Introduction to Shanghai and surrounding sights

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Introduction to Shanghai and surrounding sights
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Introduction to Shanghai

• Shanghai is the biggest city and the commercial
  and financial center of China, with a land area
  of 6,340 square kilometers and a population of 18
  million people.
• As China 's most populous metropolis, Shanghai
  has been snoozing for the past few decades. Now,
  it is more alive than ever. It is an entrepreneur
  city of 2010 World Expo.
• Shanghai is a haven for shoppers -- Nanjing Road
  is the No.1 shopping street in all of China --
  but perhaps even more importantly.
• Also, Shanghai is a popular tour city with may
  unique sights such as the Lujiazui financial
  center, the Bund, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and
  so on.

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Lujiazui Financial Center

• The Oriental Pearl TV Tower
• located in Lujiazui financial center, Shanghai
• surrounded by the Yangpu Bridge in the northeast
  and the Nanpu Bridge in the southwest, creating a
  picture of 'twin dragons playing with pearls'.
• 468 meters high (1,536 feet), which is the
  world's third tallest TV and radio tower
  surpassed in height only by towers in Toronto,
  Canada and Moscow, Russia.
• Shanghai International Conference Center
• located to the northwest of Oriental Pearl TV
  Tower, along Riverside Boulevard, opposite to the
  Bund
• cover an area of 45 thousand square meters
• composed of the following sections
• modern conference halls
• two multi-functional halls with an area of 4300
  square meters
• one international conference hall of press center
  (exhibition hall) with an area of 2500 square
  meters
• two conference halls that can hold 200 people

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The Bund

• "The Bund" is a long, storied road in Shanghai.
  The Bund has been considered a historic symbol of
  Shanghai for over one hundred years. It is a
  source of great pride to the Shanghai people, as
  it shows the world Shanghai's culture and its
  capability to synchronize and meld its local
  culture with civilizations abroad.
• The Bund faces Shanghai's mother river, the
  Huangpu River. Behind the Bund are old buildings
  representing architectural styles from different
  countries. The unique geography around the Bund
  and that geography's effect on the economy of
  Shanghai and China throughout the past one
  hundred years fills the Bund with cultural
  connotation and undertones.
• The river, the long bank, the green belt and the
  different architectural styles of the buildings
  on the Bund is the most "Shanghai-like" sight in
  Shanghai.

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Bund Sightseeing Tunnel

• Like a rainbow in the underground world, the Bund
  Sightseeing Tunnel transports people under the
  Huangpu River that separates Pudong from the
  older part of the city.
• Opened to the public in October 2000, the tunnel
  is China's first cross-river artificial
  sightseeing tunnel with a total length of 646.7
  meter, connecting the north side of Chen Yi
  Square at the Bund and the Oriental Pearl TV
  Tower in Pudong.
• Modern high technologies are showcased in one way
  or another. Escalators are installed at its
  entrances and exits, and hydraulic pressure lifts
  are especially designed for the handicapped. The
  audiovisual show in the tunnel is part Disney and
  part psychedelic - pictures, patterns and views
  about people, history, culture, science,
  technology and natural scenery as well as
  background music in the five-minute ride with
  neon madness will have your head spinning.

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Chenyi Square

• At the end of the 10-mile Nanjing Road is Chenyi
  Square, dominated by a sculpture of Chenyi-the
  first Shanghai mayor of the People's Republic of
  China. The sculpture is made of bronze and stands
  5.6 meters high with a red granite underlay 3.5
  meters high. Every weekend, a grand "Square
  Concert" is held in front of the sculpture.
• To the south of the sculpture is a popular
  fountain. Many colored lamps are set under the
  water of the fountain, and these lamps are turned
  on at night. The beautiful colored water streams
  created by the lamps are a great sight to see in
  Chenyi Square at night.

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Century Park

• Century park is a huge park modeled park with
  lakes, hills, grass and lots of trees. The park
  itself is by far the largest in Shanghai and it
  has got the cleanest air as well.
• Together with the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the
  Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and the
  Maglev train, the park, decorated with flying
  flags and crowded with jubilant people, is one of
  the main tourist attractions during public
  holidays.

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Xujiahui

• Xujiahui is one of the most prosperous business
  centers, with many famous mansions and shopping
  centers.
• The history of the district dates back to Ming
  Dynasty. A famous scientist Xu Guangqi, the
  Secretary of the Grand Council, had been buried
  here. Some of his descendants had multiplied and
  lived here, so it was first named "Xujia Village"
  and then gradually developed into town. The name
  "Xujiahui" was from the fact that Xu Guangqi
  built a cottage at the joint of the two rivers of
  Zhaojiabang and Lihongjing. In March 1957,
  Changshu and Xuhui districts were amalgamated
  into the new Xuhui District.
• There are many great sites in the district.
• Longhua Town is the only ancient town with a long
  history of more than one thousand years in the
  urban Shanghai. The temple is the biggest and
  oldest in Shanghai, built over 1,700 years ago.
• Shanghai Botanical Garden is well known for the
  diversified exhibition centers such as Herbal
  Medicines Garden and Peony Garden and the
  Memorial of Huang Daopo.

