Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre
Located in Shanghai, the Propaganda Poster Art Center shows hundreds and thousands of original posters of China from the Mao Zedong period, especially the Cultural Revolution period. The center is in the basement of a high-rise residential building on Huashan Road facing Wukang Road. There is a large number of rare collections exhibited in this center, which consists of 2 rooms.
The gallery ceilings are decorated with cracks and spider webs. The posters are filled with joyful soldiers, chubby children, and happy ruddy-faced peasants in the field with an abundance of food in their baskets. Naturally, Chairman Mao’s apple-cheeked face, which every household would hang on their wall, gazes down from every wall. In the Yang Peiming Propaganda Poster Art Center, visitors will read what the Chinese thought of the rest of the world at that time.
At the end of the tour, there is a little museum gift shop where visitors may purchase various original and replica propaganda posters as well as souvenirs such as coffee mugs, T-shirts, key chains, maps, comic books, and Cultural Revolution music records.
Exhibits explain the evolution of propaganda over time. In 1979, posters were abolished and destroyed, which explains why originals are hard to find today.
The Owner of the Propaganda Poster Art Center
Mr. Yang Peiming, the owner of the museum, kept the poster collection as a hobby. Nowadays, he presents these posters in an art form, and he wants to preserve the posters for the future. Mr. Yang has a rich knowledge of that time. He is there to explain visitors' questions.
Nearby Attraction
Shanghai Wukang Road
Walking on Wukang Road, different from the bustle and hustle of the outside world, all you feel is quiet from the heart. Architectural styles on this road are various but all European styles, including Mediterranean style, English style, French Renaissance style, and so on. Some buildings are open to the public, like the former residence of a famous writer, Bajin (1904-2005), at No.113, the former residence of Song Qingling, and so on.
The original name of Wukang Road is Route Ferguson, which was in honor of the first builder of this road, John Calvin Ferguson, who was an American educator and president of Nanyang Public School, the predecessor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. To make it easier for students and his colleagues to go to school, he used his salary to build this road in 1897.
Pearl of the Orient Tower
Dongfang Mingzhuta, or Pearl of the Orient Tower, is a 468-meter-high communications tower, making it the second-highest tower in Asia, and the fourth-highest tower in the world. Pearl of the Orient Tower is located in Shanghai's Pudong Park in the financial district of Lujiazui, on the edge of Pudong District, just across the Huangpu River from the Bund. The tower is located on a north-south axis, roughly in between Shanghai's two downtown Huangpu River bridges, the Yangpu to the northeast and the Nanpu to the southwest.
Location: Rm BOC, Basement, Block B, No.868 Huashan Road, Shanghai, China（中国上海华山路868号总统公寓BOC室B号楼地下室）
How to Get There?
Subway: Take Line 10 and get off at Shanghai Library Station. Go out from Exit 1. Next, walk towards the northwest about 20 minutes to the Shanghai Yang Peiming Propaganda Poster Art Center.
After getting off at the Shanghai Library station, visitors may take a taxi. Although this center is not far from the station, it is a little difficult to find. Show the address written in Chinese below to the drivers.
Ticket Price: 25 yuan
Opening Hours: 10:00-17:00 daily
More Tips: Photos are strictly forbidden.