Get to know Huangpu District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Shanghai
- Chinese name
- 黄浦区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 20.52 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
History
This is where the city of Shanghai began. A settlement grew here from the Xining era (1068–1077) of the Northern Song, Shanghai town (上海镇) was founded in the Southern Song, and when Shanghai County was created in 1292 its seat and walled town lay within today's district. Before 1843 the area was already a busy trading centre, especially around Shiliupu (十六铺). After 1845 the British and French settlements were laid out in the north of the district, and the north and west became the centre of modern Shanghai.
The name comes from the First District of 1945, called Huangpu because it faced the river. Today's district was formed by merging with Nanshi District (南市区), the old walled town, in 2000 and with Luwan District (卢湾区) in 2011; Luwan brought in Xintiandi (新天地), Middle Huaihai Road (淮海中路) and the site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (中共一大会址).
What to see
The Bund (外滩) runs 1.5 kilometres along the Huangpu from East Yan'an Road (延安东路) to the Garden Bridge (外白渡桥) over Suzhou Creek. More than twenty historic buildings in eclectic, Renaissance and early modern styles line it, and after Shanghai opened as a port it became the financial and trading centre of the city.
In the north-east of the old walled town, Yuyuan Garden (豫园) was begun in 1559 as the private garden of the official Pan Yunduan (潘允端). It holds the Jade Rock (玉玲珑), counted among the three famous rocks of the lower Yangtze region, and the Dianchun Hall (点春堂), headquarters of the Small Swords uprising (小刀会起义); it became a national key protected site in 1982. The City God Temple (城隍庙) and the Yuyuan Bazaar (豫园商城) lie to its south-west.
Other sights include the Confucian Temple (文庙) and Fuxing Park (复兴公园), while People's Square (人民广场), the Nanjing Road East pedestrian street (南京东路步行街), the Shanghai Grand Theatre (上海大剧院) and the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (上海城市规划展示馆) represent the modern city.
Highlights
- The Bund 外滩: 1.5 km riverfront of more than twenty historic buildings from Yan'an Road to the Garden Bridge.
- Yuyuan Garden 豫园: Ming garden begun in 1559; national key protected site since 1982.
- City God Temple 城隍庙: Beside Yuyuan Garden in the old walled town.
- Xintiandi 新天地: Landmark area that came into the district with Luwan in 2011.
Sources for this guide
黄浦区 - 维基百科 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
上海宣布卢湾、黄浦两区合并为新黄浦区 · China News Service
豫园 - 维基百科 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
外滩 - 维基百科 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-25.
Explore Huangpu District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
People's Square 人民广场
The Bund 外滩
Yuyuan Garden 豫园
Shanghai Museum — People’s Square 上海博物馆人民广场馆
Tianzifang 田子坊
Power Station of Art 上海当代艺术博物馆
Nanjing Road 南京路
Peace Hotel 和平饭店
Xintiandi 新天地
Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 中共一大会址
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center 上海城市规划展示馆
Holy Trinity Church (Anglican) 上海圣三一堂
Fuyou Road Mosque 福佑路清真寺
Huangpu Park 黄浦公园
People's Park 人民公园
Moca Shanghai 上海当代艺术馆
Shanghai History Museum 上海市历史博物馆
City God Temple 上海城隍庙
Old City Wall 大境阁及古城墙
Dongjiadu Cathedral 董家渡圣方济各沙勿略堂
Chenxiang Ge Temple 沉香阁
Baiyun Guan Temple 上海白云观
Xiaotayuan Mosque 小桃园清真寺
Wenmiao Temple 上海文庙
Memorial of the First CPC National Congress 中共一大会址纪念馆
Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street 南京路步行街
City God Temple and Yuyuan Bazaar 城隍庙与豫园商城
Sinan Mansions Quarter 思南公馆街区
Places to explore around Huangpu District
People's Square in central Shanghai, February 2005.People's Square人民广场
People’s Square occupies part of Shanghai’s former racecourse in Huangpu. Its transformation into a civic centre brought museums, theatres, fountains and public space into the middle of the city.
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The Bund (Wai Tan) · 外滩The Bund外滩
The Bund follows the western bank of the Huangpu along East Zhongshan No. 1 Road. Historic banks, trading houses and hotels face the modern towers of Lujiazui across the water.
