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| The Today's China - SHANGHAI |
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Shanghai is a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the central government. It is the largest economic and trade center in the country and a comprehensive industrial base. Shanghai Port is the leading port in China. It is an open city along the coast, as well as a famous historical and cultural city. Its total area is 6,341 square kilometers of which the Pudong New Area occupies 523 square kilometers. Its total population is over 13 million.
Shanghai is well-known both at home and abroad not only for its prosperous metropolitan |
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Situated within the Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Pudong New Area, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, with a giddy height of 468 meters, is the world's third tallest TV tower after the 553-meter CN Tower in Toronto and the 535-meter Moscow TV Tower.
The Oriental Pearl Tower , 350 meters height with consists of three big columns, which are 9 meters in diameter, the space module, the upper sphere, the lower sphere, five small spheres, tower base and the square. In the tower, there is a double-decked elevator, which can hold fifty people at a time, and two-speed elevator that can run at a speed of 7 meters per second. The tower is equipped with three-dimensional lighting installation, which makes the whole tower very colorful and beautiful.
The sightseeing floor in the brilliant upper sphere is 263 meters high and 45 meters in diameter; it is the best place to get a bird's eye-view of Shanghai. When it is sunny, it is really relaxed and happy to have the distant views of the Sheshan, the Chongming Island and t he Yangtze River . In the upper sphere, there are also the Revolving Restaurant, the Disco Hall, the Piano Bar and twenty KTV rooms.
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Yuyuan Garden
Yuyuan Garden maybe the most private garden in China , is located in the northeast of the old town with an area of fives acres. In 1559, a Ming official named Pan Yunduan launched the construction it in 19 years for his father's pleasure. After several large-scale re-constructions since 1949, Yu Yuan was finally opened to the public in 1961.
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 from Ming and Qing dynasties.
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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. There are totally 30 scenic spots scatter in this garden. Five-dragon-wall subdivide the garden into six spots including Grand Rockey, 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". |
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The Bund Cruising on the Huangpu River, one can enjoy a sight of rows of magnificent buildings on the banks and ships of different sizes briskly playing Huangpu River, runs its way for about 114 meters and finally flows into the East China Sea in Wusongkou. With a width of 400 meters, the river is an important transporting route.
Boating along the Huangpu River, visitors could take a glimpse of the yesterday and today of Shanghai. On one side of the river is the bund, which is regarded a landmark as well as the birthplace of Shanghai. With a length of 1 km , the bund is dotted with various grandiose solid buildings of western style dating back to the early this century in its west. Due to these imposing buildings, the bund is also reputed as "an international exhibition of architecture".
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Shanghai museum Established in 1952, is located in People's Square, reputing as one of the four largest museums in China. Covering a construction space of 38,000 square meters , the museum is 29.5 meters high with five floors aboveground and two underground.
Opened to visitors at the end of 1995, the museum contains 120,000 cultural relics of all the historical periods in ancient China, in which collections of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, calligraphy and ancient sculptures are among the best in China.
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