The Oriental Pearl Tower must be one of Shanghai's landmarks and is magnificent. Although the World Financial Center has a high point sightseeing floor, the Oriental Pearl Tower has a 360-degree multi-angle view of Shanghai. Walking on the suspended sightseeing corridor, you can take in the panoramic view of the Pu River. The tower's sky-rotating restaurant, Development Exhibition Hall, is also well worth seeing.
The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower, also known as the Oriental Pearl Tower, is a television tower located in Shanghai, China. Located in Lujiazui, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China, it is adjacent to the Huangpu River and across the river from the Bund. At 467.9 meters high, it is the third tallest tower in the world, after Canada's CN Tower (553.3 meters) and Russia's Ostankino Tower (540.1 meters), and is one of the landmarks of Shanghai.
The name of the Oriental Pearl Tower comes from the description of the sound of the lute in the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's Pipa Xing, in which the poet likens the sound of the lute to the wonderful sound of a pearl falling onto a jade plate, "the big pearl and the small pearl falling onto a jade plate". The designer has imaginatively linked 11 spheres of different sizes and heights from the blue sky to the green grass, while two huge ruby-like crystal spheres are held high as one. From a distance, the Oriental Pearl Tower in the center and the Yangpu and Nanpu Bridges on both sides of the bridge are skillfully combined to form a giant scroll of two dragons playing with pearls.
The TV tower offers a panoramic view of the Bund, with Pudong in the distance and the Huangpu River flowing underneath. As one of the oldest buildings in Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower has witnessed the rise and fall of Shanghai's history since the city's reform and opening up.
The Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower consists of three 9-meter-diameter columns, a space capsule, an upper sphere, a lower sphere, five small balls, a tower and a square. The double-decker elevator that can carry 50 people and the high-speed elevator of 7 meters per second are the only ones in China at present. The three-dimensional lighting system is colorful and beautiful. The colorful upper sphere sightseeing level is 45 meters in diameter and 263 meters high, which is the best place to have a bird's eye view of Shanghai. When the wind and sunshine, raise your eyes and look into the distance, Sheshan Mountain, Chongming Island can be seen, it is refreshing and invigorating. The Upper Sphere also has a 267-meter rotating restaurant (turning once an hour), Disco Ballroom, Piano Bar, and 20 KTV rooms at 271 meters open to visitors.
The capsule is built at 350 meters, with a sightseeing floor, conference halls and cafes, which is elegant and luxurious. The air hotel is located in five small spheres with 20 sets of rooms in a cozy and interesting environment. The shopping mall of Pearl Oriental Wanbang Department Store Co., Ltd. covers an area of 18,000 square meters, dealing with clothing, arts and crafts, gold and silver ornaments, leather goods, food and so on, so that tourists can enjoy shopping and gourmet food in the spare time of sightseeing.
The Pearl Oriental Science Fiction City is located at the bottom of the tower, with forest tour, Antarctic tour, magic tour, treasure cave, Dini Theater, Happy Square, laser theater, motion theater, adventure train and other projects, exciting, young and old. There is also the unique "space hot air balloon" will send you up to the sky, a beautiful view of the Shanghai metropolis, so that you will never forget.
The Shanghai History Museum in the Oriental Pearl Tower is a historical museum specializing in the history of Shanghai's development over the past hundred years. Through precious cultural relics, documents, archives, pictures, and advanced video and audio equipment, it vividly reflects the history of modern Shanghai's urban development. The display in the museum is divided into six major parts, namely, the Concession of a Country within a Country, the Municipal Construction and Street Scenery of Old Shanghai, Modern Urban Economy, Modern Culture, Urban Life, and Political Clouds, which comprehensively show the profound changes in Shanghai in all aspects, including politics, economy, culture, society, and life. It is a vivid image of humanistic attractions.
