Qibao (;

Shanghainese The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the Districts of Shanghai, central districts of the Shanghai, City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as ...

: Tshih⁴pau²) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in Minhang District,

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. Its formation can be traced back to the

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (), from 907 to 979, was an era of political upheaval and division in 10th-century Imperial China. Five dynastic states quickly succeeded one another in the Central Plain, and more than a dozen conc ...

, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, " Qibao Temple". Today, Qibao is a tourist attraction, in the area known as

Qibao Old Town Qibao Old Street is a historic area of Qibao in the Minhang District of Shanghai, China. Overview The area is now a tourist attraction, located by the with traditional Chinese architecture and a number of attractions, including museums and s ...

by the Puhui River with traditional Chinese architecture and a number of attractions, including museums and street food. The town was also once the residence of the noted painter

Zhang Chongren Zhang Chongren (27 September 1907 – 8 October 1998), also known as Chang Chong-jen, was a Chinese sculptor best remembered in Europe as a friend of Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. The two met ...

, a friend of the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, on whom the character Chang Chong-Chen from "

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 bande dessinée#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one ...

" was based. Qibao is also known for

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

s (with a "Cricket House") in the Qibao Old Town area.

Location

Located in the western suburbs of Shanghai, Qibao covers an area of . It can be accessed by taking Shanghai Metro Line 9 to Qibao Station. , it has 54 residential communities () and nine villages under its administration.

References

{{commons category, Qibao Towns in Shanghai Minhang District

Location

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