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Songjiang, Shanghai — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Songjiang is a southwestern district of Shanghai, named for the Pine River and once known as Sungkiang.
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Where to stay in Songjiang
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Choosing where to sleep in Songjiang means weighing the district's old core against its greener suburban reaches. The heart of the old county town keeps you close to the Songjiang Museum and the lanes that trace the former Songjiang County seat. Quieter waterside blocks along the Pine River suit slower stays.
Base yourself well.
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Old county town
Steps from the Songjiang Museum and the compact grid of the former Songjiang County seat, where the district's imperial past stays legible on foot.Find hotels in Old county townSlow stays beside the Pine River channels rather than the Shanghai skyline.Pine River waterside
The branching channels named for the Pine River thread quiet residential blocks well clear of Shanghai's downtown crush.Find hotels in Pine River watersideHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Songjiang
What are the main landmarks in Songjiang?
The Songjiang Museum anchors the district's cultural map. It gathers the record of Songjiang County and the wider Songjiang Prefecture, the imperial-era body that once administered much of Shanghai. Its galleries fix the borough within the older Sungkiang that predates the modern city.
One place carries the memory.
What is the history of Songjiang?
Long before the harbour cranes rose downstream, this was the seat of Songjiang Prefecture, the imperial administration that governed much of what is now Shanghai. The name carried through Songjiang County and the older romanization Sungkiang before the modern district took shape. Water made the place.
The channels of the Pine River fed the fields, moved the barges, and set the low grid of the old county town that the Songjiang Museum still records.
Where is Songjiang?
Songjiang spreads across roughly 605 square kilometres of low, watery plain on the southwestern edge of Shanghai, laced by the branching channels that gave the Pine River its name.
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What is the best area to stay in Songjiang?
Old county town: Travellers who want the Songjiang Museum and the old prefectural streets outside their door.. Pine River waterside: Slow stays beside the Pine River channels rather than the Shanghai skyline..
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Updated October 2026