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Shangxiahang Historic District 上下杭Shàngxiàháng
4A scenic area · Fuzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Fuzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Shangxiahang Historic District
Two parallel streets near the Min River in Taijiang district, Shanghang and Xiahang, that grew from riverside landing places into Fuzhou's main trading quarter after the city was opened as a treaty port in the 1840s. Tea, timber, paper and dried-goods merchants built warehouses and family shrines here, and traders from across Fujian set up guild halls. Many of these buildings survive in the restored district, some reused as teahouses and shops.
How to get to Shangxiahang Historic District
In Taijiang district about 3 km south of Dongjiekou, a short taxi ride from central Fuzhou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Wushan and Yushan Hills 乌山、于山 (under 10 km), Black Pagoda (Wuta) 乌塔 (under 10 km), Fuzhou Confucian Temple 福州文庙 (under 10 km), Lin Zexu Memorial Hall 林则徐纪念馆 (under 10 km), Sanfang Qixiang 三坊七巷 (under 10 km), Hualin Temple 华林寺 (under 10 km).
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