Shanghai Off The Beaten Path Tips by imstress Top 5 Page for this destination

City Garden Landscaping 1

You wont miss this beautifully landscaped City Garden. You will bypass this City Garden when you walk from the Bund to YuYuan/Cheng Huang Miao.

Palace

This Hua Bao Lou building looks like a palace.
Great architeture! beautiful lightings.

This is one of the many nice chinese building you could find in Cheng Huang Miao.

Get wired up here

You can have your name wired at this stall.
Each chinese character cost 6 yuan.

This could be a perfect gift to bring back as souvenier for your friends.
Cant decide what to wire? why not the chinese word "Shanghai"?

Map

Not sure where to go or what to eat?
Take a look at this giant map at one of the entrance.

If you are lost or need directions do not hesitate to ask the locals or consult the map.

Cheng Huang Miao Stone Tablet

From the Cheng Huang Miao Stone Tablet, I think it was built in 27 April 2002?

PiXiu standing guard outside Cheng Huang Miao

PiXiu is the mystical animal which is suppose to bring good luck and fortune to its owner.

You can find a pair of PiXiu standing guard outside the Cheng Huang Miao.
This will bring in good business to the owner of this property as well as those shop and stalls that operates here.

Well, this is a very touristy place and I bet the businesses are doing very well.

Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao Day

This is how Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao Restaurant looks like in the day time.

Even in the day, there are long queue for the Xiao Long Bao.

As there is a brige that will connect to Yu Yuan, many would love to take a pic here of the surrounding and of the architecture.

Lui Bo Lang Restaurant

The Lui Bo Lang restaurant serves the well know hairy crab. It is located in Cheng Huang Miao. If you can find Starbucks you are not too far away from getting to this place.

The buildings are a mixture of old and with new decorations and furniture inside the restaurant.

Great Wall of City Garden

This is what I called as the Great Wall of City Garden.

You wont miss this beautifully landscaped City Garden. You will bypass this City Garden when you walk from the Bund to YuYuan/Cheng Huang Miao.

Beautiful Landscaping at City Garden

You wont miss this beautiful Landscaping at City Garden. You will bypass this City Garden when you walk from the Bund to YuYuan/Cheng Huang Miao.