Architecture sights in Shànghǎi
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Qibao
Well within reach of the centre of town (8km southwest of Xujiahui), the ancient canal town of Qibao dates back to the Northern Song dynasty (AD 960–1127), reaching its apogee during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Qibao is littered with traditional historic architecture, threaded by small, busy alleyways and cut by a picturesque canal. Vestiges of village handicrafts survive, including traditional wooden-bucket makers, a traditional distillery and a remarkable miniature carving museum. If you can blot out the crowds, Qibao will bring you some of the flavours of old China.
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Duolun Road Cultural Street Architecture
This restored street of fine old houses was once home to several of China's most famous writers (as well as Kuomintang generals). Today it has a few excellent antique shops (No 181 is the best), some historic architecture (the brick Hóngdé Temple at No 59 is a Christian church) and a few cafes – the Old Film Cafe, next to the bell tower at the bend in the road, shows old Chinese films. The Shànghǎi Duōlún Museum of Modern Art occasionally gets decent exhibits of contemporary Chinese art, but quality varies. The street ends in the north at the Moorish-looking Kong Residence (No 250), built in 1924, with its Middle Eastern tiles and windows.
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Young Allen Court
Young Allen Court is a distinctive brick building constructed in 1923. Walk down the side of the alley for views of its three-storey architecture and the rear of the adjacent church towards the end.
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Wukang Road Tourist Information Center
On one of the French Concession's best-preserved streets, this centre displays scale-model concession buildings, and maps for self-guided walking tours of Wukang Rd.
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World Expo Site
Most of the pavilions at the site of the 2010 World Expo were designed as temporary structures and were dismantled shortly after the event's completion. However, at least five structures on the Pǔdōng side will remain standing and continue to host exhibits and events, including the iconic China Pavilion (中国国家馆; Zhōngguó Guójiā Guǎn), the Expo Center (世博中心; Shìbó Zhōngxīn) and the Cultural Center (世博文化中心; Shìbó Wénhuà Zhōngxīn).
Some 4000 Expo highlights will be on display at the Expo Museum (世博博物馆; Shìbó Bówùguǎn), which is slated to open on the Pǔxī side (across the river from Pǔdōng) in 2012.
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World Expo Site
Most of the pavilions at the site of the 2010 World Expo were designed as temporary structures and were dismantled shortly after the event's completion. However, at least five structures on the Pǔdōng side will remain standing and continue to host exhibits and events, including the iconic China Pavilion (中国国家馆; Zhōngguó Guójiā Guǎn), the Expo Center (世博中心; Shìbó Zhōngxīn) and the Cultural Center (世博文化中心; Shìbó Wénhuà Zhōngxīn).
Some 4000 Expo highlights will be on display at the Expo Museum (世博博物馆; Shìbó Bówùguǎn), which is slated to open on the Pǔxī side (across the river from Pǔdōng) in 2012.
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The Bund Architecture
Symbolic of colonial Shànghǎi, the Bund (Wàitān)was the city's Wall St, a place of feverish trading and fortunes made and lost. Coming to Shànghǎi and missing the Bund is like visiting Běijīng and bypassing the Forbidden City or the Great Wall. Originally a towpath for dragging barges of rice, the Bund (an Anglo-Indian term for the embankment of a muddy waterfront) was gradually transformed into a grandiose sweep of the most powerful banks and trading houses in Shànghǎi. The majority of art deco and neoclassical buildings here were built in the early 20th century and presented an imposing – if strikingly un-Chinese – view for those arriving in the busy port.
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East Nanjing Road
Once known as Nanking Rd, East Nanjing Rd (南京东路)was where the first department stores in China were opened in the 1920s, and where the modern era – with its new products and the promise of a radically different lifestyle – was ushered in. A glowing forest of neon at night, it's no longer the cream of Shànghǎi shopping, but it's still one of the most famous and crowded streets in China. Shànghǎi's reputation as the country's most fashionable city was forged in part here, through the new styles and trends introduced in department stores such as the Sun Sun (1926), today theShànghǎi No 1 (First) Food Store, and the Sun Company (1936), now the No 1 Departmen…
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