Popular Shanghai Attractions
Can't decide how to spend your time in Shanghai? Start with this list of Shanghai City's most popular tourist attractions to get started planning your trip to the 'Oriental Paris'.
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Jade Buddha Temple
Buddhism, Islam and Christianity are the three major religions in practice in Shanghai. The Jade Buddha Temple is a famous Buddhist temple in the country known for its two jade Buddha statues.The Jade Buddha Temple of Shanghai was built during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), when a Buddhist priest named Huigen from a monastery on Mount Putuo in Zhejiang Province went on a pilgrima...
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Zhujiajiao
Situated on the bank of the Dianshanhu Lake on the western outskirts of Shanghai, Zhujiajiao, a canal town (an enchanting place that is often compared to Venice, Italy), is about 50 kilometers away from the city centre. The town features beautiful waterways, arched stone bridges, ancient streets paved with stone, and more than 10,000 houses dating back to Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.Visitors can take...
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Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road in Shanghai, the so-called No.1 shopping street on the Chinese mainland, is being developed over the next 10 years into a world-class commercial destination. About 18 billion yuan (US$2.17 billion) of Shanghai investment will be fed into the ambitious project to build the century-old Nanjing Road into a first-class commercial destination in the next ten years.The remodeling of Nanjing Road has aroused interes...
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Yu Garden
Yu Garden is located at the heart of Old Town, a few blocks southwest of the Bund in downtown Shanghai. It is one of China's loveliest private classical gardens. Its name means Garden of Contentment, and it is indeed a pastoral world apart from modern and hectic Shanghai.Its construction was completed in 1577 by an official, Pan Yunduan, as the private estate for his father, who served in the Ming Dynasty as the...
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The Bund
The Bund (which means the Embankment) refers to Shanghai's famous waterfront running along the west shore of the 114-kilometer Huangpu River (a tributary of Yangtze River), forming the eastern boundary of old downtown Shanghai.Today it consists of a marvelous promenade, stretching from Suzhou Creek in the north to Jinling Lu in the south, the perfect platform for strolling along the busy river. Just across the wide avenue...
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Shanghai Museum
First established in 1952 and relocated in 1996, the Shanghai Museum has a collection of more than 120,000 rare cultural pieces including bronze artifacts, ceramics, calligraphy, paintings, lacquer wares, oracle bone inscriptions and coins. The museum is especially famous for its collection of bronze pieces.The 1,200-square-meter showroom has housed more than 400 beautifully decorated bronze artifacts, which reflect the...