1. Shanghai People's Square
Shanghai People's Square is located in Huangpu District, Shanghai. It was formed after the opening of Shanghai. It was originally called Shanghai Happy Racing Hall, which was the place where the upper class held horse racing and other activities at that time. In a broad sense, People's Square is mainly composed of an open square, People's Park and some surrounding cultural, tourist and commercial buildings. People's Square is Shanghai's economic, political and cultural center, transportation hub and tourism center, and it is also one of the most important landmarks in Shanghai. People's Square, located in the downtown area, is the only intersection of Line 1 and Line 2, and it is also the transfer station for Metro Line 6. People's Square is an important landmark scenic spot in Shanghai. The buildings with 1931s flavor in old Shanghai bring you close to the past century of Shanghai Beach, and there are also top art centers and shopping centers such as Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai Grand Theatre and Raffles Square. The subway also directly reaches Di Mei, Hongkong Boutique Street and other fashionable clothing boutique streets that Shanghai MM likes to go to, allowing you to enjoy Taobao. Go east along Renmin Avenue and you'll find the well-read Fuzhou Road Cultural Street, surrounded by Shanghai Book City and many old bookstores. There are many centuries-old restaurants along the street that let you enjoy the classic delicacies of this dish.
There is an underground food plaza in Fushi Square, where Chinese and foreign foods are gathered together and the price is reasonable. It is a good place to solve the problem of dining on the way shopping. If you go to Fuzhou Road to visit the bookstore, you can go to Laozhengxing, located at No.556 Fuzhou Road, which is an old restaurant with a history of 111 years. The local dishes such as fried river shrimp, grass head circle, shrimp and big black ginseng are very authentic. If you want to taste the authentic Shanghai hairy crabs, Wang Baohe at No.613 Fuzhou Road is the first choice. If you want to eat economically and deliciously, Lao Banzhai, No.611 Fuzhou Road, is the best choice. Stewed noodles with snow dishes are a signature delicacy that old Shanghainese have been obsessed with for half a century. The order is about 51 yuan, and the pastry is about 11 yuan.
2. Xintiandi
shanghai new world, based on the old Shikumen building area, the symbol of Shanghai's modern architecture, changed the original living function of Shikumen for the first time, and innovatively endowed it with business operation function, transforming this old house which reflects Shanghai's history and culture into a fashionable, leisure, cultural and entertainment center with international-level functions such as catering, shopping and performing arts. The exterior of the Shikumen complex in Xintiandi retains the brick walls and tiles of that year, while the interior of each building is tailor-made according to the lifestyle, rhythm and emotional world of modern urbanites in the 21st century, all of which reflect the atmosphere of modern leisure life.
There are many high-class restaurants with elegant environment and unique dishes in Xintiandi, and there are many western restaurants in Xintiandi Beili, where delicious food from France, Germany, Italy and Thailand allows you to enjoy exotic customs. There are many traditional and elegant Chinese restaurants in Nanli, Xintiandi, ranging from medicated restaurants with the concept of health preservation to exquisite and high-grade Cantonese seafood restaurants, which can definitely meet your food requirements, but the price is expensive. If you want to eat economically, there are all kinds of food and snacks in the big food restaurant on the ground floor of Hong Kong Plaza, with many varieties and reasonable prices. You can choose as much as you like. If you want to be more emotional, there are many high-end Cantonese cuisine, teppanyaki and Southeast Asian restaurants on the second and third floors of the square.
3. Fuxing Park
Fuxing Park is located at No.115, yandang road, bordering Chongqing South Road in the east, Fuxing Middle Road in the south, Sinan Road in the west and Science Hall in the north. There are three gates in the park; The south gate is at the corner of Chongqing South Road in Fuxing Middle Road; The north gate is in yandang road; Ximen goes out of Gaolan Road. Fuxing Park is one of the earliest parks in Shanghai. More than 81 years ago, it used to be a fertile land, inhabited by hardworking and poor farmers. At that time, a family named Gu owned more than ten acres of land, so they built a small private garden here, which was called "Gu Jia Zhai Garden", which was the initial prototype of Fuxing Park.
