Town God's Temple, also called Old Town God's Temple or Shire Temple, features the unique ancient architecture arts of Ming and Qing dynasties of China. Ranked as the architecture masterpiece in east Zhejiang, Town God's Temple is not only the travel resort for tourists from all parts of the world, but also the commercial center attracting lots of local merchants ever since the Ming Dynasty.
Ningbo Town God's Temple Trading Tower, located in the busiest commercial zone of Ningbo, is a department store built based on the Town God's Temple, an ancient temple which has a history of over 600 years. Built with 10 million RMB, the new trading tower standing to the east of the old temple opened in 28th April, 1995, is regarded as one of the eight major distributions of Ningbo government in 1995. At present, the ancient temple, the new trading tower plus the Guotai Street between them has formed a set of commercial buildings in the style of ancient architecture for shopping, entertainment and tour etc. Ningbo Town God's Temple Trading Tower is one of the pillar enterprises of Ningbo Town God's Temple Co. Ltd. as well as a window of Ningbo. Covering an business area of 20,000m2, facing streets in all directions, the Town God's Temple Trading Tower is a mixture of architecture in ancient style and modern decoration. Although the Trading Tower inherits the elegant and unsophisticated style of the old Town god's Temple in the appearance, the inside decoration of it is fashion able and modern.
The Trading Tower is even installed with central air-conditioner, automatic elevator, background music, TV monitor, fire-fighting monitor etc. to produce a pleasant, warm and peaceful shopping environment for the customer. The Trading Tower uns mainly the gold jewelry, clocks, glasses, cosmetics, food, children's wear, stationery and clothing etc.
In addition, the Guotai Street, sited between the new Trading Tower and the ancient temple, 6 meters wide, 108 meters long, is the first walking street in Ningbo, along which stands 29 small shops selling typical small commodities.