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Zhouzhuang-No.1 water country of China

• Zhouzhuang lies at the middle between Shanghai
  and Suzhou, is an ancient town of Kunshan City,
  Jiangsu Province. This ancient town has a history
  of more than 900 years old with many houses built
  in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are about
  100 houses with courtyards, and 60 of them have
  arch gateways made by carved bricks.
• The Twin Bridge was built between 1573 and 1619.
  The area is crossed by the Yinzi and Nanbei
  riversBecause they look like an ancient key, it
  also known as Key Bridge.

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Zhouzhuang-No.1 water country of China

• Heritages of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
• Zhouzhuang has about 1000 households, living in
  the old dwelling quarters.
• More than 60 of the houses built in the Ming and
  Qing dynasties and the early Republic of China as
  well are well preserved.
• Shen house
• It was built in 1742 during the Qing Dynast.
• It consists of seven courtyards, five archways,
  more than 100 rooms of different size along two
  sides of a 100-m-long axis road, covering an area
  of 2000 sq.m, offering a unique traditional
  Chinese architectural style.
• Zhang Hall
• It was built between 1436 and 1449.
• It has 6 courtyards and more than 70 rooms,
  covering more than 1800 sq.m.

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Hangzhou-one of heaven cities

• Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province,
  have long been a popular tourist destinations for
  hundreds of years.
• Founded about 2200 years ago during Qin Dynasty
  and served as the south tip of Grand Canal in
  history, now it has become a regional political,
  economic and cultural center. It is called as the
  hometown of silk in China
• It is famous for its natural beauty and
  historical cultural heritages. West lake is one
  of them.

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West Lake

• West Lake, lying in Hangzhou City, is a world
  famous tourist spot. Embraced by green hills on
  three sides, the lake covers an area of 5.6
  square kilometers and has a perimeter of 15
  kilometers.
• The lake is divided into 5 sections, namely the
  Outer Lake, North Inner Lake, Yue Lake and Little
  South Lake, by Gu Hill, Sudi Causeway, Baiti
  Causeway and Ruangong Mound.
• The name of West Lake was fixed as early as the
  Tang Dynasty (618-907). Before the Tang Dynasty,
  the lake had various names such as Wulin Water,
  Mingsheng Lake, Jinzhong Lake, Longchuan,
  Qianyuan, Qiantang Lake, and Shang Lake, etc.
  Since Song Dynasty (960-1279), the West Lake has
  another elegant name Xizi Lake.

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West Lake

• Among the West Lake, the most famous sites are
  the Ten Sights and the Ten New Sights (known as
  the Double-Ten Sights)
• The Ten Sights in West Lake
• Melting Snow at Broken Bridge(????)
• Spring Dawn at Sudi Causeway(????)
• Sunset Glow over Leifeng Hill(????)
• Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard(????)
• Autumn Moon on Calm Lake(????)
• Listening to Orioles Singing in the Willows(????)
• Viewing Fish at Flowers Harbor(????)
• Evening Bell at Nanping Hill(????)
• Three Pools Mirroring the Moon(????
• Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds(????).

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West Lake

• The Ten New Sights
• Dream Spring of Hupao(????)
• Tea-tasting at Dragon Well(????)
• Gem Bathed in Flowing Rosy Clouds (????)
• Heaven Wind over Wushan Mountain(????)
• Scud over Yuhuang(????)
• Yellow Dragon Spitting Greenness(????)
• Rains of Sweet-scented Osmanthus Over Hills
  (????)
• Trees in Mist by the Nine Rivulets (????)
• Ruan Mound in Green(????)
• Cloud Dwelling and Bamboo Path (????).
• The West Lake is also famous for its historical
  flavor with numerous celebrities. National heroes
  Yue Fei, Yu Qian, Zhang Ruoshui and Qiu Jin were
  all buried along the West Lake, leaving their
  illustrious names and noble spirits in the green
  hills and blue waters. Moreover, many ancient
  poets and artists, such as Bai Juyi, Su Dongpo,
  Liu Yong and Pan Tianshou, had also left
  countless famous writings.

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Suzhou-another heaven city in China

• Suzhou, a city in eastern China's Jiangsu
  Province, is considered as beautiful as the
  paradise. It is praised as the 'Oriental Venice',
  featuring a scenic water town with numerous ponds
  and streams.
• Suzhou is a well - known tourist and cultural
  city, as well as a coastal economic opening area,
  with 2500 years long history. It is famous with
  many parks and towers.

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Suzhou parks
Liuyuan park
Changyuan park
Keyuan park
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Suzhou towers
North temple tower
Huqiu tower
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Convenient transportation
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Convenient transportation