Shanghai Attractions
Longhua Memorial Park and Museum
For those who are legitimately interested in learning about China’s history and culture, Longhua Park and Mausoleum is well worth a look. It is admittedly a bit of a hike from downtown Shanghai, but can be easily reached by taxi or metro nonetheless.
The park opens at 6:30am and is ...
For those who are legitimately interested in learning about China’s history and culture, Longhua Park and Mausoleum is well worth a look. It is admittedly a bit of a hike from downtown Shanghai, but can be easily reached by taxi or metro nonetheless.
The park opens at 6:30am and is quite popular amongst the local Chinese. In fact I have NEVER seen a foreigner there, other than myself of course. Entrance to the park is only 2RMB, and for that you can enjoy my favorite Chinese sport of people watching. It’s amazing what you see when you sit on a random Chinese park bench and just take in the surroundings.
For a true glimpse into Chinese culture, pay 5RMB to gain entrance into the pyramid shaped mausoleum. This building pays homage to the “people’s heroes” who were slain in the building of a New Communist China. The museum is a quieter and much more humble offering than its downtown neighbors, and feels a somewhat more authentic.
In addition, Longhua temple is next door to a park of the same name as well as close to the Shanghai Botanical Gardens, so you may wish to make a day of visiting this area of Shanghai.
The Longhua Park and Mausoleum area includes a McDonalds, KFC and a wonderful selection of Chinese restaurants. Come out of the park ’s main entrance and turn right. Across the road is a ‘Be for time’ teahouse which is a popular chain in Shanghai. They have the best bubble tea, and the locale is perfect for the British tourist craving PG Tips. Ask for milk tea (奶茶，Nai Cha). A small tea costs 3RMB and a large one 5RMB. If you continue heading right along that road you come to a crossroads, take another right to reach a popular restaurant road. I recommend the Xinjiang noodle places easily spotted by their music and the performance they give when cooking the noodles. Just 5RMB a bowl of noodles and a show.
Take Metro Line 1 to Caobao Lu station. Come out of Exit 1 and turn left. Keep walking till you reach a footbridge, cross over and keep going. At this point start looking for the highly visible brown tourist signs. Alternatively take Metro Line 3 to Longcao Lu. The subway’s exit leaves you at the footbridge; follow the tourist signs from there.
Luxun Park and Museum
Luxun Park was created out of a shooting range in 1896. Over one hundred years later, many ch...
Luxun Park was created out of a shooting range in 1896. Over one hundred years later, many changes have been made including the addition of a lake, a “mountain”, and in 1999 , Hongkou Football Stadium. Covering 22 hectares of land it is a taste of traditional China.
Much busier and bigger than Longhua Memorial Park and Museum, Luxun Park really begins bustling with activity in the morning around 10am when the park is truly a feast for the senses. First witness a old Chinese woman, decked out in silk, gliding through the air as she leads a “class” in Tai Chi. Members of the older generation always enjoy the badminton courts, jungle gym and organized activities in the club house. Hordes of couples gather to dance ballroom style to Panpipe versions of Whitney Houston. Still more bring their instruments and voices to jam together with reckless abandon! The music rises though the air with laughter and a sense of real community. The park is a social event for the Chinese, but if that isn’t enough to keep you entertained, there are more attractions. The park is, after all, named after a famous writer.
Lu Xun wrote at the time of the May 4th cultural movement. The goal of his work was to educate and he pulled no punches with a realistic and somewhat sarcastic style. I have always been a fan of Lu Xun since he had a similar writing style and indeed similar interests to myself. Not that I am putting myself into his league, I wouldn’t even dream of it! Lu Xun was a radical who loved young people. He encouraged these young minds to develop their own writing styles and to write from their heart. He was also an advocator for better international relations. The park is a mausoleum and his remains were moved there from another location. To learn more about his life I recommend visiting the museum which only costs 8RMB to enter. All information is offered in English.
There is also a stunning plum tree garden that is well worth a look. The admission fee is 12RMB, and the ticket is a bookmark written in both Chinese and Korean. At the bottom of the pavilion is a Korean gift store. The shop is also well worth a visit just to speak to the owner, a delightful man with some English who, when it is cold, offers complimentary Chinese tea.
There is a Sunflower English cottage which has a rooftop beer garden, an amusement park for the kids, and a lake with a variety of boats. If you are feeling peckish, the surrounding area has all manner of fast food, Chinese restaurants and wonderful street side with food stalls. Across the road is Shanghai International Studies University which boasts the best public swimming pool in Shanghai, so bring your swimsuit and make a day of it.
Those growing tired of the glitter of downtown Shanghai should come along to Luxun Park and truly discover the gold. Situated on Dalian Xi Lu, the park can be accessed by metro line 3 Hongkou Football Stadium station.
Metro Line 3 to Hongkou Football Staidum Station
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai tower is located at the Lujiazui finacial area. It is the tallest tower in China,the 2nd tallest in the world. The height of the tower is 632m,and it is 118 floor.its shape is a upward dragon.
The observatory of the tower is a good place to have a birdview of Shanghai. You can have...
