Qibao

Qi Bao is written in Chinese: 七宝 which means seven (七) treasures (宝), but I'm sure it's a city that you will love so much that you´ll be able to think of a few more. In Japanese these symbols are called Shippo, so when I talk about where I am in the video I call it that because I didn´t know how to say it in Chinese, but then I researched it in order to learn to correct transcription.
This town is located just 15kms from Shanghai and still holds the charm of Chinese traditional cities, it is easily accessible by bus. Basically, it´s characterized by two things: a) canals, where we rented a boat as if it were a Venetian gondola (but without singing in Italian, of course) - and b) commercial streets, where you can find everything from textiles to tea, crafts and especially many places to eat.