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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 …
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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 …
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0Shanghai is on the fast lane, with developments taking place every week and their middle class working seven days of the week in the hopes of making it to the big league. Think it, and it’s just about to be achieved in the metropolis that is so driven towards the future it’s almost impossible for the rest of the world to keep up. Once the playground of the elite social world, today Shanghai has morphed …
