The Old City of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海老城厢; pinyin: Shànghǎi Lǎo Chéngxiāng; Shanghainese: Zånhae Lo Zenshian), also formerly known as the Chinese city, is the traditional urban core of Shanghai. Its boundary was formerly defined by a defensive wall.

Shanghai officials and its people worked side by side, and in only three months a wall appeared near the bank of the Huangpu River. It had six gates and a moat alongside it. Once completed, the wall was effective in resisting the pirates and keeping Shanghai safe.

2020年10月29日 · Initially, the city wall had six gates – four big and two small – to allow the passage of pedestrians and boats in and out of the city. In 1860, an extra north-facing gate was constructed to ease the access to the foreign settlements growing to the north of the Chinese City.

During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in 1553 a wall was constructed encircling the city of Shanghai. The original wall had multiple gates topped with watch towers positioned at regular intervals along the wall, and integrated into the wall structure.

The Old City Wall of Shanghai was built during the Ming Dynasty (1553) to defend against Japanese pirates. Nowadays, tourists can visit the remaining part of the ancient wall, Dajing Pavilion and its adjacent Ancient City Wall, in the area of Dajing Road, Xiaobeimen, Huangpu District, Shanghai.

Laoximen is not just a metro station. It’s a neighbourhood that’s been around for almost 500 years, built up around the western gate of Shanghai’s original city wall. It’s the last-standing connection to pre-colonial, 11th century Shanghai, and it’s being demolished.

The old City Wall. Standing ten metres tall, covering five kilometres and surrounded by a six-metre deep moat, the wall that ran around Shanghai’s old Chinese city (aka ‘the original Shanghai’) was built in the 1550s to protect it from raids by Japanese pirates.

Shanghai's Ancient City Wall stands as a testament to the city's rich history, offering visitors a glimpse into its medieval past. This remnant of Shanghai's defensive fortifications once encircled the old Chinese city, stretching between eight and ten meters high.

The Dàjìng Gé Pavilion (上海古城墙和大境阁) is a museum and ancient temple of Shanghai, incorporating the last remaining portions of the walls of the Old City of Shanghai. Most of the walls were dismantled in 1912, and today only this portion remains.

Chinese city walls (traditional Chinese: 城牆; simplified Chinese: 城墙; pinyin: chéngqiáng; lit. 'city wall') refer to defensive walls built to protect important towns and cities in pre-modern China. In addition to walls, Chinese city defenses also included fortified towers and gates, as well as moats and ramparts around the walls.