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The Shikumen Open House Museum ( zh, s=屋里厢-石库门博物馆, p=Wūlixiāng-Shíkùmén Bówùguǎn;
Shanghainese
The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the city of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as part of the Sino-Tibetan langua ...
: ''Olishian-Sakumen Bovahgue'') is a museum in the
Xintiandi
Xintiandi (, Shanghainese: ''Shinthidi'' lit. "New Sky and Earth",Warr, Anne: ''Shanghai Architecture'', The Watermark Press, 2007, fig. "New World") is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai. Xintiandi n ...
area of
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
, China (administratively in the
Huangpu District) that presents a house in the traditional ''
shikumen
Shikumen (, Shanghainese: ''zaq⁸ khu¹ men⁶,'' International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: Help:IPA/Wuu, ᴀʔ¹¹ kʰu¹¹ mən²⁴ is a traditional Shanghainese architectural style combining European architecture, Western and Chinese archi ...
'' style.
This is a small museum on the south side of the North Block of Xintiandi on Xingye Road that presents Shanghai life as it was around the 1920s and 30s in a shikumen-style "stone-gate" house. There are about five rooms furnished with period furniture.
The museum includes a ''tingzijian'', a small triangular room, sometimes rented out at a low price to impoverished writers and others.
Transport
The nearest
Shanghai Metro
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stations are
South Huangpi Road Station on
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to the north and
Xintiandi
Xintiandi (, Shanghainese: ''Shinthidi'' lit. "New Sky and Earth",Warr, Anne: ''Shanghai Architecture'', The Watermark Press, 2007, fig. "New World") is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai. Xintiandi n ...
on
Line 10 to the south.
See also
*
in the same road
References
External links
The Shikumen Open House Museum
Museums with year of establishment missing
Houses in Shanghai
Museums in Shanghai
Historic house museums in China
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