Shanghai *1933 Old Millfun

📍Shanghai｜1933 Old Millfun The light hits the thick industrial-style cement walls, the unique Basilica-style architecture, every corner seems to be a never-boring scenery, a casual shot is a very artistic photo... 📸Photo check-in: 🔸Umbrella column: The most eye-catching detail element of the outer ring of the building is a 'umbrella column' divided into octagonal and quadrilateral, large on top and small on bottom, with pattern decoration. The whole building is a beamless roof design, supported by these 300 umbrella columns 🔸Cattle Road: The cattle road is specially designed for the separation of people and livestock. Any livestock that walks up this ramp is on a one-way street, and you can still see heavy hoof prints on the mottled ground. The ground of the ramp is very rough, which is a specially designed anti-slip technique for easy animal walking 🔸Central Circle: The inner circle of the main building is also called the 'central circle', with three floors, which was the slaughterhouse workshop before. There are numerous bridges of different widths here, and cattle of different sizes pass through here in turn 🔸Spiral staircase: The steps on the side of the corridor are extremely narrow and spiral upwards, which is the escape route for workers. These passages are only one person wide, and livestock cannot enter, they are specially built to avoid livestock injuries 🔸Hollow cement lattice window: The window lattice is arranged alternately with squares and circles. In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, it also has necessary ventilation functions. A large area of hollow cement lattice windows can also create very beautiful light and shadow effects 📍No. 611, Liyang Road, Hongkou District 🎫No ticket required ⏰Opening hours 9:00-22:00 👗It is recommended to choose black and white or dark style dressing 🚇Shanghai Metro Line 4/10 'Hailun Road' Station Exit 3, walk 650 meters 🚌Bus 'Liyang Road Zhoujiazui Road', 'Zhoujiazui Road Xinjian Road' 🎞️1933 Old Millfun was originally the slaughterhouse of the Shanghai Ministry of Works, designed by the famous British designer Balfours, it was the first in East Asia and the third large-scale slaughterhouse in the world at that time. The architecture blends Eastern and Western characteristics, the buildings are staggered up and down, the corridors are winding, the structure is complex, but orderly, and advanced architectural techniques such as 'beamless roof', 'umbrella column', 'rotating ramp' are used. Now, more than eighty years ago, the slaughterhouse has transformed into a business circle + literary circle, with many catering, entertainment, education and design companies settled in, forming a diversified cultural and entertainment ecological circle. 'Tiny Times' was filmed here.