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Places to see in Shanghai
The Bund at NightThe Bund (Waitan), Shanghai's busy waterfront promenade, overlooks the Huangpu River and Pudong business district. Its stately art deco and historic European buildings house the government's State Departments of Trade, Finance and Banking.Popular with tourists and locals alike — seniors perform Tai Chi exercises and dance to traditional Chinese music each morning at sunrise. At night, colorful neon lights illuminate the Bund and Pudong. The Bund is most spectacular with one side of the boulevard lined up with buildings of "Old-fashioned American big city" style. These used to house banks, trading houses and exclusive clubs. Oriental Pearl TV TowerThe skyline's prominent Orient Pearl TV Tower, a new landmark of Shanghai, is the tallest TV tower in Asia and third tallest in the world (after Toronto and Moscow) with a height of 263 metres. It faces the Bund across the Huangpu River. Be sure to visit its observation deck and revolving restaurant — the water and Shanghai city views are stunning, especially at night.The tower is equipped with tourist service facilities, including eateries, shops, recreational including eateries, shops, recreational centers and a hotel. Oriental Pearl has eight globes lining vertically in a design that reminds one of a Tang Dynasty poem that compares sounds played on a plucked instrument to "a string of pearls dropping onto a jade plate." The globes are for sightseeing, dining and hotel accommodations. The 20-room Space Hotel is located in the five small balls between two large globes, 140 to 230 metres above the ground. It does give people a feeling of being on a spaceship. Up here, guests can sit in sofas and enjoy a bird's-eye-view of the city aloft from the bustling life in the streets. 
Each ball has a suite and three standard rooms on two levels connected by a winding stairway. The suite has a private lounge overlooking the Huangpu River and a booming Pudong. Three other rooms share two lounges facing the main section of the Bund and the city's old districts. If you decide to stay, make sure to rent a telescope at the reception desk so you can zoom in on the city's interesting spots. Apart from great views, the hotel offers all the conveniences of a four-star hotel. The only drawback is that it has no restaurant. Due to fire-control restrictions, the tower has no kitchen, Guests can go to a buffet restaurant below or dine out. The food in the buffet restaurant is cooked on the ground and delivered by elevator. Yet you still can have room service for breakfast or night snack, which hotel staff prepares downstairs and delivers to your room piping hot. Guests also have the privilege of a reserved elevator. It can whisk you up to your floor in less than one minute. However, you need to call the operator before leaving your room. Yuyuan GardenYuyuan Garden, may be the most celebrated classical Chinese garden in Shanghai, is located in the northeast of the old town with an area of fives acres.The garden each year attracts countless visitors at home and abroad.It appears much larger on account of skilful landscape gardening - with paths winding through charming pavilions, delightful grottoes, beautiful lotus ponds, quaint bridges and trickling streams. The art of decoration also finds expression in the brick engravings and wood carvings everywhere in the garden which reflect the style of southern China in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The beautiful scenery can be compared with the four famous gardens in Suzhou. Built in a style that Suzhou gardens often take, Yuyuan garden is characterized by exquisite layout, beautiful scenery and the artistic architecture. Each pavilion, hall, stone and stream in the garden can express the quintessence of South China landscape design.
The bounding wall in the garden, decorated with dragon's heads and paved by scale-like tiles on top, looks like a huge wandering dragon. People named it Five-dragon Wall. More interesting is that each dragon in this wall only has four claws. Legend goes that when the wall was first completed in the Qing dynasty, like the dragon in royal palaces, they all have four claws. The feudal ruler, regarding it as a sign of irreverence and rebellion, then cut one of the claws of each dragon. There are totally 30 scenic spots scatter in this garden. Five-dragon-wall subdivide the garden into six spots including Grand Rockery, Ten-Thousand-Flower Pavilion, Hall of Heralding Spring, Hall of Jade Magnificence, Inner Garden, and Lotus Pool. The garden is acknowledged as "an architectural miracle in the region south of Yangtze River". Gu Yi GardenThe garden has its unique style with exquisite pavilions and chambers, artistic studies and long corridors, pebble paths and winding streams, old twisted locust trees, and flowers of all seasons. It is one of the scenic spots in Shanghai.Nanjing RoadNanjing Road is China's longest commercial street, lined with big department and specialty stores, upscale boutiques, and a variety of fine restaurants, enjoying the reputation of "China's No.1 Street", runs through the heart of downtown Shanghai. It's also a fun place for sightseeing and people-watching. Once supreme, it's looking a bit frayed and has slipped a few notches to the emerging luxury option of Huaihai Lu, but laden shoppers still traipse past its cathedrals of commerce, gawped at by gaggles of out-of-towners.Even back in the past dull era (and let's face it, that's long gone), Nanijing Donglu had a distinctly 'shop 'til you drop' feel about it. Nowadays, Esprit, Benetton and McDonald's have shouldered Marx and Mao into the draughty halls of little visited museums - which was where the capitalist state was meant to end up.