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Yu Garden · 豫园Yuyuan Garden豫园
Yuyuan Garden began as a Ming-period private garden created by Pan Yunduan for his father. It occupies a compact but intricate sequence of halls, rockeries, ponds and corridors beside Shanghai’s City God Temple.
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Shanghai Museum's People's Square building; this is not the East Museum in Pudong. Photo: 2010-07-06.Shanghai Museum — People’s Square上海博物馆人民广场馆
Shanghai Museum’s People’s Square building is the branch on Renmin Avenue in central Huangpu. Its current programme is devoted to the Ancient Americas exhibition, scheduled from July 2026 to November 2027.
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A lane in Tianzifang, Shanghai · 上海田子坊 Photograph date recorded by the source: Taken on 30 June 2012.Tianzifang田子坊
Tianzifang developed inside a shikumen residential block off Taikang Road. Its small lanes connect former homes and working spaces that were adapted into studios, shops, cafés and galleries.
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The former power station housing the Power Station of Art, photographed in 2015; foreground works reflect that date.Power Station of Art上海当代艺术博物馆
The Power Station of Art occupies a former electricity-generating site beside the Huangpu. The building was reused for Expo 2010 before becoming a contemporary-art museum.
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Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road) · 南京路Nanjing Road南京路
Nanjing Road has two distinct parts. The eastern section connects the Bund with People’s Square, while the western section continues toward Jing’an through another major commercial district.
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Fairmont Peace Hotel · 和平饭店Peace Hotel和平饭店
The Peace Hotel name links two historic buildings at the Bund end of Nanjing Road. The northern building was completed in 1929 as Sassoon House and originally contained the Cathay Hotel. The southern building opened as the…
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A pedestrian lane in Xintiandi’s North Block, Shanghai · 上海新天地 Photograph date recorded by the source: 31 December 2007.Xintiandi新天地
Xintiandi is a redeveloped district of shikumen-style lanes around Madang Road. Traditional stone-gate house forms were adapted and, in places, reconstructed to accommodate restaurants, shops and other commercial spaces.
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The shikumen building of the First CPC Congress site on Xingye Road in Shanghai, September 2004.Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party中共一大会址
The First CPC Congress site is preserved in shikumen buildings on Xingye Road. The meeting held here in July 1921 gives the house its historical significance within what is now Xintiandi.
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Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center · 上海城市规划展示馆. Photo: 2013-08-03.Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center上海城市规划展示馆
Shanghai’s Urban Planning Exhibition Center stands beside People’s Square. Its subject is the city itself: models, drawings and displays explain how the built-up area developed and how planners represent its future.
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Holy Trinity Church in Shanghai · 上海圣三一堂 Photograph date recorded by the source: 3 September 2015, 14:26:09.Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)上海圣三一堂
Holy Trinity Church is the red-brick former Anglican cathedral in the Bund neighbourhood. The present nineteenth-century church replaced an earlier building and became an important place of worship for Shanghai’s…
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Fuyou Road Mosque in Shanghai · 福佑路清真寺 Photograph date recorded by the source: 12 January 2015, 16:28:12.Fuyou Road Mosque福佑路清真寺
Fuyou Road Mosque developed from a Muslim community that raised funds for a permanent prayer place in 1870. The building combines a traditional Qing-style exterior and interior arrangement with Islamic religious functions.
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Landscaping in Huangpu Park on the Bund · 黄浦公园 Photograph date recorded by the source: 11 October 2016, 13:25.Huangpu Park黄浦公园
Huangpu Park occupies the triangular green space at the northern end of the Bund, between the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek. Its origins lie in the treaty-port Public Garden, later reshaped as a commemorative riverfront park.
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Lawn and trees in People's Park, Shanghai · 上海人民公园草坪与林荫 Photograph date recorded by the source: 3 March 2026.People's Park人民公园
People’s Park occupies the northern part of Shanghai’s former racecourse, between Nanjing Road and People’s Square. A large pond and planted paths form a green space within the central shopping and museum district.
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Exterior of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai, in People's Park · 上海人民公园内的上海当代艺术馆外观 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 24 November 2010.Moca Shanghai上海当代艺术馆
MOCA Shanghai is an independent contemporary-art museum inside People’s Park. Its programme includes contemporary art and design, making it distinct from the larger museums elsewhere in the city.
