Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China, Shanghai sits
on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion
of the Chinese coast.Shanghai is a popular tourist destination
renowned for its historical landmarks such as The Bund, City God
Temple and Yu Garden as well as the extensive Lujiazui skyline and
major museums including the Shanghai Museum and the China Art
Museum. The city also has various nicknames in English, including
"Pearl of the Orient" and "Paris of the East". It has been
described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy of mainland
China.
The Bund or Waitan (; Shanghainese: nga3thae1) is a waterfront
area in central Shanghai.
The City God Temple or Chenghuang Miao () is a temple located in
Shanghai, China, within the old walled city. Today the "City God
Temple" not only refers to the large temple complex, but also the
traditional district of commerce in the city, surrounding the
temple. There are over a hundred stores and shops in this area, and
most of these store buildings are nearly a century old. The temple
connects to the Yuyuan Garden, another landmark of the old
city.
Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden (Chinese: , Garden of Happiness) is
an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in
the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai, China. It abuts the
Yuyuan Tourist Mart and is accessible from the Shanghai Metro's
Line 10 Yuyuan Garden Station.Lujiazui (), formerly known as
Lokatse from its pronunciation in Shanghainese, is a peninsula
formed by a bend in the Huangpu River. Since the early 1990s,
Lujiazui has been developed specifically as a new financial
district of Shanghai. It is located on the east side of the Huangpu
River in Pudong, and sits directly across the river from the old
financial and business district of the Bund.
The China Art Museum, also called the China Art Palace (), is a
museum of modern Chinese art located in Pudong, Shanghai, China.
The museum is housed in the former China Pavilion of Expo 2010.
With 166,000 square metres (1,790,000 sq ft) of floor space, it is
the largest art museum in Asia.
The Shanghai Museum has a collection of over 120,000 pieces,
including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy, furniture, jades, ancient
coins, paintings, seals, sculptures, minority art and foreign art.
The Shanghai Museum houses several items of national importance,
including one of three extant specimens of a "transparent" bronze
mirror from the Han Dynasty. The Museum has an important collection
of ancient coins from the Silk Road, donated since 1991 by Linda
and Roger Doo. The collection contains 1783 pieces from the Greeks
to the Mongol Empire.
A view from the Jin Mao Tower's Skywalk, showing the Oriental
Pearl Tower in Lujiazui and, across the Huangpu River, Shanghai's
Bund, Nanjing Road, and the Garden Bridge across Suzhou Creek.The
Skywalk, a 1,520 m2 (16,400 sq ft) indoor observation deck with a
capacity of 1,000+ people, occupies the 88th floor of the building.
In addition to the panoramic views of Shanghai, it offers a topside
view of the hotel atrium below. It also includes a small post
office. Access is through two express elevators from the basement
that travel at 9.1 m/s and take 45 seconds to reach the top. As of
2009, admission to the 88th floor costs 88 RMB for adults and 45
RMB for children.
Nanjing Road (Chinese: ; pinyin: Nnjng L) is the main shopping
street of Shanghai, China, and is one of the world's busiest
shopping streets.
The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (Chinese: ;
Pinyin: Shnghi Chngsh Guhu Zhnsh Gun) is located on People's
Square, Shanghai, China, adjacent to the municipal government
building.
The Exhibition Center is a six-storey building, with two
basement levels, which displays Shanghai's urban planning and
development. The focus of the exhibit is a large scale model of the
entirety of urban Shanghai, showing existing buildings and approved
future buildings.
People's Square is a large public square in the Huangpu District
of Shanghai, China. It is south of Nanjing Road (West) and north of
Huaihai Road (East). People's Square is the site of Shanghai's
municipal government headquarters building and is used as the
standard reference point for measurement of distance in the
Shanghai municipalityFood in ShanghaiShanghai cuisine, also known
as Hu cuisine, is popular style of Chinese food. In a narrow sense,
Shanghai cuisine refers only to what is traditionally called
Benbang cuisine (, lit. "local cuisine") which originated in
Shanghai; in a broad sense,it refers to complex and developed
styles of cooking under profound influence of those of the
surrounding provinces Jiangsu and Zhejiang . It takes "color, aroma
and taste" as its elements like other Chinese regional cuisines,
and emphasizes in particular the use of seasoningsthe quality of
raw materials and original flavors.Shanghai dishes usually look red
and shiny, for they are often pickled in wine and their cooking
methods include baking, stewing, braising, steaming, deep-frying,
etc. Fish, crab, chicken are "drunken" with spirits and are briskly
cooked, steamed, or served raw. Salted meats and preserved
vegetables are also commonly used to enhance the dish. Sugar is an
important ingredient in Shanghai cuisine, especially when used in
combination with soy sauce. Another characteristic is the use of a
great variety of seafood. Rice is dominantly served over noodle or
other wheat products.
Shanghai cuisine stresses on using condiments and keeping the
original flavors of the materials and has features of being fresh,
smooth and crispy. It aims at lightness in flavor, and
beautifulness in decoration. The raw materials of Shanghai dishes
are well cut, and the colors harmoniously arranged.
Now, special attention is being paid to low-sugar and low-fat
food, a good quantity of vegetables and nutritional values.
Generally Shanghai cuisine is mellower and slightly sweet in
taste. Sweet and sour is a typical Shanghai taste.