The International Cruise Terminal under the Oriental Pearl Tower, there is a "Pujiang River Tour" tourism program, boarding the cruise ship that Comrade Deng Xiaoping took when he inspected Shanghai on his southern tour, and enjoying the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Pujiang River, you will appreciate the "city of fire, silver and night" mood. The "Seagull Place" in the International Cruise Terminal serves a buffet, where you can enjoy unlimited delicious food and beautiful views for only 48 RMB.
The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower, which integrates sightseeing, conferences, expositions, dining, shopping, entertainment, lodging, and radio and television transmissions, has become a landmark of the city of Shanghai in the 21st century. At present, the "Oriental Pearl" annual number of tourists and tourism revenue in the world tower in the second place after the Eiffel Tower in France, thus crowded into the ranks of the world's famous tourist attractions.
Shanghai Yuyuan Garden
Yuyuan Garden is the only well-preserved classical garden in the south of the Yangtze River in Shanghai, a national key cultural relics protection unit. Yuyuan Garden was built in Ming Jiajing 38 years (1559), Wanli 5 years (1577) and expanded, the scale of the magnificent, known as the "southeast of the famous garden crown". The owner of the garden, Pan Yunduan, was once the Minister of Sichuan, and built the garden for "pleasing old relatives", hence the name Yuyuan. After the liberation of Shanghai to be fully repaired in 1987 to rebuild the eastern part of the restoration of more than a hundred years ago, the old and the new scenes reflect each other, into one, the ancient garden is more perfect, is really an excellent place to play and look around. Now covers an area of more than 30 acres, the whole garden excels in the victory of Jiangnan garden, there are Diuxiu Hall, Yangshan Hall, three Sui Hall, Yuhua Hall, point spring hall, ten thousand flowers building, meeting the King building, fast building, the fish music salon, the big wigwam and so on more than 40 scenic spots. Among them, the Spring Hall was the commanding headquarters of the Shanghai Dagger Society Uprising in 1853. "Yuhuatang" in front of the "Jade Linglong" rockery is with the Suzhou Liyuan "Ruiyunfeng", Hangzhou Flower Garden "frowning Yunfeng "is one of the three great wonders of the garden in the south of the Yangtze River.
Yuyuan Garden newly opened a collection of thousands of strange stone sculpture pavilion - Stone City, its ornamental value and humanistic value by Chinese and foreign tourists. The museum's large scale, the number of strange stones, rare for the world.
Old Wharf Creative Park
The new landmark of the South Bund, the former Sixteen Shop Wharf, has been transformed into a very fashionable creative park in Shanghai. The warehouses of Gold Wing and Du Yuesheng have been transformed into a favorite hangout for young people today
. There are not only many creative art workshops, but also various luxury stores, clubs and restaurants. In addition, the "sunny beach" is also very popular, and it's really a beach.
The Old Wharf Creative Park on the edge of the Nanpu River, formerly known as the 16th store wharf, where the warehouses of Shanghai Bund tycoons Gold Wing and Du Yuesheng were located, has been transformed into a creative park. The first phase is divided into two areas, the square part and the creative park. The restaurants and bars in the plaza are very chic. The creative park section imports elements such as creative product workshops, pioneering artist studios and business offices.
The "Sunshine Beach" is a supporting landscape facility in the Old Quay area, built on a platform along the river and surrounded by comfortable lounge chairs. At the back of the beach, there is also a small shower room for visitors to take a shower after sunbathing.
Walking along Maojiayuan Road in the direction of the river, you can see a "Sunshine Beach" sign by a temporary parking lot, and if you follow the sign further in, a golden-colored sandy beach will appear in front of your eyes.
