The Old Chinese City - Explore Shanghai - page 104

dow hinges on the second floor. Just ahead is the Fuyou Road Mosque 1 [map] (Fuyou Lu
Qingzhensi; 378 Fuyou Road; daily 6am-7pm; free), established in 1853 by Muslim traders
whose ancestors had been active in Chinese commerce for a millennium. The mosque has
three main halls: the original core; the main prayer hall, built in 1897; and the Art Deco-influ-
enced entrance building, erected in 1936. Shanghai's first Islamic school was once located
within the complex, and the Muslim Business Society, established in 1911, met here as well.
Back on Fuyou Road, head south on to Houjia Road and east on to Chen Xiangge Alley,
where you'll soon spot the bright mustard walls of the Chenxiangge Nunnery 2 [map]
(Chenxiangge; 29 Chenxiangge Alley; daily 7am-5pm, 1st and 15th days of the lunar calen-
dar 5.30am-4pm; charge). Filial son Pan Yunduan established this temple in 1600 in honour
of his mother, some 30 years after creating Yu Garden for his father. Briefly a factory during
the Cultural Revolution, the temple was restored in 1994. A new gilded Buddha and its 384
exquisitely sculpted luohan (Buddhist saints) are highlights, but the real stars are the nuns,
whose chanting can be heard throughout the day.
Continue down Chenxiangge Alley, turn left and then re-enter Fuyou Road, heading east
(to the right). Soon you'll see the Fuyou Road Merchandise Mart (Fuyou Lu Shichang; daily
8am-5pm) and Fumin Street Smallware Market (Fumin Shang Sha; daily 8am-5pm). Ch-
ina is the world's factory, and pretty much everything can be found here at discounted prices.