Sinan Mansions
思南公馆
A cluster of garden villas along Fuxing Middle Road, with 51 old villas preserved and home to Zhou Enlai's former residence and the Sinan Reading Club, a Shanghai-style lifestyle neighborhood.
Sinan Mansions lies along Sinan Road and Fuxing Middle Road in Huangpu District. It preserves 51 detached garden villas, townhouses and modern shikumen lanes built in the 1920s and 1930s. Figures such as Mei Lanfang and Liu Yazi once lived here. Next door, Zhou Enlai's former residence, the former Shanghai office of the Chinese Communist Party delegation, can be visited free of charge. The renovated villas now house restaurants, cafés, bookstores and boutique hotels, and every weekend there are Sinan Reading Club events and charity markets. The district is open all day free of charge. Take Metro Line 10 or 13 to Xintiandi Station, about a 10-minute walk, and combine it with Xintiandi, Fuxing Park and Tianzifang for a leisurely stroll.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Tianzifang
- Memorial of the First National Congress of the CPC
- Xintiandi
- Shanghai Confucian Temple (Wen Miao)
- Shanghai Museum
- Shanghai History Museum
- Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center
- Zhangyuan (Zhang Garden)