[2025 Shanghai ] Travel Guide for Huanghe Road (Updated Jul)

🌃When you think of Shanghai at night, do you think of the bright lights of the Bund? But in fact, there are two niche and charming places where you can capture a different style of Shanghai at night! Huanghe Road ➕ Shamei Building, experience a different kind of night romance💖 🏠: Huanghe Road 📍Location: Metro Line 2 goes directly to Exit 9 of People's Park, just out of the station! 🚶‍♀️: International Hotel and Huanghe Road 👀As soon as you exit the subway, you will see the International Hotel. Stand on the opposite sidewalk, waiting for the moment when the vehicles meet, press the shutter, and freeze the busyness and prosperity of the city! 🚗 🍰Then, walk for one minute to Huanghe Road, where food and old Shanghai style merge. Dessert lovers should not miss the Xinghualou that my uncle likes. The Huanghe Road sign, Taisheng Garden and Changjiang Apartment are even more beautiful backgrounds for taking photos and checking in! 📸 📌: tips: The butterfly cakes at the International Hotel are a must-try delicacy. The queue is super short around 7pm, only 10 minutes! Save nearly 3 hours compared to usual time! 🎉 🏢: Samet Building, the night charm of a century-old building 🏛️ Samet Building, a building built in 1918, is more charming at night. The eclectic style and Baroque-style decorations exude retro charm in every detail. 🌌 📸On the first floor, you can take photos of the street scenes and retro buildings; and on the upper room terrace on the seventh floor, through the window, you can see the twin buildings and the Bund four-piece set, which will make you scream with excitement! 😍 🚀tips: The rooftop terrace needs to be entered and exited from the left-hand door, from 17:00 to midnight, so friends who want to come should remember the time. The retro elevator goes directly to the seventh floor. Remember to ask the staff to help you swipe your card! 👩‍💼 🌈The beauty of Shanghai at night is not only the bright lights of the Bund, but also these small and charming corners! 📸✨

I have been to some places, and in my mind Shanghai is one of the most suitable cities for city walks. The weather in spring or autumn is suitable for walking, and even winter has its own unique flavor. On Shanghai City Walk, a mobile phone and a power bank are all you need. Convenience stores and snack bars can be found everywhere, and large shopping malls can also be found in the city center, so you don’t have to spend time and effort preparing food and drinks. Recommend a city walk route (suitable for friends with good legs): Postal Museum--Waibaidu Bridge--The Bund--Nanjing East Road--Renguang--Huanghe Road (breakfast: Xiaoyang Shengjian or Jiajia Tangbao)--Wujiang Road (Zhangyuan)--Nanjing West Road--Jing'an Temple (lunch: Huxi Old Lane Noodle House, Lailai Xiaolongbao, Renheguan)--Cai Yuanpei's Former Residence--Mahler Villa--Huaihai Middle Road (Guangming Village Fresh Meat Mooncakes)--Xintiandi (coffee, afternoon tea)--Sinan Mansion--Tianzifang (dinner can be had at nearby Sun Moon Plaza) You can also go the other way to see the Bund night view. Explore the city and taste the best food in one day

In Shanghai, Even the dumplings have shepherd’s purse flavor Shepherd's purse wontons, shepherd's purse red oil wontons, shepherd's purse steamed dumplings Immersive experience of shepherd's purse freedom, small wontons one bite at a time Shepherd's purse dumplings, thin skin, rich fillings, bursting with juice The red oil wonton is spicy enough but not too spicy. Golden crab meat noodles, after stirring, jujuju fragrance

🚃 With the popular TV series 'Blossoms' airing, this Shanghai road, once forgotten by time, has come back into people's view. There's no Boss Huang, no Miss Wang, nor Zhenzhen Garden on Huanghe Road, but this newly popular Shanghai internet-famous road is indeed Huanghe Road. 🏘️ Compared to Wukang Road, it is closer to the Bund. There are many historical buildings along this road, and the well-known International Hotel is located here. Of course, the long queues of people waiting to buy the butterfly pastries also show its unique taste, attracting many tourists to purchase eagerly. 🏞️ The Taisheng Garden on Huanghe Road is the prototype of the Zhenzhen Garden in the TV series 'Blossoms'. Although it doesn't have the thrilling business battles or the passionate Miss Wang as in the TV series, it retains the authentic flavor of the old Shanghai alleys. 🌄 The spareribs rice cake mentioned in 'Blossoms' was reportedly not sold on this road before. With the TV series' explosion in popularity, many shops along the road started selling spareribs rice cakes. Personally, I find the taste average, but some might find it delicious. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I'm not accustomed to it. Xinghua Lou, however, is an old Shanghai brand that I highly recommend for friends to try. ❤️‍🔥 The end of Huanghe Road is East Nanjing Road, and at the end is the Bund. The world-renowned Peace Hotel is located here, which is also the office of Boss Huang in 'Blossoms'. It takes about 15 minutes to walk from the Peace Hotel to Zhenzhen Garden on Huanghe Road. 🚗 Transportation tips: Take the subway lines 2, 8, or 1 to People's Square Station, exit 8, and walk about 100 meters to reach. 🔍 Nearby famous brands: Jinmen Hotel, International Hotel, Taisheng Garden, Xinghua Lou 📍 Detailed address: Huanghe Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai

