Qibao

Qibao

七宝镇
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
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	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	201101
Area code	0021
Website	http://www.qibao.gov.cn/

Qibao (simplified Chinese: 七宝镇; traditional Chinese: 七寶鎮; pinyin: Qībǎo Zhèn; 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 Town by the Puhui River with traditional Chinese architecture and a number of attractions, including museums and street food.^[3]

The town was also once the residence of the noted 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 Town area.

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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^[update], it has 54 residential communities (居委会) and nine villages under its administration.^[4]

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^ "Qibao Ancient Town". TravelChinaGuide. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ Qibao Old Street: Look for the Saga of Shanghai. China: Shanghai Qibao Old Town Industrial Development Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 2002-02-13. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
^ Pitts, Christopher (April 2013). "Top Sights: Qibao". Pocket Shanghai (3rd ed.). Lonely Planet. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-1-74179-963-7.
^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：七宝镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-03.

[1] "Qibao Ancient Town". TravelChinaGuide. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

[leaflet-2] Qibao Old Street: Look for the Saga of Shanghai. China: Shanghai Qibao Old Town Industrial Development Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 2002-02-13. Retrieved 2013-09-27.

[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 Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-03.

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