Old City of Shanghai

E710380

historic district urban area

The Old City of Shanghai is the historic core of Shanghai, characterized by its traditional Chinese architecture, ancient temples, and remnants of the old city walls that predate the city’s modern development.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shanghai Old City	1
Shanghai Old City cultural heritage	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district ⓘ urban area ⓘ
borders	The Bund area NERFINISHED ⓘ former Shanghai International Settlement ⓘ
contains	historic gates sites ⓘ markets ⓘ temples ⓘ traditional shophouses ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
developedFrom	fishing village of Shanghai ⓘ
function	commercial center of Shanghai (historically) ⓘ religious center of Shanghai (historically) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	dense urban fabric ⓘ historic urban layout ⓘ narrow streets ⓘ traditional Chinese architecture ⓘ
hasPart	City God Temple of Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuyuan Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ old residential lanes ⓘ old town bazaar area ⓘ remnants of Shanghai city walls ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic preservation area (parts) ⓘ
historicalRole	historic core of Shanghai ⓘ original walled city of Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	City God Temple of Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuyuan Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient temples ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ remnants of old city walls ⓘ tourism ⓘ traditional Chinese architecture ⓘ
language	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Shanghainese NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Huangpu District NERFINISHED ⓘ Puxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ
locatedInTime	imperial China ⓘ
partOf	Shanghai urban area NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China era ⓘ
touristActivity	food tourism ⓘ shopping ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ temple visits ⓘ
urbanForm	walled city (historically) ⓘ
wallStatus	most walls demolished in late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City God of Shanghai → associatedWith → Old City of Shanghai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shanghai Old City

Huangpu District, Shanghai → contains → Old City of Shanghai ⓘ

Shanghai Chenghuang Miao → locatedIn → Old City of Shanghai ⓘ

Grand Rockery → locatedWithin → Old City of Shanghai ⓘ

Sansui Hall → partOf → Old City of Shanghai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shanghai Old City cultural heritage