Following the broadcast of the TV series 'Blossoms', directed by Wong Kar-wai and adapted from the novel of the same name by Shanghai author Jin Yucheng, the popularity of many cultural and tourism 'check-in spots' in Shanghai has skyrocketed: the search and order volume for traditional Shanghai delicacies such as pork rib rice cake, rice in soup, and fried dough twists on delivery platforms have significantly increased; locations like Huanghe Road and the Peace Hotel, featured in the drama, are now surrounded by tourists who have come to visit.

Today's on-site visit allows you to check in at the prototype location of the TV series 'Blooming' without spending a penny. 🏩 From noon to night, Huanghe Road is bustling with people. As night falls and the lights come on, this place exudes an old Shanghai charm, as if time has reversed, taking you back to that glorious era. 🌆 Just 700 meters long, each spot has its unique charm, making it an excellent place to experience Shanghai's culture, history, and modern city vibe. 🌆 The architecture here is distinctly European, with British-style historical buildings that are unforgettable. Perhaps it's not as prosperous as in its heyday, but that unique charm and the profound history still offer endless allure.

As a member of the Shanghai drifters who once worked in Shanghai, the hot broadcast of 'Blossoms' reignited my desire to explore this city. Five years after leaving the magic city, when I set foot on this land again as a tourist, it was a completely different mood. After following the same locations from the TV series 'Blossoms' this time, I have a deeper understanding of the charm of Shanghai. 🌺Blossoms check-in route: Eastern Orthodox Church➠Fuxing Park➠Cathay Cinema➠Garden Hotel➠Lanxin Theatre➠Jinxian Road➠Meilongzhen Restaurant➠Zhang Garden➠Daguangming Cinema➠International Hotel➠Apricot Flower Building➠Moss Garden➠Yuelai Restaurant➠Guling Road➠Shanghai Fashion Store➠Yongan Department Store (Hualian Department Store)➠East Sea Coffee Shop➠Roosevelt Mansion➠Peace Hotel➠Customs Building ⚠️Walking the whole way can be tiring, it is recommended to use a bicycle to save energy, there are many shared bicycles on the roadside. 📸Main photo check-in points ✅Peace Hotel: The long room of Uncle Ye and Boss Bao in the drama ✅Roosevelt Mansion: The Shanghai Foreign Trade Company where Miss Wang works in the drama - No. 27 on the Bund ✅Eastern Orthodox Church: The place that Abao can't forget, he liked to climb to the Eastern Orthodox Church when he was a child, 'watching the clouds in the sky, watching the trees on the ground' ✅Jinxian Road: The location of 'Night Tokyo', the safe harbor of Boss Bao's restaurant in the drama ✅International Hotel: Abao looks out from the balcony here in the drama, this is a century-old building in Shanghai, witnessing the history of Shanghai ✅Huanghe Road Moss Garden: The prototype of Li Li's Zhen Garden in the drama ✅Huanghe Road Yuelai Restaurant: The prototype of the Red Egret Restaurant that Boss Bao often goes to in the drama ✅Shanghai Fashion Store: The Shanghai Clothing Company in the drama, Hu Lian did not allow Abao to put Boss Ma's new clothes on the shelf for foreign trade, he could only find the fashion company ✅Yongan Department Store: It used to be called Hualian Department Store, which is the prototype of Hualian Department Store in the drama, the place where Boss Bao and Fan Zong made their fortunes. 🍜5 identical foods from Blossoms 1⃣Freshly arrived pork rib rice cake: 📍No. 36 Yunnan South Road The prototype of Xiangdelai in the drama, Miss Wang's identical pork rib rice cake💰15 per serving, there are many people need to queue for about 1 hour, try to go early, there are many other local snacks in Shanghai in the store 2⃣Commander K's Western Food Coffee: 📍3rd Floor, No. 1001 Nanjing West Road Uncle Ye's favorite pastry, their main product is whipped cream chestnut cake💰15 per piece, there are many types of pastries, not particularly sweet, quite delicious 3⃣International Hotel Butterfly Crisp: 📍No. 170 Nanjing West Road 💰32 yuan for 5 large pieces, the queue is huge! Didn't buy 4⃣Apricot Flower Building Dingsheng Cake: 📍No. 3 Tibet South Road The Dingsheng cake that Abao brought to Uncle Ye in the drama, 💰16 per box, there are 4 pieces, I don't know if I ate it wrong, I steamed it at home and ate it, it didn't feel particularly soft and glutinous, the taste was average 5⃣Qingzhen Hong Changxing: 📍No. 1 Yunnan South Road Called Hong Shunxing in the drama, the place where Abao and Xue Zhi had their first date. Do you know any other identical locations and foods from Blossoms, welcome to add👇