Shanghai tower is located at the Lujiazui finacial area. It is the tallest tower in China,the 2nd tallest in the world. The height of the tower is 632m,and it is 118 floor.its shape is a upward dragon.
The observatory of the tower is a good place to have a birdview of Shanghai. You can have a 360 degree view of the city.
From the Shanghai tower you can see the pearl TV tower,Jinmao tower, and world finacial center.
it is open at the early of 2016, most of it is the business office.
There are air gardern inside the building ,which is the first one isdie the office building.
Take the subway to "Lujiazui "station,and walk there.
Shanghai All Saints
Shanghai All Saints Church was built in 1925. It is a typical 17th Century Church with a wooden spire steeple and a main hall and side hall. The Church also has a rose window and bell tower.
The main hall can seat 500 people while an attached house and the small hall can seat 1...
Shanghai All Saints Church was built in 1925. It is a typical 17th Century Church with a wooden spire steeple and a main hall and side hall. The Church also has a rose window and bell tower.
The main hall can seat 500 people while an attached house and the small hall can seat 1000 people.
Shanghai Articles
How to bargain in fake markets in Shanghai
Most foreginers came to Shanghai ,at the end of their trip,they d' like to shopping somehow. There are too biggest and most famous fake markets in Shanghai, one is located at No. 580 in the west of Nanjing Road named Hancity Fashion & Accessories Plaza....
Most foreginers came to Shanghai ,at the end of their trip,they d' like to shopping somehow. There are too biggest and most famous fake markets in Shanghai, one is located at No. 580 in the west of Nanjing Road named Hancity Fashion & Accessories Plaza. ,another one is located in the underground of the Science & Technology Museum.
How to bargain with the sellers: For example: You want buy a handbag ,she or he will give you a price with 500 RMB, you can answer at 200 or 150. If they said 350 is the final price and then you can say 200 at most .If they still persisit 350 or 300 .then you just turn around and leave, but i am sure ,they will ask you back ,then give you a price 250 something and you still persist 200rmb then you will have it!
Anyway, it's doesn't matter which kind of products you want buy ,you just give them the half and a little bit lower price of that product ,then you will save a lots of money ,especially ,for ladies!!!
Shanghai Snacks
Shanghai snacks could be traced back to as early as the Southern Song Dynasty and became more exquisite in cooking when Shanghai grew into an important city in early Ming Dynasty....
Shanghai snacks could be traced back to as early as the Southern Song Dynasty and became more exquisite in cooking when Shanghai grew into an important city in early Ming Dynasty. After Shanghai was listed as a trading port by the end of the Qing Dynasty, various regional snacks were assimilated, developed and refined, bringing forth the specialty of Shanghai style. A wide selection of locals – baked sesame pan cake, deep-fried dough sticks, soybean milk, sticky rice combo, which are collectively known as "Four Heavenly Kings" – as well as dozens of kinds of pastry, bun, stuffed dumpling and rice cake. Different from pure sweet taste of Canton-Hong Kong style or hot and spicy flavor of Sichuan-Chongqing type, Shanghai snack is famed for being light, fresh and tasty, and his long been diners’ favorite for its characteristics.
"Four Heavenly Kings":
Chinese Pagoda
After historical vicissitude over the past thousand years, the Chinese Buddhist pagoda worshipped by Buddhists had developed its own forms through long-term practice. ...
After historical vicissitude over the past thousand years, the Chinese Buddhist pagoda worshipped by Buddhists had developed its own forms through long-term practice. According to classification, pagodas can be roughly divided into pavilion-typed pagoda of Mahayana, dense-eave pagoda, single-floor pagoda, Lama pagoda, Vajra-based pagoda and Buddhist Pagoda of Hinayana, etc.
Originating from ancient India, as stupa in Sanskrit, pagoda is used originally as a place for enshrining or burying Buddhist relics or remains of eminent monks. Building pagoda is to enshrine and worship Buddha and other religious services. In early Han Dynasty, Indian Buddhist pagoda spread into China together with Buddhism. In combination with Chinese national and local culture, pagoda had gradually developed into various forms and styles. In the periods from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin and the Southern and Northern dynasties, pagoda is the principal part of Buddhist temples. There must be a temple where a pagoda stands. By the Sui and Tang dynasties, pagoda gradually went down to the second place. Liuhe Pagoda is a typical example as one with front pagoda and rear hall.
Top Shanghai Tours
$238 Per Day
Private Hangzhou Day Trip from Shanghai by Bullet Train
Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.
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Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.
This is a private, full-day trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou. After you are picked up in your hotel lobby in the early morning, you will take a bullet train to Hangzhou. This is the fastest way to Hangzhou and you can experience train speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. Your tour begins at one of Hangzhou's signature sites, the West Lake. Enjoy a lake cruise to see the top ten West Lake scenic views. You will then be taken to experience the wonderful cuisine of Hangzhou at a local restaurant. After lunch, you will visit Faxi temple, a well-known Temple dating back to the Jin Dynasty. See its famous wooden Buddha. Here, you will see fewer tourists and more locals. Finally, enjoy a cup of green tea when you visit the famous Longjing village to see wild fields of Longjing tea bushes where the locals produce the world famous green tea- Longjing Tea. In the village, all locals are tea farmers and you will see the entire procedure of making the famous tea and will get the chance to taste the best quality emperor tea. Afterwards, you will take the bullet train back to Shanghai and you will be returned to your hotel.
