Shanghai Chongming Niche Attractions Recommendations Fun Places

Friends who have stayed in Shanghai for a long time, many of the more popular places have already been played out, nothing new, there are still many niche but fun places to go in Chongming District, Shanghai. What are they specifically? Let’s take a look!

Rice Field Bookstore

This name sounds very romantic. The bookstore made its debut at the 2019 Shanghai Book Fair, and with its novel design and unique positioning, it received enthusiastic attention from professionals and the public, receiving rave reviews upon its first appearance. After nearly three years of exploration, struggle and practice, the bookstore officially debuted in Chongming during the 10th China Flower Expo in 2021. The overall style of the building retains the original appearance of the farm era, the fusion of Japanese-style log style and white walls, full of literary and high-level sense. The bookstore logo is based on scattered rice grains and book placement, showing the vitality of natural rhythm.

In addition to being a bookstore, it is also a comprehensive cultural space. The bookstore is scattered with food, cultural and creative products, home gardening, Wang Yutai tea, etc. produced by Bright Food Group, each item contains the beauty of Shanghai’s humanistic atmosphere and natural products. There is also a coffee shop, the pure white triangular roof reminds us of the familiar Bright Milk carton, the designer’s inspiration comes from this, immerse yourself in it, order a cup of rice aroma latte, enjoy a leisurely afternoon.

Address: No. 833 Dongfeng Road, Chongming District

Telephone: 021-31830999

Hengsha Pottery Studio

This pottery studio is run by a young couple in their 80s. The old site was a dilapidated agricultural machinery warehouse, which was transformed into a literary and practical pottery studio after being renovated and decorated by the couple. The first floor is the workshop, the second floor has a meeting room and exhibition hall, standing on the spacious terrace on the second floor, you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding farmland and landscape corridor; the warm winter sun shines on the lounge chairs on the terrace, making people feel lazy; the white sheets on the clotheslines are gently rolled up by the river wind from time to time, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, listening to the birds singing and insects chirping, a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere.

The couple created their own brand “Qidao”, the Dao becomes the vessel, the Dao follows nature, the beautiful natural environment and abundant products of Hengsha Island have become the source of a lot of inspiration for the couple. Hengsha Island has many high-quality homestays and cultural and creative spaces, attracting many companies to come for “team building”. The cultural and creative products of the pottery studio are very popular souvenirs. The pottery studio has also become a youth skills training base, this pair of “fairy couples” has brought up batch after batch of disciples. Doing business does not hinder doing public welfare, the couple also let the children in the village come to the pottery studio to learn painting, clay sculpture, and traditional culture. This kind of cultural edification benefits children, and the villagers all respect them very much.

Address: Minyong Village, Hengsha Township, Chongming District

Fu’an Rural Art Museum

This art museum was once the village’s kindergarten in the 1980s, and later used as a rice mill. It was once the starting point for children in the village to embark on educational enlightenment, and it was also a place for producing material food. Now it has become a rural art museum, and it is also a public space for villagers to interact. This rural art museum is a snapshot of the times of rural revitalization, a kind of beautiful yearning.

The museum has four functional distribution areas: studio, painting exhibition room, reading room, and tea room. Citizens and tourists can read, relax, and entertain here, and people can enjoy rural art works at their doorstep and experience the beauty of the integration of production and life and artistic creation.

Address: No. 1188, Fu’an Village, Jianshe Town, Chongming District

Junying Xianqiao Center

This is a newly built rural tourism complex, mainly operated by Shanghai Junying Industrial Development Co., Ltd., with special sections including Junying Agriculture, Junying Industry, and Junying Business. It introduces popular stores such as Guifang Snack Shop, Chayi Rest Room, Joy In cafe&bar, and Village Feast Restaurant, introduces industrial display areas such as Chongming Peony Garden and Qinxing Ginkgo Garden, and also includes Joy In 24-hour convenience store, e-commerce live broadcast room, popular cat-stroking room, Junying Salon, Artisan Jiu Residents and related supporting service facilities, is a rural revitalization complex integrating the beauty of Xianqiao.

When you arrive in Xianqiao Village, you can not only have fun in Xianqiao Center, but also stroll around the scenery in the village. The village has complete entertainment facilities and a pleasant living environment, providing children’s playgrounds, urban stations, and one-meter vegetable gardens. Walking along the village path, looking at the vast farmland, the flowers everywhere, the fish in the river, the birds on the trees, you are surrounded by nature, taste the vastness of rural life.

Address: Xianqiao Village, Shuxin Town, Chongming District

Dongheng Jiugu Rice Culture Park

The entire cultural park takes rice culture as its core, including rice knowledge display area, rice culture history display area, rice culture art display area, activity experience area, and rice factory visit and study area. By creating a traditional and modern cultural interactive experience space, it allows everyone to understand rice, understand rice, and treat rice in a new way. The rice culture park integrates rice processing display, rice culture display, and agricultural production experience on the basis of a self-built modern rice factory.

The natural scenery here is beautiful. In addition to the rice culture park, there will also be 138 rooms (boutique homestays, rural hotels, etc.), catering and conference centers, rice factories, magnolia culture parks, rose gardens, nine fruit gardens, and forest health trails. It is a new type of characteristic theme farm that integrates agricultural production, science and education, themed team building, and rural tourism.

Address: No. 529, Xinzheng Village, Shuxin Town, Chongming District

Telephone: 021-58661188

Horticultural Village

The Horticultural Village has improved the living environment, restored the ecological environment of the river, reshaped the appearance of farmhouses, and used boxwood gardens to create a classical pastoral scenery, so that tourists can evoke a strong emotional resonance, experience the familiar pastoral dream, and linger. At the same time, the construction of the 1 square kilometer core area is completed, making the Horticultural Village a cultural site with cultural heritage, meeting tourists’ psychological needs of exploring the past and feeling nostalgic.

Strolling through the entire Horticultural Village, it is now a super-large park. From the entrance of Dagan Highway, a slow-paced experience trail, “Earth Art Ring”, connects the scenery of Boxwood Station, Wisteria Water Residence, and Boxwood Classroom, Zhao Gongdi, and Brick and Tile Art Garden are antique and elegant. After ecological governance, Donggou and Yuejin River are clear and transparent, supplemented by wooden plank roads and waterfront platforms, forming a “garden in the village, houses in the garden” whole-area horticultural park.

Address: Horticultural Village, Gangyan Town, Chongming District