Qibao

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Qibao
七宝镇
Town
Qibao Old Town
Qibao
Location in Shanghai
Coordinates: 31°09′28″N 121°21′05″E / 31.15778°N 121.35139°E / 31.15778; 121.35139Coordinates: 31°09′28″N 121°21′05″E / 31.15778°N 121.35139°E / 31.15778; 121.35139
Country People's Republic of China
Municipality Shanghai
District Minhang
Village-level divisions 54 residential communities
9 villages
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 201101
Area code(s) 0021

Qibao (simplified Chinese: 七宝; traditional Chinese: 七寶; pinyin: Qībǎo; literally "seven treasures"; Shanghainese: tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai.[1] Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, "Qibao Temple".[2] Today, Qibao is a tourist attraction, in the area known as Qibao Old Street by the Puhui River with traditional Chinese architecture and a number of attractions, including museums and street food.[3]

Qibao is known for its speciality in cuisine, hong shao rou ("Red Braised Pork"), using a combination of ginger, garlic, aromatic spices, chilli peppers, sugar, light and dark soy and sometimes rice wine.[citation needed] The town was also once the residence of the famous painter Zhang Chongren, a friend of the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, on whom the character Chang Chong-Chen from "The Adventures of Tintin" was based. Qibao is also known for crickets (with a "Cricket House") in the Qibao Old Street area.

Location

Located in the western suburbs of Shanghai, Qibao covers an area of 21.3 square kilometres (8.2 sq mi). It can be accessed by taking Shanghai Metro Line 9 to Qibao Station. As of 2011, it has 54 residential communities (居委会) and nine villages under its administration.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Qibao Ancient Town". TravelChinaGuide. Retrieved 27 July 2009. 
  2. ↑ Qibao Old Street: Look for the Saga of Shanghai. China: Shanghai Qibao Old Town Industrial Development Co. Ltd. 
  3. ↑ Pitts, Christopher (April 2013). "Top Sights: Qibao". Pocket Shanghai (3rd ed.). Lonely Planet. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-1-74179-963-7. 
  4. ↑ "2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：七宝镇" (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-03. 
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