Shanghai’s top ten places of interest

Places of interest:

1. Shanghai Yuyuan?

Shanghai Yuyuan is known as the "urban forest". It was a private garden during the Ming Dynasty and a famous The Jiangnan classical gardens are famous both at home and abroad as historic sites and tourist attractions. Yuyuan Garden was built in 1559. The layout of the whole garden has the southern architectural art style of the Ming and Qing dynasties and is well preserved. It is equipped with winding bridges, waterside pavilions, pavilions and pavilions. The small gardens are winding and dense.

2. Jing'an Temple, Shanghai? Jing'an Temple, also known as Jing'an Ancient Temple, its history is said to be traced back to the 10th year of Wu Chiwu (247), the grandson of the Three Kingdoms. It was originally named Hudu Chongxuan Temple. The total construction area of ??Jing'an Temple reaches 22,000 square meters. The entire temple forms a layout of a front temple and a back pagoda. It is composed of three main buildings: the Main Hall, the Tianwang Hall, and the Three Holy Temples. It is the oldest Buddhist temple in Shanghai.

3. Shanghai Guyi Garden?

Guyi Garden is the first of the five classical gardens in Shanghai. It is one of the oldest tourist attractions in Shanghai and one of the famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. It is famous for its five major features, including green bamboo, quiet meandering water, elegant Ming Dynasty architecture, timeless couplets and beautiful flower-stone paths. Guyi Garden covers an area of ??146 acres and contains six scenic spots: Yiye Hall, Playing Goose Pond, Songhe Garden, Qingqing Garden, Yuanyang Lake, and Nanxiang Wall.

4. Zhujiajiao Ancient Town? Zhujiajiao Ancient Town is known as the "Venice of Shanghai" and "Hollywood in the suburbs of Shanghai". It is a relatively well-preserved ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River in Shanghai. Zhujiajiao, also known as Zhuxi, covers an area of ??55 square kilometers. The town is crisscrossed by rivers and ports, with nine long streets stretching along the river. Thousands of buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties stand along the water. Thirty-six stone bridges still retain the ancient style and there are many historical sites.

5. Shanghai Fangta Garden? Fangta Garden is a garden in the ancient city of Songjiang with the theme of viewing historical relics. The whole garden covers an area of ??182 acres. The site was originally the downtown center of the ancient Huating during the Tang and Song Dynasties. It has Aimin Street in the east and Sangong Street in the west. It is not only a gathering place for ancient literati, but also a microcosm of the Songjiang ruins. The screen wall in the garden is The ancient, exquisite and well-preserved large-scale brick art treasures in Shanghai and even across the country are the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people.

6. Shanghai City God's Temple? Shanghai's famous scenic spot and historical ancient view - the City God's Temple is a place where old Shanghai's folk culture can be quickly transformed. Historically, the Old Town God's Temple was built and destroyed many times. After large-scale reconstruction in the 1990s, it became a large-scale antique building complex and commercial city, maintaining the style of China's ancient urban streets.

7. Shanghai Longhua Temple?

It is said that Longhua Temple was built by Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period to honor his mother. It has a history of more than 1,700 years and is one of the oldest temples in Shanghai. , a large-scale Buddhist temple. Longhua Temple has been built several times, and it basically maintains the original appearance of the seven-hall system of Jialan Buddhism in Zen Buddhism in the Song Dynasty. It is a relatively complete group of temple buildings.

8. Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple?

The Jade Buddha Temple is named after the Jade Buddha is mainly worshiped in the temple. Because it belongs to the Linji Dharma system of Zen Buddhism and practices Zen, it is also called Jade Buddha Temple. Buddha Zen Temple. The Temple of the Emerald Buddha is one of the top ten tourist attractions in Shanghai. Although it is located in a bustling urban area, it is quiet in the bustle and is known as a piece of pure land in the bustling city. The Jade Buddha Temple is a building imitating a palace in the Song Dynasty, with a rigorous layout, covering an area of ??about 11.6 acres, and a construction area of ??8856 square meters.

9. Fengjing Ancient Town

Fengjing Town is a famous historical and cultural town in China. It is also one of the eight scenic spots in New Shanghai. Historically, it was located at the intersection of Wu and Yue. It is known as the famous town of Wuyue. Fengjing is a typical ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is surrounded by water networks, with rivers crisscrossing the town and 52 bridges. The oldest existing one is the Zhihe Bridge in the Yuan Dynasty, which has a history of nearly 700 years.

10. Nanxiang Ancient Town

Nanxiang Town is one of the four famous historical towns in Shanghai. It was once known as "Little Nanxiang and Sioux City" and has a long history. , a gathering of humanity, numerous cultural relics and historic sites, and rich tourism resources.

Introduction

Shanghai, referred to as "Hu" or "Shen", is a provincial-level administrative region, municipality, national central city, megacity, and metropolis of the People's Republic of China. It is a core city in the circle and China’s international economic, financial, trade, shipping, and scientific and technological innovation center approved by the State Council. As of 2019, the city has 16 districts under its jurisdiction, with a total area of ??6340.5 square kilometers and a built-up area of ??1237.85 square kilometers. As of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population was 24.8709 million. ?

Shanghai is located in eastern China, at the estuary of the Yangtze River, bounded by the East China Sea to the east, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to the north and west, and bounded by 120°52′-122°12′ east longitude and 30° north latitude. Between 40′-31°53′. During the Warring States Period, Shanghai was a fiefdom of Lord Chun Shen, so it was also called Shen. During the Jin Dynasty, because fishermen invented the fishing tool "Hu", the place where the river flows into the sea was called "Du". Therefore, the lower reaches of Songjiang River were called "Hudu", and later changed to "Hu", so Shanghai was shortened to "Hu".