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Zhujiajiao, the Picturesque Water Village
Jul 21st
The picturesque Zhu Jia Jiao is a classic water village, over 400 years old with a signature five-arch bridge spanning the Cao Gang River. Zhu Jia Jiao was an important town for local trade, shipping goods in and out of its manmade canals to the river. After about 40 minutes drive from the city,you will arrive at Zhujiajiao-the Ancient Water Town.
Zhujiajiao, sometimes called the Venice of Shanghai is an ancient water town well-known throughout the country, with a history of more than 1700 years. Covering an area of 47 square kilometers, the little fan-shaped town glimmers like a bright pearl in the landscape of lakes and mountains. The village prospered through clothing and rice businesses.
Zhujiajiao boasts imposing gardens as well as ancient dwellings built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among the ancient architecture, Ke Zhi Yuan is the largest manorial garden in the town. The garden is commonly named ‘Ma Family Garden’ after a former host named Ma Wenqin.
Located in Xijin Street in the northern part of town, Ke Zhi Yuan features beautiful sightseeing and quiet and secluded surroundings. It consists mainly of three parts, including a hall area, an artificial hill area and a garden area. In the artificial hill area, there is magnificent symbolic architecture – a foursquare five-story building, on the top of which stands a diametric pavilion named ‘Moon View Pavilion.’ This building is considered the tallest architecture in the town.
Of the 36 bridges, one of the main attractions is the Fangsheng Bridge that is about 70-meters long. It rests on 5 arches and is 5.8 meters tall. It was built in 1812. It is said to be the largest stone arch bridge in Shanghai. One way to see the bridges is to go on boat rides. There are small boats that seat about 5 large people or 6 smaller people.
City God Temple
Jan 28th
City God Temple, Shanghai
Some people say, “A Shanghai journey is never complete without a visit to City God Temple.” So, status of City God Temple to Shanghai can be noticed. According to theories of Chinese Taoism, City God, “Cheng Huang” in Chinese, means city walls and a moat that enclose and protect a city, is patron saint to the city. Originally built in the beginning of the 15th century, City God Temple is a group of palaces that take up an overall area of over 10 thousand square meters. Today, this prestigious site is more than carved beams, painted rafters, cyan tiles and red eaves, it is a collection of folk art, such as dough figurines, cock fighting, epistle writing, fortune telling and magic tricks, and also a sea of local snacks. It is a showcase of Shanghai marketplace culture. Men wearing long braid and robe have disappeared, but the tumultuous scenes have remained until today. More >
Shanghai Xintiandi
Jan 28th
Shanghai Xintiandi
Shanghai Xintiandi, now an urban tourist attraction imbued with Shanghai’s cultural and historical legacies, is out of a good and new idea, where western styles merge with Chinese themes, modern elements mix with outmoded things. Shikumen arrays, main residential areas of Shanghai in the 1860s More >
Yuyuan Garden
Jan 28th
Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai
In November, 2009, when the sensational news saying that five years later a new Disneyland will open to public in Shanghai, Yuyuan Garden is greeting its 450th birthday, yet with much less focus as might be expected. But this time-honored classic garden deserves much more admiration in the case of its great architectural value and ingenious design features. Actually, the picture can be better. Let this junior and the elder be partners, respectively presenting different charms of Shanghai–modern and ancient.
Yuyuan Garden, covering an area of 2 hectares, is located in the northeast of the city proper, boasting the fame as the “top garden in southeast China”. It is built by Pan Yunduan, then governor of Sichuan Province and son of a wealthy clan in 1559 as a gift to his father to be rest place for old age. He named the garden “Yu” which means peaceful and satisfying, and it took 18 years to achieve the completion. In the later years, it became headquarter of the commercial structure in Shanghai, birthplace of Shanghai Kun Opera and activity center of calligraphy and painting artists. More >
Jade Buddha Temple
Jan 27th
Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai
Unlike most temples in China, Jade Buddha Temple is set in the busy downtown of Putuo District, northwest of Shanghai. Yet it has successfully kept its natural quietude and sanctity, being admired by both Buddhists and visitors. Jade Buddha Temple was originally built to place two Buddha statues brought from Myanmar by a venerable monk in 1882. But what visitors see today is rebuilt work subsequent to its being destroyed in the Revolution of 1911, which ended Chinese feudal society. More >
Huangpu River, Shanghai Attraction
Jan 27th
Huangpu River, Shanghai attraction
Huangpu River is the mother river of Shanghai, and also the miniature of the city’s past civilization and today’s prosperity, through which a more thriving tomorrow could be anticipated. It luxuriously assembles the best features of the city’s landscape. More >
Shanghai Museum
Jan 27th
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Museum is a large-scale Chinese ancient art museum, collecting 120,000 pieces of treasures. Rich and high-quality in collection, it is far renowned in the whole world. More >
The Oriental Pearl Tower
Jan 27th
The Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai
The Oriental Pearl Tower is located in Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, Pudong New Area in Shanghai, facing the “Museum of International Architecture” of the Bund across the Huangpu River. With a total height of 468 m, it is the tallest tower in Asia and the third in the whole world, only after the 553 m CN Tower in Toronto and the 535 m Moscow TV Tower. It is now widely regarded as the symbolic construction to Shanghai, in the same way as the Statue of Liberty to New York and the Eiffel Tower to Paris. As a hot tourist spot, it ranks the second in the world’s towers in terms of visitor volume every year, second only to the Eiffel Tower. More >
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