Shanghai Travel > Jin Mao Tower

Though no longer China's tallest building, having recently been eclipsed by the neighboring World Financial Center , the Jin Mao Tower ( Jin Mao Dasha ) remains Shanghai's most elegant and distinctive skyscraper. It also still proudly house...  [Read more]

Shanghai Travel > Longhua Temple

The sight of the Buddhist Longhua Temple pagoda rising into the sky against the backdrop of Shanghai's 21st Century high-rise skyline can be both jarring and sublime. As the city's largest remaining pagoda, the 40 meter (130 foot) tower sta...  [Read more]

Shanghai Travel > Century Park

Century park is the largest echo-city park with natural characteristics. It covers an area of 140.3 hectares and is designed by British LUC Company, which embodies the combination of eastern and western cultures, human and nature and with a...  [Read more]

Shanghai Travel > Yuyuan Garden

Yuyuan Garden is a traditional Chinese park complete with beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rock formations. This small park is located in the heart of Shanghai's old Chinese quarter and links to Yuyuan Market. Built in 1559...  [Read more]

Shanghai Travel > Oriental Pearl TV Tower

The 468 meters high tower, which is the highest in Asia and the third highest in the world, was put into construction on July 30th, 1991 and completed on October 1st, 1994. It faces the Bund across the Huangpu River. With eleven steel spher...  [Read more]

Shanghai Travel > City God Temple

Located next to the Yuyuan Garden and also known today as the Yu Garden Market, the City God Temple ( Chenghuang Temple) was built in the fifteenth century during the Ming Dynasty. Originally a temple built to honor the Han statesman Huo Gu...  [Read more]

Shanghai Travel > French concession region

The French Concession is the area of shanghai once designated for the French in 1849 and retook by China in 1943, with a history of nearly one hundred years. Today, it has become a famous tourist region in Shanghai and the tree-lined avenue...  [Read more]

Shanghai Travel > Jade Buddha Temple

The temple was built during the reign of Guang Xu, in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, a Huigen monk from Putuo mountain in Zhejiang province, welcomed five Jade Buddha statues of different sizes from Burma. When he passed Shanghai, he left...  [Read more]

Shanghai Travel > Shanghai travel

Shanghai is a multi-cultural metropolis with both modern and traditional Chinese features. The city has a status equivalent to that of a province, and reports directly to the central government. Serving as the largest base of Chinese indust...  [Read more]