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Old ShangHai Streetand oldTown Old ShangHai Streetand oldTown OOllddSShhaannggHHaaiiSSttrreeeettaannddoollddTToowwnn （城隍庙） Few visitors leave ShangHai without a visit to the city God Temple Martket. All the buildings here were built in the late Qing DY by and the early years of the Republic of china, characteristiced by Latticed windows, roofs with upturned eaves and protruding corners, grey tiles, white washed walls,vermillion pillars-a folk token ofShanghai old downtown. ThatsrealChina in your imagnation. Shops already there 100 years ago remain well-preserved, there include the Hangchutang Traditional Chinese pharmacy, Wuliangcai Glasses shops,Laotong sheng store and so on. Xishi-Beancurd shop is areminder ofabeautifull legend about prime minister Fanli, who after he helped the state of Yue eliminatd the state of Wu, returned to Wuxi city with his wife, a stunning beauty named Xishi, they settled in LiYuan garden and made a living by selling beancurd products, including bean curd dessert,soybean milk,various types ofdried beancurd. After old Shanghai street was renovated, many old-timers returned to seek out traces of their childhood dreams, a strooll down this street invariably fid them with mixed feeling.They are delighted to return to a street that is familiar. But one thing they would find missing on this street-the pebbles. Long ago they may have walked barefoot along this pebble-paved road,enjoying the coolness ofthepebbles.They may nowwonderif theroad oftheir childhoodonly exist in painting oradvertisement. Old town is the remains of the oldest place of Shanghai, During 1920s and 1930s,it wasthemost lawless den ofopium Smokers and streetsforgangsters. Today, the city God Temple receives many foreign visitors , the twisting lanes are now filled with vendors selling Chinas Small import goods. Tourists can buy everything from balloons to mahjong pieces.The city God