Author Archives: Pushpitha Wijesinghe
Huangpu Park – a little oasis in a bustling modern city
0Everyone deserves a respite once in a while to get away from the bustling atmospheres, whether indoor or outdoor. This is when parks and gardens in and around bustling urban areas come in handy. What’ more can you ask for than striking vistas wrapped in lush greenery topped with cool fresh zephyrs to purify your lungs? Shanghai, the largest city of China, is no exception as it contributes wonderful getaways teeming with greenery right across …
Aquaria 21 – A Little Mermaid Fantasy Come to Life in Shanghai
0Shanghai holds itself distinctively apart from the rest of its Chinese peers. The exuberant, dynamic city has a young, hip and energetic attitude that saves it from the atmosphere of stodgy industrialism and one-track expansion which plagues its sister metropolises. The city is too busy looking out the windshield to glance out its rearview mirror, nor does it appear to suffer for it, as attested by its futuristic skyline and explosion of color, playgrounds and …
A simple home to a wealth of treasures-the Jade Buddha Temple
0Hui Gen, was an abbot who went to Tibet and then Burma on a pilgrimage. While there, he was gifted with 5 incredible jade Buddha statues. Two of these statues, Hui Gen brought back to Shanghai and built a temple in 1882 and placed them there. However 1911 saw an uprising, which resulted in the destruction of the temple. Thankfully the statues were kept safe and years later in 1928 another shrine was constructed on …
