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- Renovated shikumen lanes in Xintiandi. Shikumen buildings in the process of demolition in 2007 – a fate that has befallen many buildings of this type.
- A defining look of Shanghai, shikumen was at crossroads of East and West culture. Shikumen houses surrounded by high rises in Zhang Garden, Shanghai.
- Everyone will want to tell you shikumen are hybrid of a Chinese courtyard house and a British terrace house even though terraced houses aren’t uniquely British.
- Below is a photograph of one of tens of lanes in Siwen Li (斯文里), one of the largest clusters of shikumen housing located in now-Jingan district.
- The small museum is in fact a renovated, typical Shanghai house from the 1920's ("wulixiang" means home in Shanghai dialect and "shikumen" means...
- Shikumen Peking Duck is truly authentic. Over time, Chefs and gourmands have popularized a variety of ways to enjoy traditional Peking Duck, typically...
- Typically, it’s a long and narrow 2-3 storey stone building with a courtyard in the front and several rooms in its various levels. Shanghai Zhang Yuan Shikumen Stair.
- A Shikumen Residence is usually a two-floor building constructed with bricks and wood. On the sloping roof is a dormer window.
- The term “shikumen” is a combination of the Chinese words for “stone gate” and “wooden door,” referring to the typical entranceway of the buildings.
- Its glories fade away in the last few decades, as most of the Shikumen architectures moved its way for the skyscrapers, roads and squares.
