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0With the Huangpu riverbanks on one side and the green grassland gracing its feet, the tower has the surroundings to its advantage and appears to smugly enjoy its title as an AAAA tourist area by the China National Tourism Administration. The most pictographic aspect of the tower is the tower’s appearance taken together with its Yangpu Bridge and the Nanpu Bridge that appears like two dragons playing with pearls. This view is indeed a rare …
First Congress Hall Museum – A Place Frozen in Time
0The first Congress Hall Museum in China is an excellent place to get some quick and interesting highlights of China’s history and everything it has to do with the communist party. The most amazing feature of this historical place is how beautifully it seems almost captured frozen in time. Once you step in, it serves far more than merely educating you, it is a place where you can relive the times gone by, a place …
Jade Buddha Temple – Shanghai’s Cultural Sights
0Located in Shanghai, China the Jade Buddha Temple is a world famous Buddhist temple founded in 1882. The temple is named for the two jade statues of the Buddha it was built to house. The larger of the two statues is nearly two metres tall and weighs around three tonnes. It depicts the Buddha in a seated position. The other, slightly smaller statue depicts a reclining Buddha and is thought to symbolise death. A third …
