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Qibao Ancient Town |
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七寶古鎮 |
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Minhang District |
上海市閔行區 |
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Located in the center of Minhang District of Shanghai, only 18
kilometers (11.18 miles) from the downtown area, Qibao Ancient
Town can satisfy your curiosity about ancient water townships
without the bother of either long distance or the rush of
crowds. As the only
ancient town forming part of greater Shanghai, with a history
spanning over one thousand years, Qibao is more than just a
living fossil of ancient Chinese conurbation and urban planning.
The town was built in Northern Song Dynasty (960-1126) and grew
into a prosperous business center during Ming (1368-1644) and
Qing Dynasties (1644-1911). Qibao is the Chinese for 'seven
treasures' and there are two popular theories about its
derivation. The more reliable one says that the name originates
from the Qibao Temple, famed for its good reputation. It was
this that contributed to the growth of business and culture of
the previously unknown town. The other theory seems more popular
among the local people who tell folk tales about seven
treasures. These were an iron Buddha made in Ming Dynasty, a
bronze bell also dating from the Ming Dynasty but said to have
mysteriously appeared from nowhere, a Gold Script Lotus Sutra
written by an imperial concubine of the 10th century, a
one-thousand-year-old Chinese catalpa tree, a jade axe, a gold
cockerel and a pair of jade chopsticks. Actually of these seven
treasures, the existence of only first four can be verified
while only the Scripture and the bell have survived to this day. |
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Qibao (L9) |
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Minhang |
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Qibao |
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Old city |
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Free |
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Qibao Old Water City (All) |
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Commercial street |
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Local life |
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Museum |
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Old street |
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Qibao Town |
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Wood bucket factory |
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