[2025 Shanghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Yangpuqu Library (Updated Jul)

🏬At 366 Changhai Road in Yangpu District, an ancient-style building catches your eye, making you stop and gaze up in wonder. This building is like Shanghai's very own "Mini Forbidden City"!👑 🕋The neoclassical three-section design combined with traditional Chinese hip-and-gable roof structure is absolutely stunning! The entrance features upturned eaves, ornate brackets, and vibrant colors. The yellow glazed tiles on top are the library's most distinctive feature, while the mythical beast ornaments on the roof add a touch of imperial Chinese palace grandeur.🏮 📖Did you know? The history of Yangpu Library dates back to 1936 and was part of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's vision of "establishing Shanghai as a world port"! Today, the library has been completely renovated inside and out while preserving its neo-Chinese style, becoming an important cultural treasure of Yangpu District.📚 📸Both the exterior architecture and interior vintage decorations make it a perfect spot for photography! You can capture amazing shots of both people and scenery. (Remember to keep quiet in the library and use silent mode on your camera)📷 📍Address: Yangpu Library, 366 Changhai Road! ⌚️Opening hours: Monday to Thursday and weekends 09:00-21:00, Friday 12:30-21:00. Don't miss it! 🎫Best of all, admission is free! Come spend a leisurely afternoon here!🍵

In fact, I visited the Yangpu Library in 2018 when it officially opened, and I even took a "same style" photo as the one that was popular online at the time. I put it in P2. But since I don't like reading, I rarely go to the library, so when I went again, I found that the Yangpu Library is no longer a place to take photos for its beauty, but a place to study and read. ☝ Past and present: The predecessor of the Yangpu Library was the "Old Shanghai Library" (surprise!), which was built in the 1930s and designed by architect Dong Daxi, with Zhang Yutai Heji Construction Company responsible for the construction. However, during the Battle of Shanghai in 1937, the library was forced to cease operations and became a horse farm for the Japanese, with its facilities destroyed. Fortunately, the library was reborn with its history. Its design is a mix of modern and traditional Chinese architecture, with a double-eaved hip roof covered with yellow glazed tiles, a three-arched gate, stone-like railings, red brick floors, and beautifully painted ceilings, resembling a Chinese "palace building." 💡 Nearby city walk recommendations: 1. Yangpu Library 2. Jiangwan Mosque 3. Hudong Church 4. Jiangwan Experience Field Address: No. 366 Changhai Road, Yangpu District Opening hours: Monday to Thursday and Sunday 9:00–21:00 (except Friday 12:30–21:00) Tickets: Free, no reservation required (previously required ID card, now only security check is required)

This is not Beijing, this is Shanghai! In Yangpu, Shanghai, there is such an amazing library 📚, which is known as the "Little Forbidden City" in Shanghai. 📚Walking into this library, I feel like I have traveled through time to the Forbidden City. The painted roof, the red cylinder bricks on the ground, and the traditional wooden windows all reveal a classical charm. 📕Especially the "Peacock Gate" in the central hall on the second floor, the two peacock shapes form a door 🏛️. The cast iron parts are connected with rivets, which are simply like artworks 🎨 that have traveled through time from ancient times. This is the newly reopened Yangpu District Library 📚. It was planned to be built in August 1932 and was designed by the famous designer Mr. Dong Dayou at that time. 📚The Yangpu District Library, which has a history of more than 80 years, has a three-hole arch gate on the front of the gate building, surrounded by imitation stone pillars and railings, and the roof is a double-eave hip roof. 📚It has a sense of history and the facilities inside are very complete. All types of books are available, and each area is equipped with a large number of reading tables and chairs and socket panels. 🌳Choose a position by the window, where the green trees outside the window are shaded. Reading quietly on the antique table, you can sit for an afternoon. It is not only suitable for quiet reading 📖, but also for taking photos 📷. It is also very suitable for children 🧒 who are in primary school or above to read and walk, and feel the historical culture! 📚: Yangpu Library 📍: No. 366 Changhai Road, Yangpu District (near Heishan Road) 🚇: Exit 4 of Xiangyin Road Station of Metro Line 8 (1.3km walk) 🎫Ticket: 🆓 ⏰Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 9:00-21:00, Friday 12:30-21:00

I was first attracted to Yangpu Library by the word 'Internet celebrity'; after visiting, I was amazed; and now, I return for the deep affection and the joy of reading! The double-eaved hip-and-gable roof is unique, and the yellow glazed tile roof and the colorful dougong (bracket sets) under the eaves are full of the magnificent atmosphere of traditional architecture, especially eye-catching under the light. The ceiling paintings inside the gatehouse are meticulously drawn with delicate strokes reminiscent of Thangka painting, revealing the charm of traditional Chinese architecture at every turn. It's just too beautiful! No. 366 Changhai Road, Yangpu District Subway Line 8, Xiangyin Road Station, Exit 4 Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 9:00-21:00 Free admission, no reservation required

| Yangpu District Library.📕 Although it is not open at the moment, I went there before, but I still want to post it because it is antique and distinctive. 📕The predecessor was the "Old Shanghai City Library", designed by the famous designer Dong Dayou, and opened in 1936. This was the once "Greater Shanghai Plan". It was later abandoned... 📕80 years later, Yangpu District repaired and expanded the building, preserving the precious painted, glazed tiles and other highlights in the library with the technique of repairing the old as the old. The peacock door in the second floor hall is the original from 80 years ago, and the peacock door in the first floor hall is a replica of the second floor. It's really rare to see this style of architecture in Magic City, isn't it! 📕I just want to ask those students studying in the hall, do you feel like you are taking the palace exam in the Forbidden City 🔅Currently closed for business.... Yangpu Library

👍Most recommended: Yangpu District Library is located at 366 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, with an area of 14,152 square meters. It adopts a 'one main, two branches' model, with a main library, Pingliang Branch and Children's Branch. The total building area of the three libraries is 19,830 square meters. It has accumulated 1.32 million volumes (pieces) of paper documents, audio-visual documents, and local documents, 1,259 reading seats, and receives more than 600,000 readers annually. It is a national first-class library. It has a comprehensive reading room, children's library, newspaper reading room, adult lending department, and organizes related reader activities. 🌟Highlights: The main library of Yangpu District Library is located at 366 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, with an area of 14,152 square meters. It was renovated and expanded from the old Shanghai Library during the Republic of China period and is an excellent historical protection building in Shanghai. It has four major functional areas: document borrowing, digital services, exhibitions, and themed activities. At the same time, it has a special 'Shanghai Modern Municipal Theme Museum·Yangpu Museum', which reveals the inheritance and development of contemporary 'Knowledge Yangpu' and 'Smart District' to the 'Great Shanghai Plan', highlighting the heaviness of a hundred years of municipal history. Through the use of modern technologies such as RFID automated management and 3D navigation, it realizes a comprehensive space centered on 'learning', showing the cultural space reconstruction of the library in urban renewal. 📍Detailed address: Yangpu Library (Main Library)