Shanghai Old Street historically called Miaoqian Dajie is an old business street that has a combination of tourist attractions shops entertainment and cultural [ссылка] owes its special social attractions and rich commercial background to the fact that the earliest bank gold shop jewelers store wine shop and tea house of the city were all to be found here.nThe architecture and the layout of the shops in this street show its development that began during the Ming Dynasty 13681644 until the period when European influence made an impact on the [ссылка] western part of this old street begins at South Henan Road and continues to Guanyi [ссылка] buildings here reflect the style of the Ming and Qing 16441911 dynasties and the architecture is elegant in its classic [ссылка] poles pink walls and black roofs with upswept eaves are in harmony with the buildings in Yuyuan [ссылка] eastern end of the street with a length of 500 meters about 1640 feet ends at Renmin Road and after reconstruction and decoration retains the residential characteristics of later Qing [ссылка] swing doors reach to the ground the lattice windows and the graceful roofs with upswept eaves are fascinating as they are precisely how foreigners imagine China to [ссылка] there are several European buildings they dont contradict the styles of old Shanghai. On the contrary they are a vital part of the diverse culture here.