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About Shanghai

Shanghai is one of the most populous and most developed cities in the People's Republic of China. Shanghai was the largest and most prosperous city in the Far East during the 1930s, and remained the most developed city in Communist China. In the 1990s, Shanghai again became an attractive spot for tourists worldwide.

Every year, a large number of tourists are attracted to Shanghai. Besides, many large-scale gatherings and sports events are held here. 2007 World's Special Olympic Game was opened in Shanghai at October, 2007. The theme of this game is "You can made it, and so do I", it impersonated the spirit of constantly striving to become stronger of our athletes, beside it show the fashion of our social care, respect, and help to disabled person in China. The World Expo will give its grand opening in 2010 here.

Sightseeing

The Major attractions in Shanghai and its surroundings are the following:

The People's Square - Located at the center of Shanghai, the People's Square is a garden-like square that integrates administration, culture, transportation, and commerce. To the north of the square is Shanghai People's Government, to the northwest is Shanghai Grand Theatre, to the northeast is Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, and to the south is Shanghai Museum. Renmin Avenue, which runs in the middle of the square, has a 17-meter-wide green belt on both sides. The total area of greening of the People's Square reaches 80 thousand square meters, turning the square into an oasis in the center of Shanghai.

The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower - Standing at 1, Renmin Avenue, the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is 468 meters in height, ranking first in Asia and third in the world. It consists of three gigantic columns 9 meters in diameter, a spherical penthouse, an upper sphere, a lower sphere, five smaller spheres, the pedestal and the square. Together with Nanpu Bridge and Yangpu Bridge, it looks like two dragons playing with a ball, turning itself into a symbol of the reform and opening-up of Shanghai. The designers, inspired by rich imagination, arranges the 11 spheres of different sizes from high in the blue sky down to a carpet of green lawns, while the two huge dazzling ruby-like spheres are integrated with the two earth-shaped spheres of Shanghai International Convention Center, forming a poetic picture of "pearls, big and small, falling down into a jade plate", magnificent and beautiful. Shanghai Urban Historical Development Gallery at the hall in the first floor is a museum devoting to an introduction of the development history of Shanghai in the previous century. The precious historical relics, documents, pictures, and the advanced film and television and stereo facilities vividly reflect the history of Shanghai urban development in the modern times. The exhibition in the gallery fully displays the profound political, economic, cultural, and social changes of Shanghai. The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is a vivid human landscape.

Shanghai Museum - One of the most famous museums in China, the Shanghai Museum is open for free admission. The Shanghai Museum matches in fame Beijing Museum, Nanjing Museum, and Xi'an Museum, generally known as the four major museums in China. It is a traditional style structure with vault ceiling and square base, with the implication of "round heaven and square earth", a traditional concept of the ancient Chinese. The museum looks like a bronze ware from the distance. It has an exhibition area of 12,000 square meters in four floors, the first floor being the Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery and the Ancient Chinese Sculpture Gallery, the second floor the Ancient Chinese Ceramics Gallery, the third floor the Chinese Calligraphy Gallery, Chinese Painting Gallery, and Chinese Seal Gallery, and the fourth floor the Ancient Chinese Jade Gallery, Chinese Coin Gallery, Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Gallery, Chinese Minority Nationalities' Art Gallery. Currently, the museum has a collection of 120 thousand pieces of precious and rare works of art.

At the same area Shanghai Museum is situated at People's Square area are museums worth a visit such as the Shanghai Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall.

The Bund - The Bund, also called the Zhongshan Road, is the waterfront area of Pu Xi (West City) that faces the newer part of Shanghai - Pu Dong (East City). The Bund has been regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years, is less than one mile in length, and is a popular destination for tourists. Walking along the Bund at night is a fascinating site, as the entire PuDong skyline (across the river) is illuminated, including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the 2nd tallest building in the world - Jin Mao Tower. And directly across Zhongshan Road, you will see many different types of structures from Old Shanghai, including: Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and Renaissance.

Yu Garden - A classical garden in downtown Shanghai, boasts a history over 400 years. Each pavilion, hall, stone and stream in the garden is expressing the quintessence of South China landscape design from Ming and Qing Dynasty. Over forty spots, divided by dragon walls, wound corridors and beautiful flowers, form an unique picture featuring "one step, one beauty; every step, every beauty."