Specialty Dining:
Ming Tang Organic Restaurant, Kyung Hoi Lou (Korean Cuisine), Whampoa No. 1 Private Dining, Wu Kee's Small Dishes, Dockside Family (Local Small Dishes), Melody's Fine Dining Bar (M
5), One Club, Oak Barrel Restaurant, Starbucks, Ruyi Cow Banquet House, Mythos Greek Restaurant, Kebabs on the grille Indian Restaurant, Three Deck Tea Restaurant, Coffee Drink
Caffein, First Stack Restaurant & Bar, Stiller's Continental Restaurant, Wo Xuan Leisure Tea House, Mark Duo Coffee, Swallow Ginseng House, Banni Carruret, Club D2, Jimmy's Coffee
&>; Bar, Water House, Shen Shen Club D2, Jimmy's Coffee
Shanghai World Financial Center
To see the whole picture of Shanghai, go to the Oriental Pearl Tower is out, the World Financial Center has the high point of Shanghai. The elevator rises from 0m to 430m in 66 seconds. There is an open glass roof, which can be opened if the weather is good, and the white clouds have a sense of touch. You can also walk on the fully transparent glass floor to challenge your fear of heights.
The building has 101 floors above ground and 3 floors below ground, with a total floor area of 377,300 square meters. The floor plan has shopping malls from the 2nd floor below ground to the 3rd floor above ground, conference facilities from the 3rd to 5th floors, and offices from the 7th to the 77th floors, with two sky foyers on the 28th to 29th floors and the 52nd to the 53rd floors, and the 79th to 93rd floors of the Park Hyatt Shanghai, which will be managed by Hyatt Group. The 90th floor is equipped with two wind dampers, the 94th to 100th floors are for sightseeing and viewing facilities, *** there are three viewing platforms, of which the 94th floor is the "Sightseeing Hall", which is a 750 square meters exhibition space and viewing platform, with a net height of 8 meters and a height of 423 meters above the ground, which can be used to hold different types of exhibitions, and the 97th floor is the "Sightseeing Skybridge". The 97th floor is the "Sightseeing Skybridge", which is 439 meters above the ground, and on the 100th floor, there is the highest "Sightseeing Pavilion", which is 55 meters long and 474 meters above the ground. Guinness World Records "world's tallest sightseeing hall" certification, on the same day, Park Hyatt Shanghai also won the Guinness "world's tallest hotel" certification.
Tianzifang
The creative district, initiated by Chen Yifei and Er Dongqiang, is full of art and creativity. There are a lot of artists' studios, very petty coffee shops and bars, and creative goods that foreigners love. It's long been famous, and it's always crowded, whether on weekdays or holidays.
Tianzifang was actually the name given to this old alleyway by painter Huang Yongyu a few years ago. According to history, "Tian Zifang" is an ancient Chinese painter, take its harmony, the intention is self-evident. The former small factories on the street, abandoned warehouses in the alley, and the ordinary people in the Shikumen Lane have been smeared with the color of "SOHO" (SOHO), and have been tainted with an artistic atmosphere.
Tianzifang is the flavor of the lilong residential area, in addition to creative stores and galleries, photography exhibitions, the most is a variety of cafes. In the idle afternoon, with the cool breeze in the alley, the bright sunshine spread on the ground, the air is full of lazy coffee flavor, it is really a "stolen half a day of leisure" mood.
The biggest feature of Tianzifang is that it still has many residents living here. The green mailboxes, decorated with the 80s logo, are still in use, and there's a surprisingly artistic aesthetic to the setting.
Shikumen, black lacquered doors, and small wells in the alley, where we lived as children. Listening to grannies chattering, watching children running and playing in the alley. Although noisy, but incredibly cozy, this is the life in the alley, can not erase the flavor.
The Bund
When you come to Shanghai, you have to go to the Bund to walk around, on one side of the Bund is full of history of the world's buildings, on the other side of the Bund is the financial center of the high-rise buildings. From Waibaidu Bridge to Jinling East Road, you can see the style of the prosperous Shanghai in the 30s and 40s, and the sound of the customs bell reminds you of
There is a feeling of traveling through.
The Bund, from Waibaidu Bridge in the north to Jinling East Road in the south, has 52 buildings of different styles, forming the most famous universal architectural exposition on the Bund. The most famous ones are the Peace Hotel, the Bank of China Building, the Customs Building, the HSBC Building, the Pudong Development Bank Building and the China Merchants Building. Although these buildings are not from the same designer, nor built in the same period, but their architectural color tone is basically unified, the overall contour line treatment is amazingly coordinated. Whether you are looking at it from afar or wandering through it, you can feel a kind of robustness, majesty, grace, and noble momentum.
