A ShiKuMen entrance in Shanghai. (from NgKKH’s Flickr)
Continuing from the previous episode, in this episode former Shanghai resident Wang WeiChuan talks about where to find the ShiKuMen houses and the renovations ShiKuMen houses have gone through. Weichuan goes back a couple of decades and discusses sanitation and privacy aspects of living in ShiKuMen. Wang WeiChuan also discusses how living in ShiKuMen housing influenced the well known characteristics of Shanghai people.
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Narrow lanes between the houses
ShiKuMen housing
This episode is presented by Valerie and Murray. Our guest for this episode is Wang WeiChuan. Sound engineering by Stephen Sayson. XiaoQiao Podcast is produced by Jacky Peng and Preetam Rai