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 Located
next to the Yu Garden
and also known today as
the Yu Garden Market,
the City God Temple was
built in the fifteenth
century during the Ming
dynasty. Originally a
temple built to honour
the Han statesman Huo
Guang (d. 68 B.C.), it
is a busy market today,
specializing in
traditional arts and
crafts. Outside,
however, it still looks
like a temple.
One hundred years ago,
as more and more
pilgrims came to worship
in the temple, many
peddlers began to open
shops near the City God
Temple. Slowly, a
popular, old-fashioned
market came about.
Today, around the temple
and in a circumference
of one-third of a mile
there are more than one
hundred small shops and
restaurants, and the
products they sell
number 16,000 or more.
Shanghai residents enjoy
shopping here; they can
find things unobtainable
elsewhere and they dine
at their favorite
restaurants. |