Jade Buddha MonasteryJade Buddha Monastery has three halls namely the Heavenly King Hall, the Grand Hall and the Abbot's Chamber. This famous Buddhist Monastery houses two jade statues of Sakyamuni. One is in a sitting position, and the other is a reclining position, Both statues are of great artistic value and are regarded as treasures of Buddhism in our country.Site of the 1st National Congress of the Communist PartyThe Site of the 1st National Congress of the Communist Party is located in the quiet leafy roads of Shanghai's former French Concession.As well as a faithful recreation of how the house looked in 1921, the site is also attached to a museum. Providing plenty of background to the early history of the Party, the museum also features a lifelike waxwork recreation of the momentous meetings. Shanghai Cuisine
Songjiang PerchThe perch from Songjiang County near Shanghai became popular throughout China. The flesh of the fish tastes best around the Winter Solstice. Among the noted perch dishes that have been acclaimed as the "delicacies of southeast China", there are 'Perch with Chives', 'Perch Potage' and so on.Longhua Honey PeachThis peach is one of the best species found in China. It was originally produced only in the area around the Longhua Temple. Now the growing area has been expanded to Huajing region. There are two varieties of this peach: one is round and the other, flat. But both of them have thin skin, fine flesh, fragrant aroma and a sweet and juicy taste.Chongming Crab and Dianshan Lake CrabThese crabs breed in the sea but live in fresh water. These physical features provide favourable conditions for crab rearing. In fact, Chongming abounds in crabs and has won the name of the "Island of Crabs". Though weighting not more than three or four liang (150-200 grams) each, the crab is plump and tasty. The crab found in the Dianshan Lake in Qingpu County is characterized by its plumpness and bigness. Each can weight as much as half a jin (250 grams).
Nanxiang Steamed DumplingsWell-known in the country, the dumpling is a traditional delicacy of Nanxiang Town on the outskirts of Shanghai. With thin and translucent crust and meat filling, it is small and dainty. Eight dumplings weigh about one liang (50 grams). As it is cooked and served in a small bamboo steamer, it is nicknamed "Dumpling in a Small Steamer". It is juicy and tasty especially when it is eaten with vinegar.Transportation in Shanghai
Shanghai boasts one of the best transportation systems in China. As a major port city and the largest city in Eastern China, this is the major hub for the eastern region.
By AirThere are direct flights to many international cities from Shanghai. Shanghai is the only city in China to have two international airports. Pudong is the new international airport and most international airlines now fly in and out of here, it is located 55 km from the city center.The airport for most domestic flights is Hongqiao which is older, and located in the west of Shanghai, 15 km from the city center. Public Bus No. 925 runs to the airport from People's Square. By TrainShanghai is at the center of an important rail network and there are daily trains to Xi'an (17 hours), Beijing (14 hours), Kunming (36 hours), Guilin (26 hours), Qingdao (16-20 hours) and almost all Provincial capitals from which travelers can choose further transportation to their destination. There are also regular services to Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Wuxi. For foreigners, train tickets can be bought at the ticket booking office in the soft seat waiting room. The main train station(Xinkezhan) is in the north of the city. The easiest way to reach the station is to take the subway to Shanghai Railway Station stop.
By BusShanghai boasts the most established highway system in China. Express ways has been constructed to link all the nearby provinces. The main long distance bus station is near the train station on Qiujiang Lu. Buses from here head to Nanjing (4 hours), Wuxi, Suzhou and Hangzhou and other destinations. There is also a new bus station servicing Shaoxing, Ningbo, Yangzhou and Hangzhou.By BoatBoat is a nice way to arrive or leave the city. Some of the Three Gorges boat trip ends here and there are good services by boat to Chongqing, Nanjing, Putuoshan and Wuhan. The main passenger port--Shiliupu Passenger Port is on Zhongshan Nan Lu. 1km south of the Bund, there are also several other passenger ports in Shanghai, these ports are usually far away from the city center. For boats from these ports, travelers usually still has to go to Shiliupu Port first for bus transfer to those ports. As a general rule, for long distance destinations this is a cheap but slow way to travel. For destinations closer to the city however the train is more efficient. Schedule for boats from Shanghai Shiliupu Port.City TransportWithin Shanghai, the most convenient way to get around for the foreign traveler is a combination of the subway, LRT and using the over 50,000 taxis in the city. Shanghai also boasts a highly developed and complicated bus system. |
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