Sights Shanghai, China

Like many other regions of China, Shanghai is experiencing a building boom. Modern architecture of Shanghai stands out with its unique style - in particular, the upper floors of tall buildings, busy restaurants, is shaped like flying saucers.

Most built today in Shanghai, the buildings represent a high-rise residential buildings of varying height, color and design. Institutions responsible for planning the development of the city, is now increasingly focused on the creation of green areas and parks within the residential complexes to improve the quality of life shanhaytsev, which is consistent with the slogan of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai: "he best city - better life."

Historically, Shanghai was very Westernized, and now he is once again increasingly assumes the role of the main center of communication between China and the West. One example of this is to open an information center for the exchange of medical knowledge between Western and Chinese institutes of health Pac-Med Medical Exchange.

In Pudong are houses and streets, very similar to business and residential areas of contemporary American and European cities. Nearby are the major international trade and the hotel zone. Despite the high population density and large number of immigrants, Shanghai is known very low level of crime against foreigners.

Nankinlu Street - a trade Eldorado China, here you can find practically everything. Until 1949, the Nankinlu were the most prestigious restaurants, shops, night clubs. As for shopping, this is still true. Well take a walk along the Nankinlu evening. Vivid display and flashing neon lights in the windows ... you can sometimes see barbershops and beauty salons: Shanghai has always been famous in China for its barbers.

French Quarter, or, more precisely, the French city - it is a territory occupied by the French Concession. In the 20-30-ies this quarter was almost entirely populated by white expatriates. Russian accounted for one third of the foreign population of Shanghai in these years. They worked as tailors, driving instructor, the bodyguards, creating numerous cafes on Huayhaylu. Cafes and studios are still grouped around the city streets, many buildings have survived from the 30-ies.

Garden and Yu Yuan Bazaar - a vast bazaar area in the north-eastern part of the old Chinese quarter. Its center is the garden of Yu Yuan, or otherwise, Mandarin Garden (Yuyuan Shangchang) and the Temple of City of the Gods (Chenghuang Miao). Many tourists consider it one of the most interesting places in Shanghai. Garden smashed in the XVI century for a wealthy family of officials Ming.

In the garden is a temple of City of the Gods, who were expected to guard the peace and tranquility of Shanghai. Around the temple and the garden gradually increased trade zone. Tourists enter it through a tea Usintin (Wuxingting Chaguan), original pentagonal building in the center of the pond. The adjacent bazaar has more than a hundred stalls and shops selling all kinds of souvenirs with Chinese symbols, paintings, antiques, bamboo, products made of shells, and ravioli, wine, chicken soup, pies, radishes, etc. etc.

Jade Buddha Temple was built in 1911 - 1918 gg. Outside, it is easy to find on the walls of bright saffron color. Inside the most important thing is the two-meter statue of Buddha made of white jade. Buddha brought to the province of Zhejiang monk from Burma in 1882, said that the statue along with inlay weighs about a ton. Buddha is not one - in the great hall are three gold-plated Buddha, in other rooms are arranged awesome god - the defenders of the Doctrine. The walls of the temple are decorated with 7 thousands of Buddhist sutras.

Hongkou Park is located in northern Shanghai. As a tourist attraction, he is known by the grave of the writer Lu Hsun, the founder of modern Chinese literature, scholar and teacher. He was not a Communist, but most of his books were banned by the regime of the Kuomintang, and he was hiding in the French Quarter.

Message of Lu Hsun of Chinese youth 30-ies reads: "Think and examine the economic problems of society, go through the hundreds of dead villages and relaxed to the generals, and then Come to the victims, find out the realities of his time with eyes wide open and clear mind, and worked for an enlightened society, but always think, think and learn. "

TV Tower, Pearl of the East "was built in 1994, the height of the tower - 468 meters is the tallest TV tower in Asia and the third highest in the world. Now Tower "Pearl of the East" has become a true symbol of Shanghai.

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