Some people say that "the story of the Bund is the story of Shanghai." The Bund that a reinforced concrete buildings, is not telling the old Shanghai Bund as a dream-like prosperous past.
City God Temple
Whether you are a foreign tourist or an expatriate friend, you must go to the City God Temple in Shanghai, which is not only a religious place, but also a tourist attraction. The Yuyuan Garden inside is the most famous garden in Shanghai. City God Temple has a lot of small commodities, but there will be ripoffs. There are also the most famous snacks and desserts here, definitely a full stomach.
Shanghai City God Temple is located in Shanghai's most prosperous City God Temple tourist area, is an important Taoist temple in the Shanghai area.
When you come to Shanghai, you must go to the old City God Temple to take a walk, if you are not interested in religious places, there are also a lot of snacks and tourist souvenir stores here, it's definitely not worth the trip.
Today's Shanghai City God Temple includes nine halls, including Hall of Huoguang, Hall of Azi, Hall of God of Fortune, Hall of Cihang, Hall of City God, Hall of Niangniang, Hall of Parents, Hall of Guan Sheng, and Hall of Wenchang, with a total area of about two thousand square meters.
Specialty snacks:
Specialty snacks of Green Wave Gallery, vegetarian buns of Songyue Lou, pigeon egg round dumplings of Guihua Hall, eight-treasure rice of Songyun Lou, as well as Nanxiang xiaojian (small cage) and liquor-stuffed round dumplings, Huxinting Tea House, and Wangjiazha Dim Sum Shop.
Shanghai Cuisine
Shanghai's cuisine is diverse, and almost all the best dishes from China and around the world can be found in Shanghai. Shanghai local cuisine, also known as sea food, Shanghai cuisine, known for cooking fresh, especially fish and shrimp, non-fresh not to take, non-live not to use, with thick oil and red sauce, bright color, focus on the original flavor characteristics. Among them and to the Dexing Hall, the old Zhengxing and the old Shanghai hotel burned the most famous. Shanghai's local fast food and snacks are not expensive, but can be enjoyed, such as Chenghuangmiao, Yunnan South Road, Huanghe Road, Zhapu Road, Qibao Old Street and so on, are a collection of food, absolutely let you have a mouthful of addiction.
Shanghai shopping
In Shanghai, you can buy all kinds of Shanghai specialty snacks and handicrafts, the most representative is the old Chenghuangmiao five spice beans and pear paste candy, in the local specialty stores, supermarkets can generally be bought. Of course, there are also the expensive and time-honored Jiading bamboo carvings and Shanghai embroideries, which will give you a glimpse of famous artists while improving your own cultural and artistic qualities.
Best time to visit
Shanghai is located at the front edge of the Yangtze River Delta, and has a typical subtropical oceanic monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, mild and humid, with plenty of rainfall, and much of it concentrated from May to September. The hottest time in Shanghai is in July-August, more than
35 ℃ high-temperature days of about 10 days, not suitable for outdoor activities; the coldest time is late January to early February, although there is rarely snowfall, but the cold and wet air, the harsh north wind is often unbearable, pay attention to the cold and warmth. mid-June to early July is the plum rainy season, the cloudy and rainy; the end of August to the early part of September is the typhoon season. The typhoon season, there are often sudden storms, these two periods of time to tour Shanghai must bring a good umbrella.
Spring and fall are the best seasons to visit Shanghai.
March to May in Shanghai, the temperature is moderate, the grass grows, suitable for trekking in the countryside, watching the peach and willow green; between September and November in Shanghai in the thick of autumn, this time, it is in Shanghai, you can not miss to taste the cream, the meat of the hairy crab.
July and August in Shanghai, the temperature is relatively high, the air humidity, not suitable for outdoor sports; January and February winter is the coldest season in Shanghai, this time to pay attention to the cold to keep warm; June and July is the rainy season in Shanghai, go out and pay attention to bring umbrellas.