured. Don't miss Xinyang!
[중국여행] 상하이 대표 골동품거리 동타이루 / Shanghai Antiques Market, Dongtailu
상하이의 대표적인 골동품 거리로 200여 미터의 거리 양쪽으로 크고 작은 다양한 골동품들이 전시되어 있어 상하이의 과거를 경험해볼 수 있는 흥미로운 곳입니다. 특히 외국인들과 여행객들의 눈길을 사로잡는 곳이기도 합니다.
Singing in Dongtailu Antique Market in Shanghai
Dongtailu Antique Market was one of our favorite places to bargain for art and cool stuff in Shanghai. We got an antique trunk there that even still had a piece of a dead animal in it. Very authentic and old! They were tearing it down to make way for new office buildings when we left. So sad!
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Shanghai Museum - China Travel Channel
The Shanghai Museum (上海 博物馆 ) is the cultural center of Shanghai. Originally founded in 1952, the new building was completed in 1996. On an exhibition space of almost 40,000 sqm, the visitor can admire 10 galleries with approx. 120,000 exhibits.
Some of the extraordinary exhibits are up to 8.000 years old. The Shanghai Museum offers a complete overview of the Chinese culture.
Due to the size of the exhibition, it can be visited over the span of several days. In any case, when visiting the city of Shanghai, you should not miss to go to the Shanghai Museum.
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Das Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆 bildet das kulturelle Zentrum von Shanghai. Gegründet wurde es 1952, der Neubau wurde 1996 fertiggestellt. Auf einer Ausstellungsfläche von fast 40000 m² wurden 10 Galerien mit ca. 120000 Ausstellungsstücken untergebracht.
Einige der außergewöhnlichen Exponate sind bis zu 8.000 Jahre alt. Das Shanghai Museum bietet einen kompletten Überblick über die chinesische Kultur.
Aufgrund des Umfangs der Ausstellung könnte man hier mehrere Tage verbringen, dennoch sollte man bei einem Besuch der Stadt auch das Museum besuchen.
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