|Follow 'Blossoms' to citywalk!. ✅Wong Kar-wai's 'Blossoms' has sparked a wave of Shanghai fever, it's said that everyone in Shanghai is on Huanghe Road recently! ✅'Blossoms' is simply a textbook for Shanghai citywalk, in addition to Huanghe Road, many scenes that appear in the TV series are suitable for casual walks! Let's see what the real 'Blossoms' looks like! . ✅Beijing East Road 🖼Picture 2 🌟The section of Beijing East Road near the Bund is where Miss Wang works. 📸Recommended check-in ✔️Yifeng. Bund Source (99 Beijing East Road): The shopping mall with a vermilion exterior wall, you can also take pictures of the Oriental Pearl, attracting many newcomers to take wedding photos! ✔️Roosevelt Mansion (Picture 3, No. 27, The Bund): Also the old site of the 'Foreign Trade Building' where Miss Wang works. . ✅Dianchi Road 🖼Picture 4 🌟Dianchi Road was once known as 'China's Wall Street', with the Peace Hotel to the south and the Bank of China Building to the north. 📸Recommended check-in ✔️Peace Hotel (Picture 5, 20 Nanjing East Road): The main entrance of the Peace Hotel is on Nanjing East Road, Dianchi Road is the driveway, which is where 'Blossoms' Bao was hit by a car ✔️Donghai Cafe (Picture 6, 110 Dianchi Road): Founded in 1943, it was once the most fashionable dating spot in Shanghai. . ✅Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street 📸Recommended check-in ✔️Yong'an Department Store (Picture 7, 635 Nanjing East Road): Founded in 1918, the prototype of the Shanghai United Department Store in 'Blossoms', one of the four major Chinese-funded department stores on Nanjing Road in Shanghai in the early years. ✔️Shanghai Fashion Store (Picture 8, 690 Nanjing East Road): The prototype of the Shanghai Clothing Company in 'Blossoms'. . ✅Huanghe Road 🌟It's a street full of restaurants, usually not many tourists. After 'Blossoms' was aired, it feels like everyone in Shanghai is here! 📸Recommended check-in ✔️Daguangming Cinema (Picture 9, 216 Nanjing West Road): An old Shanghai cinema, founded in 1928. ✔️International Hotel (Pictures 10, 11, corner of 170 Nanjing West Road and Huanghe Road): One of the oldest hotels in Shanghai, known as the 'Tallest Building in the Far East' in the 1930s. The butterfly pastry at the International Hotel always has a queue of 2-3 hours or more ✔️Xinghua Building (Picture 12, 21 Huanghe Road): Founded in 1851, a renowned Cantonese cuisine master in Shanghai, the mooncakes and green dumplings of Xinghua Building are famous in Shanghai! ✔️Tai Sheng Garden (Picture 13, 50 Huanghe Road): Founded in 1993, the prototype restaurant of 'Zhi Zhen Garden' in 'Blossoms' ✔️Yue Lai Restaurant (Picture 14, 81 Huanghe Road): A local cuisine restaurant opposite Tai Sheng Garden ✔️Hua Chi Rice Noodle Bar (Picture 15, 123 Huanghe Road): A Yunnan cuisine restaurant, also a restaurant under Pan Xiaoshao, not much related to 'Blossoms', but the taste is authentic ✔️Cantonese Restaurant (Picture 16, 147 Huanghe Road): A Cantonese restaurant often visited by Miss Wang, still in business today, proving its strength . ✅Guling Road 🖼Picture 17 🌟The place where Tao Tao sells seafood in 'Blossoms' is indeed next to Huanghe Road. The real Guling Road is still full of life, but there are no seafood shops.

