Shanghai's best-known and largest entertainment complex; Dashijie - the 鈥楪reat World' - was a six storey building at the junction of today's Yan'an Donglu and Xijang Nanlu.

According to a contemporary account; the first floor was dedicated to gambling and sing-song girls in dresses slit to the thigh; the second to restaurants and actors; the third to 鈥榓 bevy of girls in high-collared gowns slit to reveal their hips'; the fourth to more gambling tables and massage services; while the fifth 鈥榝eatured girls 鈥榳hose dresses were slit to the armpits'; peep shows and鈥?a Chinese temple!