The surrounding food is cheap and good. You can choose wuyue Renjia Noodle Restaurant in Lane 716, Huaihai Middle Road around Fuxing Park or Canglangting Noodle Restaurant at No.689, both of which are Suzhou-Hangzhou noodle restaurants with reasonable prices and seasonal fish, shrimps and fresh vegetables as delicious toppings. If you want to eat luxuriously, Laoye Shanghai Restaurant on Maoming South Road and Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant not far from Canglang Pavilion can meet your requirements, while the nearby Istanbul Restaurant can let you experience authentic exotic cuisine. After shopping, the Haagen-Dazs store next to Parkson has open-air seats, where you can enjoy the fashionable beauties passing by on Huaihai Middle Road while tasting ice cream, and the Lillian egg tart next to Guotai Cinema was once rated as the most delicious Portuguese egg tart in Shanghai.
4. hengshan road
hengshan road is a quiet and elegant passage between Xujiahui and Huaihai Road in Shanghai. It is also one of the main traffic roads in Shanghai and the most famous leisure and entertainment street in Shanghai. Hengshan road was founded in 1892, built by the French Public Board, and was once the famous Betan Road in the French Concession. In October 1943, it was renamed hengshan road, and the whole street was 2.3 kilometers long. Hengshan road is close to the consular district, and there are many leisure places on the intersecting roads with different styles, mainly including more than 1,111 bars, tea houses, hotels, entertainment centers, beauty salons and galleries, which attract mature white-collar workers with high-end consumption levels and young people with modern consciousness. Hengshan road is an elegant consumption area with restaurants, leisure bars, entertainment and fitness as its business format. It has comprehensive leisure, such as eating, drinking and having fun. In terms of geographical scale, it is unparalleled in Shanghai, and it is the first choice to verify the charm and customs of Shanghai at night.
Tiantai Restaurant is about ten minutes' walk from hengshan road Railway Station to Dongping Road. Soon after its opening, it was rated as "Best Thai Restaurant" and "Best Shanghai Restaurant" by many Chinese and foreign magazines. Every time the Thai royal family travels back to Shanghai, they will definitely eat here. Located not far from the subway entrance in hengshan road, Thousand and One Nights is a Lebanese restaurant with Middle Eastern flavor, where you can taste authentic Arab-style scones and barbecues, and there are various Middle Eastern dance performances in the evening. If you want to taste Shanghai food, you can go to Yang's kitchen in a quiet alley, which has appeared in newspapers and magazines many times and is famous for its fresh raw materials and authentic taste. The Canglong Square, located at the intersection of hengshan road and Dongping Road, has become one of the most stylish restaurants in Shanghai because of its oriental charm. The fusion of Chinese and Western cuisine is very popular among foreigners and office workers in nearby consulates.
5. Xujiahui Catholic Church
Xujiahui Catholic Church is a famous Catholic church in China. It is located at No.158 Puxi Road, Xujiahui District, Shanghai, China. It is the episcopal church of the Catholic Shanghai diocese. The official name is "St. Ignatius Church", and there is the Bishop's House and the convent of the Catholic Shanghai diocese beside the church. The Bishop's Cathedral was built in the 31th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1914), and the lobby was completed in September in the 36th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1911). Xujiahui Catholic Church is a gothic church imitating medieval France, with red brick walls, white stone pillars and a blue-gray slate tile roof. The whole building is five stories high, with brick and wood structure, and its appearance is typical of European medieval Gothic. On both sides of the top of the lobby are the Gothic Bell Tower, with a double-spire masonry structure. The ridge of the hall is 18 meters high, the total height of the Bell Tower is about 61 meters, and the spire is 31 meters. The two crosses on the spire go straight into the sky. There is also a cross on the hall, which looks like a roulette wheel-life is just like driving a roulette wheel, an appropriate metaphor.
There are many shopping malls in Xujiahui business district, among which there are food areas in Meiluo City and Ganghui Square, and local cuisines from all over the country and around the world can be found, ranging from high-grade Cantonese seafood foreign cuisines to mid-range affordable desktop snack porridge shops. There are many gourmet shops around these big shopping malls, and all kinds of hamburgers, skewers, milk tea smoothies are delicious and so on. Even KFC has opened its oriental flavor brother store, Oriental, on the edge of Meiluo City for nothing. In addition, the Tianyaoqiao section near Xujiahui is also a famous food street, with a number of characteristic restaurants with good taste, such as Duck King Roast Duck and Doulao Hot Pot, which are middle and high-end consumption. There are also many fashionable clothing stores on this road, selling the masterpieces of young designers at home and abroad, which are deeply loved by young people who pay attention to their individuality.
