Tianzifang
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Tianzifang or Tianzi Fang is a touristic arts and crafts enclave that has developed from a renovated traditional residential area in the French Concession area of Shanghai. It is now home to boutique shops, bars and restaurants.
A shikumen lane in Tianzi Fang, with houses now converted into shops, studios, cafes and bars.
Shikumen
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Shikumen is a traditional Shanghainese architectural style combining Western and Chinese elements that first appeared in the 1860s.
A preserved longdang at the site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, showing the "stone gates" (at left) whence the name shikumen arose.
Renovated shikumen lanes in Xintiandi.
Shikumen buildings in the process of demolition in 2007 – a fate that has befallen many buildings of this type.
A historic photograph of the entrance of a shikumen lane or longdang