|Once a time of blooming flowers. With the hot broadcast of '', the life scenes hidden in the 90s have recently reappeared in the public eye. Sharing a set of old photos of Shanghai in the nineties seen in Zhi (Er Huo Shan), as the earliest and most prosperous city to open up, the once Asia's first bend, big brother, dense billboards, bicycle army were all the flowers of that era. Time flows away, but the pace of each generation's continuous progress and development never stops. Share the old photos in your album, and see the once passionate era and lovely people~

Shanghai Road | Yellow River Road With the popularity of 'Prosperity', Yellow River Road, in the eyes of a native Shanghainese, is a road behind the building. The building refers to the International Hotel, Yangtze Theater, and Yangtze Apartment. The International Hotel is the origin of Shanghai and also the facade of Yellow River Road. In the most glorious period of the 1990s, it was less 'stylish' to have a meal on Yellow River Road than to have a cup of coffee in the lobby of the International Hotel. And the real Shanghainese know that the International Hotel's bakery not only has butterfly crisp, but also silver thread buns and wine cakes. The Yangtze Theater is the base for Yue Opera performances. The premiere of 'Sister Xianglin' was here. The Yangtze Apartment became famous because Zhang Ailing once lived here. In the consciousness of ordinary Shanghainese, Yellow River Road starts from Moss Garden. Moss Garden and the neighboring Dragon Restaurant still have the old restaurant style, and the rest are some low-grade small restaurants and small shops. Before 'Prosperity' was broadcast, there were hardly a few people. The fact that there were no traffic lights in front of Moss Garden is a clue. Although Moss Garden and Dragon Restaurant have many photos of celebrities visiting, the occupancy rate is also very low. I remember going there once two years ago. At noon, we were the only table. It was because my girlfriend knew the boss and the boss gave a big discount that the gathering was held there.

"Fanhua" is so good! Take a trip through the TV series Check out the Huanghe Road and Nanjing Road in the play and exit from People's Square Not far away is Huanghe Road From a distance, you can see the prototype of Zhizhen Garden in the play - Taishengyuan Restaurant As the TV series is so popular, many people have come here to check in. Shanghai in the 1990s was so rich and dazzling! Shanghai is indeed the Magic City It's all so magical! Let’s check in Shanghai landmarks with “Fanhua” today The same check-in spot as Shanghai's "Fang Hua" Yellow River Road If you have watched "Fang Hua", you must check in at Huanghe Road! Check-in points in the play: ① Tai Sheng Garden: The Zhi Zhen Garden in the play is fictional, but it is actually the Tai Sheng Garden Restaurant on Huanghe Road. ②International Hotel: The butterfly cakes here are the most famous ③ Yuewei Restaurant: A restaurant that Miss Wang likes to eat in the play ④ Xinghualou: The Dingsheng cake that the uncle likes to eat in the play is here Jinxian Road Lingzi, played by Ma Yilin, and Abao jointly opened a restaurant full of the flavor of downtown life on Jinxian Road. This short road of only a few hundred meters is like a condensed Shanghai, with downtown alleys, dilapidated street houses, as well as clothing stores and Western restaurants where trendy people gather. Here you can experience the authentic alley life in Shanghai. Nanjing East Road "China's No. 1 Commercial Street", the Shanghai Lian Department Store where the three sheep appeared in the play is located here. Looking at the scenes in the drama, the Hulian Department Store near the fashion store is the former Hualian Department Store. That is the current Wing On Department Store located on Nanjing East Road in Nanjing. Taking photos of the night scene here gives you a sense of the prosperity in the drama. ▲Peace Hotel on the Bund The film begins with a series of shots introducing the Peace Hotel, the benchmark hotel of that era and also the base of the male protagonist Abao. The Peace Hotel in reality is no longer just a simple five-star hotel. It is a witness to the former foreign concessions of the Bund, where merchants and distinguished guests came and went, leaving behind countless legendary stories. The hotel also launched the same set meal as in the drama. The first floor of the hotel is free to visit and there are explanations, so be sure to check it out! √No. 27 The Bund The Shanghai Foreign Trade Company where Miss Wang works in the play is actually No. 27 The Bund. It was built in 1920 and was once the office building of Jardine Matheson. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. There are various business types including food, art galleries, etc. If you are interested, you may want to visit them! Huanghe Road in Shanghai Film and Television Park has become popular, but the real filming location is Shanghai Film and Television Park, which has reproduced the Huanghe Road and Jinxian Road, the dream-chasing places in the drama, in a 1:1 ratio. (Opening hours: 8:30-16:30, ticket price: 80r) Waibaidu Bridge This is the bridge that Mr. Bao and Xiao Ningbo jumped off in the play, and it was also the filming location of "My Fair Princess". Yellow River Road