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It literally means "Xu family meeting place". Pronounced in the old Shanghai dialect|Shanghainese dialect of Wu (linguistics)|Wu Chinese, it is called "Zikawei" (today pronounced Zhikawei). During the 18th century it was known in the West as "Ziccawei". It is often called simply "Xuhui". Image:St_Ignatius_Cathedral.JPG|right|thumb|200px|St. Ignatius Cathedral, Xujiahui, Shanghai. Catholic priests from France established a church there. It is located on what is now known as North Caoxi Road and is called in English the St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai|St. Ignatius Cathedral. The sign on the street calls it simply "Catholic Church." The cathedral was featured in the opening scenes of Steven Spielberg's 1987 film Empire of the Sun. During the late 1990s, many of the State-owned enterprise|state-owned factories were sold off and torn down. Xujiahui is now mainly a commercial district of downtown Shanghai. On the location of a former brick factory now stands the Xujiahui park, which was completed in 2002. This park is home to the restaurant "The Little Red House," a French restaurant in a preserved European-build house. It is among the best and more expensive restaurants in Shanghai. The park also contains a man-made pond and meandering brook, basketball courts, and a children's playground. The Shanghai Conservatory of Music - located to the park - often stages free performances during the Spring and Autumn months in the park, as these are the times when weather in Shanghai is the best. The main Xujiahui shopping district is centered around the intersection of the streets Hongqiao Rd, Huashan Rd, Zhaojiabang Rd and North Caoxi Rd. Each of these streets terminates at the intersection, which is home to three supermarkets, six major shopping malls and nine large-scale office towers. Everything from cosmetics to cars to cucumbers is available within five minutes, but the type of product that Xujiahui is most famous for is electronics. It is one of the biggest places for people to get electronic equipment, from cameras to PSPs to XBoxes and modchips for those XBoxes and other game consoles as well. A five minute walk to the north of this intersection is the famous Shanghai Jiaotong University. Xujiahui also contains much of the former "French Concession" of Shanghai. The Xujiahui subway station located on Shanghai Metro/Line|1 is one of the busiest stations in the metro system. Six large shopping malls and eight large office towers are each within no more than a three-minute walk of one of the station's fourteen exits (The largest number of any Shanghai Subway station). During peak hours, it is crowded beyond belief. The overall plan for the development of the system calls for Xujiahui station to be a transfer point for three subway lines. Shanghai Metro/Navigation begin Shanghai Metro/Navigation|1 Shanghai Metro/Navigation end Category:Shanghai nl:Xujiahui This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Xujiahui".
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