Shanghai

Shanghai, also shortened in Chinese to Hu or Shen, is situated at 31.14 degrees north latitude and 121.29 degrees east longitude in the middle of China’s east coastline. It is a gate to the Changjiang River valley. Shanghai has a delightful climate with four distinct seasons. It is a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the central government and is the largest economic and trade centre of China. It is an open city along the coast, as well as a famous historical and cultural city. Its total area is 6341 square kilometers, of which the Pudong New Area occupies 523 square kilometers. Its total population is over 13 million.

Shanghai is well know both at home and abroad not only for its prosperous, metropolitan feature and rich humanistic resources, but also for a number of tourist attractions with a modern flavour that have been developed in recent years. Varied and colorful tourist festivities, like the Shanghai Tourism Festival, the New Year Eve Longhua Temple Bell Striking, the Longhua Temple Fair, the Nanhui County Peach Blossom Festival, the International Tea Culture Festival, the Sweet Osmanthus Festival and the Orange Festival, are attracting increasing numbers of domestic and foreign tourists.

Shanghai is an ideal “shopping paradise”; Nanjing Road, known as “China’s No.1 Street”, the reconstructed Huaihai Road, Jinling Road, East and North Sichuan Road, the Yuyang Garden shopping and tourist area, the Ever Bright City Commercial Centre in Pudong, are packed with rows of shops arrayed with large collections of merchandise that are a feast to the eyes, meeting the demands of different classes of domestic and foreign customers. Shanghai is also a paradise for gourmets. There are over a thousand restaurants serving the 16 famous styles of Chinese food. There are also French, Russian, Italian, English, German, Japanese, Indian and other kinds of the foreign flavored cuisines, genuine Muslim food and vegetarian food. In Shanghai people can have a taste of all the different kinds of food in the world. Shanghai is well developed in transportation by air, land and sea, which render tourists with fast, efficient and quality service.

The Bund

The Bund, the place well known to the world, is the symbol of Shanghai. Generally speaking, in the Bund usually represents the 24 architectures along from No.1 to No.33, along the Huangpu River. Ten of them are bank buildings. The others are commercial buildings, etc. The Bund contains the architectural buildings of finance and trade. These big banks as well as big companies make Shanghai an international metropolis. Most of the architecture was built before 1937, and no radical changes are planned for the Bund at present. People have made the best advantage of the fine architecture as a contribution for Shanghai to be displayed to the international society. The present Bund has become the center of international finance as well as a touring resort and thus it contributes to the colorful picture of Shanghai City.

The Yufo (Jade Buddha) Temple

The Yufo Temple was built in 1882. It still remains in perfect condition as a sanctuary of Zen Buddhism. The temple derived its name from two jade statues of Sakyamuni from Myanmar. The statues are the ingenious works of the Buddhist world. The image of the Buddha, his graceful posture and the serene and calm look on his face are mesmerizing. Buddhist ceremonies are conducted here all the time.

Yuyuan Garden

Yuyan Garden is perhaps the best example of classical gardens of Shanghai, located on the road of the same name in downtown area. Built in 1559, the garden is laid out in an intricate manner. There are more than 40 scenic spots in the garden, ingeniously partitioned, offering visitors a different scene at every step. As a paragon of the south Chinese landscaping style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is a MUST for all visitors to Shanghai. The neighboring Yuyuan Bazaar, known among old-times as "Old City God's Temple Market", is a rising tourist and shopping center where visitors loitering among a cluster of shops, restaurants and recreation facilities, invariably find themselves making a tour of discovery of local folklore and Ming and Qing architecture.

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