【Stay in a 600-Year-Old Official Residence! The Ultimate Luxurious Ancient-Style Hotel in Shanghai, Sleep Inside a Water Ink Jiangnan Painting!】

【🔥Stay in a 600-Year-Old Ming Dynasty Official Residence! Shanghai’s Hidden Top Luxury Hotel, Experience Sleeping Inside a Water Ink Painting!】

“Oh my god! Is this really a hotel?” When I pushed open the thousand-pound ebony carved door of Anlu in Zhujiajiao, I held my breath—the entire 15-acre Ming and Qing dynasty architectural complex before me perfectly preserved the grandeur of the Ming Dynasty’s “Number One Official Residence in Jiangnan,” the Wufeng Building! Between the blue tiles and white walls, the flying eaves and upturned corners of the late Qing opera stage pointed straight to the sky, as if traveling back six hundred years in time. In this thousand-year-old town of Zhujiajiao, Shanghai’s most luxurious time-space folding art is hidden!

✨【Stay in a Fairy Tale Room from History Books】

The hotel has 35 townhouse-style villas, each with an independent courtyard design. This time I stayed in the Chiyuan Pavilion, where opening the door reveals a 270° panoramic private water view. In the morning, I was woken by birdsong and even saw koi blowing bubbles right in front of the floor-to-ceiling window! Highly recommend the Yangting Pavilion (starting from 2000+), a spacious 65㎡ room with an outdoor soaking pool. Soaking in the steamy warmth in winter while watching the silhouette of the Wufeng Building—this is truly “building a hut in the human world, yet without the noise of carriages and horses”!

📸【Free Ancient-Style Photo Shoot Guide】

The complimentary photography service upon check-in is absolutely amazing! The photographer will take you to 8 perfect spots including in front of the Wufeng Building and the bamboo forest path. The Hanfu photos I took this time were wildly praised on social media as “like stepping out of the Qingming Riverside Scroll”! Important tip: be sure to choose 9 AM or 4 PM for shooting, the sunlight filtering through the carved window lattice creates stunning light and shadow effects! You get 10 retouched photos, perfect for a nine-grid post. Extra photos cost 30 RMB each but are totally worth it~

🍜【A Culinary Journey Through Ming and Qing Dynasties】

The all-day dining restaurant “Taste” is hidden inside a restored late Qing opera stage. I recommend trying the “Anlu Four-Flavored Platter”: cold dishes served at official banquets 600 years ago, paired with locally smoked shredded fish and osmanthus sugar lotus root from Zhujiajiao. The most surprising dish in the lunch set is the “Ancient Town Three Fresh Noodles,” made with noodles from a century-old shop on Kezhiyuan Road, topped with ecological fish raised by the hotel itself!

🚶【24-Hour Immersive Experience】

07:00 Practice Tai Chi in the Wufeng Building courtyard (hotel provides free Hanfu)

09:00 Learn tie-dyeing with an intangible cultural heritage inheritor (advance booking required)

11:00 Take a black-awning boat ride on Caogang River (boatman sings Jiangnan folk songs)

14:00 Experience traditional incense making (receive a handmade sachet)

16:00 Opera stage afternoon tea (recommended: osmanthus latte with Ding Sheng cake)

19:30 Night tour of Kezhiyuan (light show every Friday/Saturday)

🚇【Transportation Tips】

Exit Zhujiajiao Station of Metro Line 17 at Exit 2, then a 10-minute taxi ride (about 25 RMB). Driving is even more convenient; the hotel offers free parking and Tesla charging stations. From Xujiahui in the city center, it takes only 40 minutes without traffic to escape the steel jungle!

💡【Real Experience Report】

Although the average price of 3000+ RMB makes your wallet tremble, staying here truly shows what “value for money” means: every evening the butler delivers a handwritten goodnight card with poetry, all minibar drinks are free (even Evian comes in glass bottles!), not to mention the outdoor bathtub where you can watch the stars... The sweetest part is the photo album received upon checkout, which includes not only photos but also hand-drawn postcards of the scenery I photographed during my stay!

📍Address: No. 505 Zhuhu Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai (near Kezhiyuan Road)