6. Bund Sightseeing Tunnel
The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel is located between the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower in Pudong, Shanghai and the Bund on Nanjing East Road in Puxi. Traveling along the 647-meter-long tunnel with constantly changing colors by subway will make tourists feel like a dream. It is the first pedestrian tunnel across the river in China, connecting Puxi Bund tourist area with Pudong Xiaolujiazui emerging tourist area, forming the most beautiful landscape in Shanghai.
Surrounding Food Riverside Avenue Food Leisure Street-Riverside Avenue is a scenic avenue along the river, and the best scenic spot is an area directly opposite Puxi Wanguo Architecture Museum. In ord not to waste such a beautiful river view, many internationally famous restaurant and coffee shops have settled here, and branches such as Borana, Xu Liushan, Haagen-Dazs and Starbucks have all been rated as the most romantic places in Shanghai. It is a pleasure to stand in front of the guardrail by the river and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the opposite building. If you sit in the open-air seats of these restaurants and have a drink, it will be a good memory for a long time.
7. Town God Temple
Town God Temple is a famous scenic spot in China and Shanghai, located in the south of Huangpu District, near Yu Garden. Legend has it that it was built by Sun Hao, the Lord of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. During Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt from the original Jinshan Temple. There are three city gods in the City God Temple, namely Huo Guang, Qin Yubo and Chen Huacheng. The front hall is dedicated to Huo Guang, the God of Jinshan, the main hall is dedicated to Qin Yubo, the God of the Town God, and the back hall is the bedroom. Over the past hundred years, Chenghuang Temple has evolved from a temple market to a shopping mall. The archway built in 1535 and the stage built in 1865 exist in front of the present gate. The front hall and the main hall were burned in 1922 and rebuilt in 1926. Although the appearance is still in the form of a temple, the structure is reinforced concrete. In addition, it has expanded the Temple of Hades and the Palace of Stars. There are no statues in the temple now, and there is a handicraft shop in the house.
surrounding food there is a food street in the city god temple. Nanxiang Steamed Bread Shop (Yuyuan Road Shop), an old snack bar in Shanghai in the food street, is very authentic with thin skin and juicy stuffing. There is also another famous time-honored Ningbo Tangtuan Restaurant opposite the Green Wave Gallery. Its small storefront is always crowded with people. Its dumplings are soft and sticky, and the most famous one is sesame and lard dumplings. The price is the same as other traditional snacks in Chenghuang Temple, which is not cheap, but the store is crowded with people every day, mostly for tourists. Interested friends may wish to join in the fun at the Lantern Festival at the beginning of the year. In a shop near Yuyuan Garden, which specializes in fishing bell-roasted snacks, the shop is very clean, selling cakes and drinks separately. The fishing bell-roasted snacks are super delicious, and the egg and milk are very fragrant and crispy. Be sure to eat them while they are hot! There are also tables and seats in the shop. After visiting the Chenghuang Temple and having dinner, you can order a drink and buy some fishing clocks to rest here. Crab powder small cage, osmanthus cake, Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish, cashew crisp in Songyunlou Restaurant. Hefenglou: Tofu flower, steamed buns, three fresh bean skins, three yellow chickens, soup packets, stinky tofu, fried crab powder and Cantonese dim sum are all worth your visit!
8. Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall is a six-story building located in the People's Square in the center of Shanghai. There are four huge white steel caps on the top of the hall, which symbolize the magnolia flowers in Shanghai, and complement each other with the Shanghai Grand Theatre on the west side. The exhibition hall was completed in early 2111 and officially opened to the public on February 25, 2111. As an important window for Shanghai's external publicity, under the leadership of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, it showed the achievements of Shanghai's urban planning and construction to the people of Shanghai and the world with the theme of "city, people, environment and development", let the citizens know about and participate in urban planning, and set up a communication bridge between the municipal government and the citizens.
