Chongming Island bicycle one-day tour route

Cycling on Chongming Island in Shanghai this summer is also a good way to play. Embark on a cycling trip with warm sunshine, spring breezes and ever-growing spring forests. Then let’s take a look at the one-day cycling route on Chongming Island.

City History and Humanities Line

First stop:

Chongming Museum: Chongming Academy is one of the only three complete Confucius temples in Shanghai today. This is a place where Confucius is worshipped and an institution of higher learning run by the local government in the old days. There are halls, palaces, halls, halls, ancestral halls, pavilions and other buildings with exquisite architectural art. They are the best-preserved Ming and Qing buildings in Shanghai.

Second stop:

Yingzhou Park: The park is mainly planted with plants and the garden buildings are properly configured. In the middle of the park, there is Star Lake and Star Island in the lake with an area of ??about 4,700 square meters. The main ring road is built around the lake, and there are buildings such as Guanyu Range Rover, Linbo Pavilion, and Polang Bridge along the lake.

Third stop:

Tang Cen Tomb: There is a stone archway in front of the cemetery, and there are tunnels, foundation stones, wind walls, tomb chambers and inscriptions from past dynasties at the back. Evergreen pines and cypresses are planted on both sides. Zhao Puchu, president of the Buddhist Association of China, and Shi Nanchi, a calligrapher and painter from Chongming, inscribed tombstones and commemorative plaques respectively.

The fourth stop:

Shousi Temple: one of the four ancient temples on Chongming Island. It was founded in the second year of Chun_ in the Song Dynasty, that is, 942 AD. With a history of more than 700 years, it is the oldest temple in Chongming Island. In the temple, there are inscriptions from past dynasties and scholars, poets and poets such as Mo Bao. On Buddha's birthday, incense and candles are lit in the temple, and pilgrims and tourists flock to the temple.

Fifth stop:

Jinshan Park: There are no mountains on Chongming Island. The mountains are man-made. The current Jin'ao Mountain was rebuilt in the seventh year of Kangxi (1668). There are nine peaks on the mountain, with the highest peak in the middle and Tibet on the peak. There is a jade lotus pond in front of the mountain, a purple bamboo forest behind the mountain, bridges, pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, moon gardens and other places of interest. It is a park for people from all walks of life to enjoy.

Sixth stop:

Chongming Art Museum: Exhibitions of many artists are often held here. Maybe with luck, you may even come across the work of your favorite artist. You must come here to cultivate yourself with artistic atmosphere.

Seventh stop:

Chongming Ecological Science and Technology Museum: As a branch of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, the exhibition content of the Chongming Ecological Science and Technology Museum is mainly based on Chongming’s ecological characteristics, integrating ecology, Technology and other elements are included, with six parts and four main exhibition areas: the preface hall, the wandering home, the rhythm of nature, the call of green and the sublimation of dreams, and the popular science theater.

Bird watching + fun picking line

First stop:

After two and a half years of closure and restoration, Xisha Wetland Park is now open for free. In the newly renovated wetland, a 7-kilometer-wide wooden plank road connects the forest swamps and reed swamps in the wetland. The nine characteristic science popularization corridors have popularized a lot of wetland biological knowledge for people. This unique ecological wetland at the intersection of river and sea is a haven for a variety of plants, birds and fish. Visitors can also listen to the sound of tides, watch birds and feel the beauty of nature here.

Second stop:

Pearl Lake Park is famous for its "natural lakes and dense forests." It is a holy place for birds to inhabit, and the scenic spot is a stop for migrating waterbirds from north to south. In the park, you can also watch wild geese flying. Hundreds of wild geese fluttered and danced under the command of the trainer, waving their wings to the tourists with the blue sky and white clouds as the curtain. Look for wild deer in the deer breeding exhibition area, enjoy cycling on the forest trails, eat barbecue, fish for shrimp, watch birds, enjoy the scenery and take photos in nature.

Third stop:

The Lotus Expo Park is currently the largest display base and production and breeding base for precious lotus varieties in Shanghai. Walking in the park, lotus flowers bloom step by step. In 2020, Hobo Garden has been completely upgraded. In addition to enjoying the Netherlands, there are also newly added circular railway trains, indoor Four Seasons Lotus Exhibition Center, exclusive accommodation for Huabo people, water cruises, development centers, etc. In the park, there is also a children's playground with slides and seesaws

Third stop:

The cultural corridor is 78 meters long and 5 meters high, and consists of 75 pictures. It uses intuitive relief pictures and concise text to record the historical facts of Hengsha's development over the past 130 years, showing the unique folk customs.

Fourth stop:

Miagang has more than 30 acres of green corridors, and there are about 1.5 kilometers of sightseeing trails and leisure planks on the lake. Combined with the surrounding 150 acres of orchards and 50 acres of ecological forest, it has become a good place for tourists to visit the island.

Fifth stop:

The land changes in Nanjing Lakeside Park, Nanjing Academy and Hengsha Island are the cultural context, and the winding pedestrian garden road is the landscape route.

Sixth stop:

The Wangjiang Lighthouse has a total area of ??150 square meters, with a bicycle parking area and a tourist rest area, where you can watch the river, listen to the waves, and enjoy a picnic. Watch the sunrise.

Seventh stop:

The cruise pier is accompanied by the holiday sunshine, piercing the silent river surface, and it is leisurely and contented.