I want to take foreigners to travel to Shanghai for just one day. Which places are better to visit?

Tourist attractions suitable for bringing foreigners include Shanghai Art Museum, Paramount, Shanghai Museum of Natural History, Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall, and Shanghai Soong Ching Ling’s Former Residence.

1. Shanghai Art Museum

The original site of Shanghai Art Museum is located on the bustling Nanjing West Road, backed by People’s Square and Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, People’s Adjacent to the park, it is a modern art museum with complete functions, advanced facilities, and a certain influence at home and abroad. After October 1, 2012, the Shanghai Art Museum will move into the China National Pavilion in the former World Expo site and be renamed the China Art Palace and the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art.

2. Paramount

The full name of Paramount is "Paramount Hotel Ballroom". In 1929, the "Dahua Hotel" that originally opened on Gordon Road (today's Jiangning Road) and also operated as a dance hall closed. The West District of Shanghai, known as the "Aristocratic District", did not have an entertainment venue suitable for the "Aristocratic District".

In 1932, Chinese businessman Gu Lian undertook an investment of 700,000 taels of silver to purchase the Jing'an Temple site to build Paramount Hall, and named it "Paramount Hall" with a homophonic sound. At the opening ceremony in 1933, Wu Tiecheng, who was the mayor of Shanghai under the Kuomintang government at the time, personally attended and delivered a congratulatory speech. At that time, a regular customer of Paramount was Zhang Xueliang. The engagement ceremony of Chen Xiangmei and Chennault was held here. Chaplin and his wife also visited Shanghai because of its fame. Come.

3. Shanghai Museum of Natural History

Shanghai Museum of Natural History (Branch of Shanghai Science and Technology Museum) is located in Jing’an Sculpture Park, Shanghai. Its history can be traced back to Xujiahui Museum (the earliest museum in China, which was renamed Aurora Museum in 1933) founded by French Catholic priest Han Bolu in 1868.

As well as the Shanghai Museum of the Asian Cultural Society founded by the British in 1874 (affiliated to the Royal Society of the British Museum and renamed Shanghai Museum after liberation). In 1956, the Shanghai Museum of Natural History was officially established on the basis of Aurora Museum and Shanghai Museum.

4. Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall

Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall. It is the first personality memorial hall after the founding of New China and the first celebrity memorial hall after the founding of New China. It also manages the cultural relics protection unit of Lu Xun's tomb. Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall combines Lu Xun’s former residence, Lu Xun’s tomb, and Lu Xun Memorial Hall’s life displays into one trinity. Officially opened in January 1951, it is the "National Patriotism Education Demonstration Base" and one of the main red tourism attractions in Shanghai.

5. Shanghai Soong Ching Ling’s Former Residence

Shanghai Soong Ching Ling’s Former Residence is located at No. 1843 Huaihai Middle Road. It is a small bungalow with red tiles and white walls. This house is a private villa owned by a German. Soong Ching Ling worked and lived here for 15 years from 1948 to 1963.

Shanghai Soong Ching Ling’s Former Residence is a national key cultural relic protection unit, and the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling’s Former Residence Memorial Hall is a national second-level museum and a patriotism education base in Shanghai.

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