The surrounding food is Wujiang Road, one of the well-known food streets in Shanghai, around the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. Wujiang Road Food Street brings together authentic snacks and local specialties in Shanghai. Along the way, there are mobile vans with unique shapes and movable flower beds and trees. It integrates subway transportation, shopping and leisure, tourism and square culture, and is a characteristic leisure street that attracts people's attention in Shanghai. Both sides are full of snacks from all over the country, and the shops on both sides are crowded with people, and there are long queues of tourists who taste delicious food.
9. Qibao Ancient Town
According to historical data, "The town has no old name, but it is named after Yuansi, and the temple is not important, so it is important because of the town." After building a temple in Zhang Ze, in the first year of Xiangfu in the Song Dynasty (AD 1118), the emperor granted Qibao Temple, hence Qibao Town was officially named. At that time, "Qibaojiao Temple" was known as "the first temple in the east of the county", covering an area of 61 mu and a temple river of 6 mu. The whole temple was surrounded by green water, with red walls and tiles, morning bells and drums, and cigarettes, and the scenery was very beautiful. It attracted hundreds of people from Fiona Fang to pay homage to Qibaojiao Temple, so pilgrims and scholars burned incense, worshipped Buddha, recited poems and painted pictures here, which made Qibaojiao Temple full of incense and people came and went, forming a very popular situation. The market town pattern was formed in the periphery of Qibaojiao Temple, and Qibao Town had developed to a certain scale at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. At that time, Qibao Town was "a huge town with numerous residents, merchants and scholars." The area on both sides of Puhuitang is named Qibao Town because of Qibao Temple. Qibao Ancient Town is a thousand-year-old town belonging to the Taihu Lake basin in the south of the Yangtze River. It is picturesque, a typical town in the city and the nearest ancient town to Shanghai. Stroll through the ancient town, see the shops, taste the mouth-watering snacks, and enjoy the antique buildings and feel the ancient charm.
tsat po street is the back street of Qibao Ancient Town. The whole street is rich in special snacks and antique buildings. The street is divided into north and south streets, the south street is dominated by specialty snacks, and the north street is dominated by tourist handicrafts, antiques and calligraphy and painting. The old street has become a bustling market integrating "leisure, tourism and shopping". Along the way, plum blossom cakes, stinky tofu, old street dumplings ... all kinds of snacks are one after another, which is very appetizing.
11. Jing' an Park
Shanghai Jing' an Park is located at No.1649 Nanjing West Road, opposite to Jing' an Ancient Temple. The park is convex, with Yan' an Middle Road in the south, Huashan Road in the west and residential buildings in the east. Jing 'an Park is centered on 32 century-old Platanus acerifolia trees on the Central Avenue, with Ginkgo Square at the entrance of the main entrance in the north and historical humanity space in the east. Taking the ancient "Eight Scenes of Jing 'an" as the material, the traditional gardening technique of seeing the big from the small and shielding the depth of field is adopted to build the "Eight Scenes Garden of Jing 'an", and the southeast is an undulating ornamental lawn; The western open area, known as the spectacular "urban mountain forest" landscape, has become a space for modern metropolises to feel the natural landscape by taking advantage of the height difference between the top dome of Jing 'an Temple Station and the ground, piling up large rockery waterfalls, planting precious flowers and trees on the hillside and setting up viewing platforms.
There are many delicious foods around Jing 'an Temple. There are many middle and high-end restaurants on Nanjing West Road and Yuyuan Road, and there are both Chinese and western snacks and desserts. Yuyuan Road, behind Jiuguang Department Store, is a concentrated place for food, including elegant western restaurants and chamate House Enterprise Soup Restaurant. The vegetarian restaurant in Jing 'an Temple is at the subway exit No.1. Vegetarian food and vegetarian snacks are quite famous in Shanghai. Near Paramount Gate, there are chamate, House Enterprise Soup Restaurant, Burger King, Japanese Lamian Noodles and other distinctive restaurants. Walking all the way to Beijing West Road, you can also find typhoon shelters, table-style braised pork rice, Saizeriya Italian-style simple meals and full-flavored desserts, all of which are inexpensive and delicious places to eat. If you want to taste Shanghainese in the street