Qibao
Qibao is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai.
Qibao is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. 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". 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.
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Worth seeing in and around Qibao
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Shanghai Zoo
Shanghai Zoological Park, or commonly Shanghai Zoo in short, is one of the two main zoos in Shanghai. It is located near the township of Hongqiao and is administratively in Changning District.
4.3 km · zoo in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 02Jinjiang Action Park
Jinjiang Action Park is a large amusement park at No. 201 Hongmei Road in Xuhui District, Shanghai.
5.3 km · Ferris wheel in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 03Guilin Park
Guilin Park is a public park in Shanghai, China. It is located at the homonymous metro station on line 12 and line 15.
6 km · park in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 04Church of the Assumption, Shanghai
Xiyantang, also known as the Church of the Assumption of Mary, is a Roman Catholic church in Changning District, Shanghai, China. The church stands near Kele Road and Hami Road, to the north of Shanghai Zoo, and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai.
5.5 km · church in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 05Pillbox of No. 7 Bridge, Caobao Road
The No. 7 Caobao Road Bridge Blockhouse is a historical site located on the north side of the eastern embankment of the No.
500 m · building in China · Wikipedia - 06Lotus Riverside
The collapse of Block 7 at Lotus Riverside in 2009 is an accident in which one person died.
5.6 km · 2009 building collapse in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 07Qibao Temple
Qibao Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Qibao, Minhang, Shanghai, in China. The entire temple complex is 7,700 square meters.
200 m · buddhist temple in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 08Shanghai Metro Museum
Shanghai Metro Museum is a transport museum about the Shanghai Metro, located near the Ziteng Road Station of a branch of the Shanghai Metro Line 10. The museum consists of 3,000 square meters.
1.9 km · museum in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 09Shanghai Aerospace Enthusiasts Center
Shanghai Aerospace Enthusiasts Center is an aviation history museum in Shanghai, China. It is located at 7900 Humin Road in Shanghai.
5.7 km · aerospace museum in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 10Regan Garden
Regan Garden is a building in Changning, Shanghai. Built in 1931, the building was the home of hotelier Victor Sassoon until the Second Sino-Japanese War, when it was occupied by various forces.
4.1 km · Historical building in Changning, Shanghai, China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Qibao
- 02Shanghai Aerospace Enthusiast's Center
- 03Shanghai Metro Museum
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Where to eat
There are many restaurants along Hongmei Lu, and the area is popular with both tourists and expats. Take line 10, get off at Longxi Road stop, turn right as you exit the station and right again onto Hongmei Lu. Walk a block, past Yan'an elevated road, and you are in an area full of restaurants including many places with an international menu.
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Getting to Qibao
- Airports
- Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), 5 km · Shanghai Pudong (PVG), 43 km · Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 95 km
- Stations
- Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, 4.7 km · Shanghai Hongqiao railway station, 5.4 km · Xinzhuang Station, 5.7 km · Waihuanlu station, 5.2 km · Lianhua Road station, 5.3 km
- Shanghai (Pudong) → Qibao19 km · quickest by road, 33 min · ¥10–13
- Wuxi → Qibao111 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · ¥50–70
- Hangzhou → Qibao149 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · ¥60–85
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Qibao
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Qibao. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are ferry services from Kobe and Osaka (Japan) weekly.
- Get aroundChina T-union covers all bus, metro and ferry lines in Shanghai, as well as taxis.
- Get aroundA useful ferry runs between the Bund (from a ferry pier a few blocks south of Nanjing Road next to the KFC restaurant) and Lujiazui financial district in Pudong (the terminal is about 10 minutes south of the Pearl TV Tower and Lujiazui metro station) and is the cheapest way of crossing the river at ¥2 per person.
- Get aroundHowever, some of the ferry stations are not directly connected to public transport so you need to walk a bit.
- Get aroundBicycles and mopeds are not allowed on many major roads (signs designate this), or in the tunnels and on the bridges between Pudong and Puxi (the only way to cross is by ferry).
From Wikivoyage: Shanghai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Qibao
Qibao is 6 km from Minhang, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Minhang Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China5.4 km
- Xinzhuang Towntown in Minhang District, Shanghai4.1 km
- Hongqiaotown in Shanghai, People's Republic of China3.6 km
- Qibao Old Townarea of Qibao, Shanghai, China700 m