It's reputed to be the most beautiful garden south of the Yangtze River. Built beside the Temple of the City God and covering only fives acres, it follows the Suzhou garden design of a world in microcosm, with 30 pavilions linked by corridors, artificial hills, bridges over lotus pools, groves of bamboo and walls occupied by stone dragons. The surrounding bazaar is packed with traditional and modern shops, restaurants and temples.

City God Temple - The City God Temple of Shanghai (Chinese: 城隍庙; pinyin: Chénghuángmiào) is a temple in the old city of Shanghai, China, and is today the central feature of a large retail and entertainment district. The temple is colloquially known in Shanghai as the "Old City God Temple", in reference to a later, "New City God Temple" which no longer exists.

Night Life in Shanghai

Night clubs are an integral part of Shanghai entertainments. Today's nightclubs, distinct from those in the old days, have become the best places of exercise, amusement, sports and relaxation. The Blue belt Recreation Club and the Night Paris around the Huaihai Road, and the Big World at the city center are very popular among the people.

Clubs: Zhijiang Dream Factory(芷江梦工厂), Zero Darts Bar, Zenzibar(采蝶杆), Zapata's, Zabar Yuyingtan(育音堂), Yinyang(阴阳), Yes Café and Club(夜色酒吧)

Entertainment

Entertainments are rather prosperous in Shanghai. Splendid theaters, fashionable cinemas, first-class bands and luxurious dance halls have come to be seen as a kind of cultural symbol. Especially, Yuandian Gallery, Yonghua Cinema, Wanda International Cinema, Yihai Theater, Xuhui Art Museum,shanghai zhengda Museum of Modern Art etc. are very famous in Shanghai.

Shanghainese Snacks

Shanghai cuisine is one of the lesser-known types of Chinese food, generally characterized as sweet and oily. The name "Shanghai" means "above the sea", so unsurprisingly seafood predominates, the usual style of preparation being steaming. Some Shanghai dishes to look out for:

Xiao Long Bao (Buns from the little steaming cage, or little dragon buns), probably the most famous Shanghai dish: small steamed dumplings full of tasty (and boiling hot!) broth and a dab of meat. The connoisseur bites a little hole into them first, sips the broth, then dips them in rice vinegar (cù) to season the meat inside.

Dazha Xie (Hairy crabs), best eaten in the winter months (Oct-Dec) and paired with Shaoxing wine to balance out your yin and yang.

Xiefen Shizitou (Crab powder lion heads), actually pork meatballs containing crab meat.

Fried Dumplings (锅贴 guō1 tiě3). Similar to the fried buns, this is a fried version of Chinese dumplings. It's only fried on one side so the bottom is golden brown and crisp. Also best eaten with vinegar.

Fried Dough Sticks (油条 yóu2 tiáo2). This is something like a savory doughnut and is a typical item in a Shanghainese breakfast. It can be eaten on its own or wrapped inside a thick pancake, accompanied by soy milk. It's also rolled inside a ball of sticky rice to make "rice balls"(饭团 fàn4 tuán2) which is also a favorite for breakfast.

For cheap Chinese eats, head for the alley known as Wujiang Road. For fancier food in nicer surroundings, try the upmarket restaurants of Xintiandi.

Vegetarians should not miss Vegetarian Life Style (258, Fengxian Road and 77, Songshan Road) where you can experience nice, affordable and organic vegetarian food resembling real meat or fish dishes in a fancy atmosphere.

Transportation

If you intend to stay in Shanghai for a longer time, the Shanghai Jiaotong Card can come in handy. You can load the card with money and use it in buses, the metro and even taxis. You can get these cards at any metro/subway station, as well as some convenience stores like Alldays and KeDi Marts. These come in regular and mini size, with various limited editions available for each. Only regular-sized cards can be loaded at machines; for the mini and other irregular sizes it is necessary to take it to a service counter for recharge.