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Clock-tower building now housing Shanghai History Museum · 上海市历史博物馆钟楼建筑 Photograph date recorded by the source: Capture date not specified on the source file page..Shanghai History Museum上海市历史博物馆
Shanghai History Museum occupies the former Race Club building on West Nanjing Road. The neoclassical clubhouse and its tall tower are part of the city history the museum interprets.
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Shanghai City God Temple seen from above · 上海城隍庙俯瞰 Photograph date recorded by the source: 9 September 2018, 14:32:35.City God Temple上海城隍庙
Shanghai’s City God Temple is a Taoist religious precinct beside Yuyuan Garden. Its history connects the worship of local protective deities with the growth of the old city.
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Main entrance of Dajing Ge Pavilion, Shanghai · 上海大境阁正门 Photograph date recorded by the source: 20 March 2021.Old City Wall大境阁及古城墙
The Old City Wall site preserves a short surviving section of Shanghai’s former urban defences. Dajing Tower is the most visible feature of the remaining ensemble.
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Facade of Dongjiadu Cathedral, Shanghai · 上海董家渡圣方济各沙勿略堂外观 Photograph date recorded by the source: 29 May 2010, 16:00:42.Dongjiadu Cathedral董家渡圣方济各沙勿略堂
Dongjiadu Cathedral, dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, stands in the former riverside district outside Shanghai’s old city walls. The church was completed in 1853 with a Baroque design recalling the church of Sant’Ignazio in Rome.
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Entrance of Chenxiang Ge Temple, Shanghai · 上海沉香阁山门 Photograph date recorded by the source: 11 July 2015, 16:39:27.Chenxiang Ge Temple沉香阁
Chenxiang Ge is a Buddhist temple and nunnery in Shanghai’s old-city area. Its quiet religious role contrasts with the nearby commercial streets around Yuyuan.
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Central courtyard of White Cloud Temple, Shanghai · 上海白云观中庭 Photograph date recorded by the source: 9 August 2010.Baiyun Guan Temple上海白云观
Baiyun Guan is a Taoist temple on Dajing Road in Shanghai’s old city. It offers another religious layer in an area better known to many visitors for Yuyuan and the City God Temple.
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Xiaotaoyuan Mosque entrance, Shanghai · 上海小桃园清真寺入口 Photograph date recorded by the source: 12 January 2015, 16:06:19.Xiaotayuan Mosque小桃园清真寺
Xiaotayuan Mosque stands in the southern part of Shanghai’s old-city area. Its architecture combines Chinese and Islamic elements, giving it a different visual character from the Buddhist and Taoist sites nearby.
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Courtyard and main hall at Shanghai Confucian Temple · 上海文庙院落与大殿 Photograph date recorded by the source: 9 June 2018, 15:55:00.Wenmiao Temple上海文庙
Shanghai Wenmiao is the former county Confucian temple and school. Its present site dates to the nineteenth century, continuing an educational institution founded much earlier.
Read the place guide →Historic meeting-site building of the First CPC Congress in Shanghai · 上海中共一大会址建筑. Source-recorded photograph date: 2004-09-23.Memorial of the First CPC National Congress中共一大会址纪念馆
The Memorial of the First CPC National Congress preserves the Shanghai setting where the Communist Party of China's first congress began in July 1921.
Read the place guide →An aerial view of the crowded Nanjing Road pedestrian street leading toward the Bund and Oriental Pearl Tower · 南京路步行街鸟瞰，远处可见外滩与东方明珠塔 Source-recorded photograph date: 2020-09-20 10:31:29.Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street南京路步行街
Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street is a major shopping walk in central Shanghai, combining department stores, established food businesses and newer retail brands.
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City God Temple and Yuyuan Bazaar · 城隍庙与豫园商城City God Temple and Yuyuan Bazaar城隍庙与豫园商城
Shanghai's City God Temple and Yuyuan Bazaar occupy neighbouring parts of the old-city area in Huangpu.
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Sinan Mansions Quarter · 思南公馆街区Sinan Mansions Quarter思南公馆街区
Sinan Mansions Quarter (思南公馆街区) is a conserved group of early twentieth-century residential buildings around Middle Fuxing Road in Shanghai's Huangpu District.
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Getting there
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against 黄浦区 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 豫园 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 外滩 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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