Dashijie station
Shanghai Metro station
Dashijie (Chinese: 大世界; pinyin: Dàshìjiè; lit. 'Great World') is a station on Shanghai Metro Line 8 and Line 14. It began operation on 29 December 2007 and became an interchange station with Line 14 on 30 December 2021. The station is linked to an underground shopping complex containing a McDonald's and other fast food outlets. The station is named after the Great World entertainment complex (in Chinese, "Da Shijie"), traditionally Shanghai's largest amusement arcade.
Station layout
Entrances/exits
Dashijie has six exits. Exit 2 is only for exit.
1: Ninghai Road (E), Xizang Road (S), Yunnan Road (S), The Great World
2: Jinling Road (E)
3: Jinling Road (M)
4: Xizang Road (S), Yan'an Road (E), Shanghai Concert Hall
5: Yunnan Road (S), Jinling Road (E)
6: Xizang Road (S), Jinling Road (E), Huaihai Road (E)
Attractions and landmarks nearby
Great World
Shanghai Concert Hall
St.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dashijie station” as shanghai Metro station. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as shanghai Metro station. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q31005. Authority coordinates are 31.229, 121.475. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007 and 2021.
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