Shanghai Film Park

It was a looooooooooooooooooong journey from Pudong. 

I researched and found out that we were supposed to stop at Songjiang Xincheng metro station. We did but found out that the bus involved had stopped its route. So the metro station customer service personnel told us to move on further to Zubaichi metro station. We did. Arrived at Zubaichi station (2nd last station to the end). Walked out of the station and Zubaichi Park was directly on the right of the station. Walked on straight to the bus stop and took Bus No. 6. Another half hour bus ride to the 4th last bus stop - Beisong Highway at Chedunzhen. 

Lucky for us the bus was quite empty so there were seats. We tried asking the bus driver to let us know when we were suppose to go down. Boy, he was such a grumpy fella. He must be thinking, what dumb folks! Guess he suddenly realized we were not locals. He was kind enough to yell at us when our bus stop was near, LOL. I waved at him and thanked him. He quickly pointed to the direction we were suppose to walk; still looking grumpy!

All good. We walked straight on and saw the sign. 

Turned left and walla...we saw Shanghai Chedun and the Film Park.

We are here!!!

Walking towards the film park

On the left is Shanghai Chedun...2 rows of shop houses throughout this long street, They are mostly restaurants and small grocery marts.

Shanghai Film Park

Shanghai Chedun Film and Television Park  

(Shànghǎi chē dūn yǐngshì lèyuán)

Entrance is 80 Yuan. 

Seniors from 60 and above is 50 Yuan. Seniors from 70 and above is 25 Yuan.

Shanghai Film Park, one of the top 10 film and television bases in China. Constructed by the Shanghai Film Group. It is a theme park integrating film and television shooting, tourism and cultural communication. This park is 43 hectares and covers famous places around Shanghai like the 1930s Nanjing Road, Jing'an Temple Road, an old train station, the Bund Park, Shanghai old street, Shikumen lanes, a wharf, Zhejiang Road steel bridge, Catholic church and European-style buildings.

There are movie sets around the park. Restaurants and coffee bars are available too.

Shanghai Film Park Interactive Projects

One of the projects that was mentioned is the Shanghai Grand Theater. It is a multi-functional and antique theater which incorporated film playing, performance, conference and shooting. It is designed as 1920s or 1930s style.

Another project is the functioning KaiSiling Western Restaurant. It was the first western restaurant run by the Chinese in old Shanghai. Opened in 1930s. It was once a symbol of status in the eyes of the Shanghai people.

Movies films in this park

I was very excited about visiting this film park, although I am not familiar at all with any Shanghai movies or Chinese movies. Just getting to see movie sets and how they built replicas from real buildings amazed me.

Sign boards

Map of the film park

Wharf

European area

Entrance to the European part of the park

The Mahler Villa, replica of the famous Moller Villa on Yan'an Road

A replica of Moller Villa in downtown Shanghai. Moller Villa is now a boutique hotel that looks like a fairytale castle. Northern European Norway-style architecture.

The real Moller Villa was built by Eric Moller, a shipping magnate, in 1936. 

The famous Nanjing Road in the 1930s

Yayyyyy.... there's a movie shooting in progress!!!

Wished I knew who are these beautiful actors!

Looks like a fighting scene!

We, visitors, we allowed to take photos and videos of the shooting. So kind of the crew to let us. They just blocked the roads involved in the shooting.

Casino cafe

Shanghai Grand Theater

Another view of the movie shooting!

Del Monte Cafe

Old Shanghai houses in the 1920s

Shikumen lanes

Shikumen area

In the middle of building a movie set

A Catholic church

To an ancient village

Warehouse

Zhejiang Road Steel Bridge

The back of the church

Lots of wedding shoots going on here!

Shanghai Grand Theater

A replica of the boulevards in Xujiahui

Old mansions

Nanjing Road

Had a bite!

Demolition of a house!

Jing'an Temple Road

Chinese medicinal shop

Bank

Cotton shop

Kaisiling Western Restaurant

First Chinese-owned Western restaurant in Shanghai; famous for its pastries. Chestnut cake was one of their top sellers; made from ground chestnut in the inside and cream on the outside.

Peace Park

The signboard: The Past and Present of Bubbling Well Road

Bubbling Well Road? Where is that?

Apparently, West Nanjing Road (Nan Jing Xi Lu) was formerly known as Bubbling Well Road!

It was an International Settlement (1862) and it became a melting pot for many cultures, mainly American and British. 

In this film park, this famous road is featured as a shopping paradise.

Shikumen style buildings

Showroom of classic cars used in movies

Sign says "For viewing only. Do not climb to open the door"

People are amusing, aren't they?

The road leading to Shanghai Film Park

It was an amazing visit. Painful journey but it was worth it. Learnt a lot of Shanghai's history. Lucky enough to catch a glimpse of movie in production. Just wished that I could relate to the movie sets in actual Shanghai movies.; it would be more exciting. Fascinating to see the replicas of buildings and the details they put in were remarkable. Was happy we made the effort to visit this film park.