By Metro - The fast-growing Shanghai Metro Network now has 8 lines with another 4 under construction. The trains are fast, cheap and fairly user-friendly with most signs also in English, but the trains can get very packed at rush hour. Fares range from ¥3 to ¥9 depending on distance. Automatic ticket vending machines take ¥1 or ¥0.5 coins and notes (some of the machines at Xujiahui and People's Square will take a public transportation card so that you can buy multiple tickets with one card). Most stations on lines 1-3 will also have staff selling tickets, but on the newly-completed lines 6, 8, and 9, ticket purchasing is all done by machine with staff there only to assist in adding credit to cards or if something goes wrong. You can now transfer between lines freely with a single ticket (except at Shanghai Railway Station where only line 3/4 transfer is free and at Yishan Rd where only line 3/9 transfer is free, but the latter case is because the Line 4 station for Yishan Rd is a separate location). The metro can use Shanghai's public transportation card (non-contact). Be careful, certain stations exist on two different lines with the same name but are located in different places (Yishan Rd- Line 3/9 and line 4 are separate stations- go to Hongqiao Rd. for line 3/4 transfer and then back to Yishan Rd on line 3 to be able to transfer to line 9; Pudian Rd- line 4 and line 6; go to either Century Ave. or Lancun Rd. to transfer between these lines; Hongkou Football Stadium, Line 3 and Line 8- no direct transfer is possible between these lines).

By Taxi - Taxi is a good choice for transportation in the city, especially off-peak hours. It is affordable (¥11 for the first 3km) and saves you a lot of time, but try to get your destination in Chinese characters as communication can be an issue. As Shanghai is a huge city, try to get the nearest intersection to your destination as well since even addresses in Chinese are often useless.

The dark-green taxis cover suburban areas only and are limited to the district they are called in, but their meters start at ¥9 so they're somewhat cheaper if you're not trying to get downtown. If possible, try to avoid using ¥100-bills to pay for short rides. Taxi drivers are not keen on giving away their change, and it is not uncommon to get counterfeit smaller notes for change.

By Sightseeing bus - There are several different companies offering sightseeing buses with various routes and packages covering the main sights such as the Shanghai Zoo, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, and Baoyang Road Harbor. Most of the sightseeing buses leave from the Shanghai stadium's east bus.

Maglev Train - The train can reach 350 km/h (220 mph) in 2 minutes, with a maximum speed in normal operation of 431 km/h (268 mph). During a test run on 12 November 2003, the vehicle achieved a top speed of 501 km/h (311 mph). The Shanghai Transrapid project took 10 billion yuan (1.33 billion US dollars) and 2.5 years to complete the 30.5 km (19.0 mi) track.

The train runs from Longyang Road station in Pudong on the Shanghai subway line 2 to Pudong International Airport with an additional, separate track leading to a maintenance facility. The train takes 7 minutes and 20 seconds to complete the journey.

As of May 2008, the one way ticket price is ¥50 (about US$7.00 in 2008) and ¥40 ($5.60) for airline passengers with proof of an airline ticket purchase receipt. A round-trip ticket costs ¥80 ($11.20). VIP tickets cost double.

• Official site of Shanghai Maglev Train

By Plane - Shanghai has two airports such as Hongqiao International Airport(SHA) and Pudong International Airport(PVG). The best way to check which flights are landing/taking off from where is to check this website: www.shanghaiairport.com/en/schedules.jsp

By Train - Shanghai has several train stations.

Shanghai Railway Station (上海站). Shanghai's largest and oldest, located in Zhabei district, on the intersection of Metro Lines 1, 3 and 4. Practically all trains used to terminate here,including trains to Hong Kong. But southern services are being shifted out to the new South Station.
Shanghai South Railway Station (上海南站). A new, greatly expanded terminal opened in July 2006 and and is set to take over all services towards the south. On Metro lines 1 and 3.

Train tickets are also most conveniently booked in advance at one of the many travel service agencies. If urgent, they could also be directly booked at the train stations and the Shanghai Railway Station even has an English counter. Unfortunately be prepared that almost all information even in Shanghai Railway Station will be only in Chinese characters and even in English counter you will face the problems to communicate. So it is advisable to prepare the paper with your destination, displayed in Chinese characters.