$2202 Per Day
Beijing - Xi'an - Shanghai 10days study tour
Day 01 Arrival at Beijing
On arrival in Beijing, you will be met by our tour guide and transferred to your hotel in Beijing. Free for the rest of the day.
Day 02Beijing (B L)-- Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Beijing Zoo
After breakfast at your hotel, start your tour with the visit to Tiananmen Square(40minutes), the largest public square in the world. Then move on to the Forbidden City(2hours), the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Lunch at a special restaurant.
...Read moreDay 01 Arrival at Beijing
On arrival in Beijing, you will be met by our tour guide and transferred to your hotel in Beijing. Free for the rest of the day.
Day 02Beijing (B L)-- Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Beijing Zoo
After breakfast at your hotel, start your tour with the visit to Tiananmen Square(40minutes), the largest public square in the world. Then move on to the Forbidden City(2hours), the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Lunch at a special restaurant.
Then move on to Beijing zoo(1.5hours), which is one of the oldest zoos in China and has one of the largest animal collections in the country. The zoo and its aquarium has over 450 species of land animals and over 500 species of marine animals. In all, it is home to 14,500 animals. More than six million visitors come to the zoo each year. The zoo was founded in 1906 during the late Qing Dynasty. Like many of Beijing's parks, the zoo's grounds resemble classical Chinese gardens, with flower beds amidst natural scenery, including dense groves of trees, stretches of meadows, small streams and rivers, lotus pools and hills dotted with pavilions and historical buildings.
Day 03 Beijing ( B L )--Mutianyu Great Wall, Olympic Green, outside look the Bird's Nest and Water Cube, Shaolin kungfu school
Morning excursion to the most beautiful section of the Great Wall - the Mutianyu Great Wall. The hike takes about 2-3 hours. After lunch at Chinese Restaurant, Then head to the Olympic Green to have an outside look at the Bird's Nest and Water Cube(1hour). Shaolin Kung Fu is a huge scientific system, not the general sense of the "branches" or "boxing kinds". Chinese martial arts enjoy a huge structure complex with many branches, among which shaolin kung fu has the dominant place by its long history, the complex system and excellent technology boundary. Back to your hotel.
Day 04 Beijing-Xi'an( B L )
Hands-on D.I.Y Chinese dumplings(2hours) at the local family in Gaobeidian, enjoy these with other Chinese dishes and this will be your Lunch. Afternoon learn the Art of paper cutting, visit the gaobeidian school. After the tour, we go to the train station to Xian. Overnight on the train.
Day 05 Xian ( B L )--Big Wild Goose Pagoda square, Muslim Bazaar, Xi'an City Wall
Arrive in Xian, pick up. Breakfast at hotel. The Muslim Bazaar, the Muslim quarters lies 100 meters west of the Bell tower in downtown Xi'an.The 500 meters long avenue paved by bluestones are dotted with many unique stall,souvenir shop,coffee and bars which are mostly run by Muslim people. We visit massive Xian City Wall. Have a nice walk in the North Square to view the fully illuminated Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Musical Fountain Performance.
Day 06 Xian ( B L )-- Qin Terracotta Army, Shaanxi Historical Museum
Morning pick up by local guide. Enjoy your full day visit to the Qin Terracotta Army, one of the world's most important archaeological finds, with troops, horses and carriages in battle formation. Afternoon, visit the Shaanxi Historical Museum. Among the 400,000 items on display are treasures from many of the Dynasties, including some magnificent bronzes and porcelain, many of which have never been on permanent display before.
Day 07 Xian--shanghai ( B L )
Visit Bell tower and Drum tower. Farmer paintings, and learning the painting. Then go to airport to catch a flight. Pick up by shanghai local guide, only transfer to hotel.
Day 8 Shanghai ( B L )-- Jade Buddha Temple, Yuyuan Garden, the Bund
Breakfast at hotel. Visit Jade Buddha Temple. Jade Buddha Temple is a key temple in Shanghai that thriving with flows of disciples every day, especially on the 1st and 15th day of every lunar month as well as all the traditional Buddhism festivals. Visit pearl factory, it's a nice place to buy a necklace or bracelet. It is very good gift from China. Visit the lovely old Yuyuan Garden look nine zig zag bridge with golden fish pond, bridges and pavilions. Explore the Bund in the evening.
Day 9 Shanghai ( B L )--Shanghai Museum, People Square, Nanjing Road, Oriental Pearl TV tower, Children's Palace
The Shanghai Museum which is the largest museum of ancient Chinese art in Shanghai. Visit the People Square and Nanjing Road for shopping. Visit the Oriental Pearl TV tower 2nd level. Visit the Children��s Palace 30-45minutes.
Day 10 Shanghai ( B )
Your China Experience is over all too soon as you transfer to the airport and board the homebound international flight, bidding a fond farewell to this ancient land.