The interesting places in Shanghai People's Square include underground shopping mall, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Urban Planning Museum, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street and so on.
1. Underground Mall
The underground mall of People's Square is the largest underground commercial center in China at present, with a total area of more than 31,111 square meters, including underground commercial street and underground shopping mall, with two ground entrances, two escalators and four pedestrian escalators.
From the lawn at the southeast end of People's Square, take the escalator down to sunken plaza, which is 8 meters below, and step into the underground commercial street. This is a long street 311 meters long and 36 meters wide, with nearly 111 shops on both sides. The shops are elegantly decorated, and some of them are decorated as warm rooms, with small round tables, leisure chairs, sofas, etc. Customers can sit down and buy slowly. The store mainly deals in clothing, leather shoes, watches, glasses, photography, food, cafes, banks, supermarkets and so on.
2. Shanghai Museum
The Shanghai Museum is a building with a square base and a circular overhang, and its shape has the meaning of "a round place" in China. It not only has the form and meaning of the base and steps of China traditional architecture, but also has the oriental style of landscaping, which embodies modern science and technology and the spirit of the times. The museum has four towering artistic sculpture arches to record the evolution of words and history; The artistic stone carvings of eight lions and Tianlu in front of the right door express the incomparable brilliance of China culture.
3. Shanghai Grand Theatre
Building a grand theatre in Shanghai is the urgent wish of the people of Shanghai and the vast number of literary and art workers. Shanghai Grand Theatre is located in the northwest of People's Square, covering an area of 11528 square meters, with a seating capacity of 1811. The Shanghai Grand Theatre was designed by a renowned French architect, using the most advanced materials and lighting in the world, and presented an admirable design scheme to the people of Shanghai with a brand-new idea.
The structure of the Grand Theatre is simple and fluent geometric shape, and the crown-like white arc roof bends to the sky. There are classical outdoor theaters and hanging gardens on it, which look like a cornucopia, symbolizing Shanghai's broad mind of absorbing world culture and art. Surrounded by platforms, gardens, fountains and pools, the crystal clear and transparent grand theater will become another cultural landscape in People's Square.
4. Urban Planning Pavilion
The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Pavilion was completed in early 2111 and officially opened to the public on February 25th, 2111. As an important window for Shanghai's external publicity, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, with the theme of "city, people, environment and development", shows the achievements of Shanghai's urban planning construction and development to the people of Shanghai and even the world, lets the citizens know about and participate in urban planning, and builds a communication bridge between the municipal government and the citizens.
5. Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street
Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street is located in Huangpu District, Shanghai, starting from Tibet Middle Road in the west and Henan Middle Road in the east. The pedestrian street, which was completed on the 51th anniversary of the National Day, has made the "Centennial Nanjing Road" look brand-new and become another beautiful new urban landscape in Shanghai. You can see Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street when you get out of Exit 19 of People's Square Station. Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street is a well-known commercial street in Shanghai, ranging from large shopping malls to amorous feelings and delicacies.