1. Oriental Pearl
Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is located on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, at the tip of Lujiazui in Pudong. The absolute height is 468 meters, making it the first in Asia and the third in the world. The Oriental Pearl Tower stands proudly in the modern buildings in Lujiazui area, and complements the Bund International Architecture Expo Group across the river, showing the spectacular scenery of the international metropolis. The Oriental Pearl Tower has become one of the landmark buildings and tourist hotspots in Shanghai, integrating sightseeing, catering, shopping and entertainment, Pujiang tour, conference exhibition, historical exhibition and travel agency.
Eleven spheres of the Oriental Pearl Tower, with different sizes, are dazzling, connecting the blue sky in series with the lush grass, depicting a dream picture of pearls pouring into a plate of jade. The Oriental Pearl Tower, a high-speed elevator shuttling between three giant pillars with a diameter of 9 meters, and the world's first 360-degree fully transparent three-track sightseeing elevator hanging between the pillars, allow every visitor to fully appreciate the infinite scenery brought by modern technology.
2. The Bund
The Bund is located on the Huangpu River in the center of Shanghai. It is a scenic spot in Shanghai and a must-see for tourists visiting Shanghai. The Bund, also known as Zhongshan East 1st Road, is about 1.5 km long. There are 52 buildings with different styles, such as Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque and Chinese and Western styles, in the east of Huangpu River, which is called "World Architecture Expo Group".
The Bund is the most famous landscape in this oriental metropolis. It starts from Zhongshan No.1 Road in the east, reaches Waibaidu Bridge in the north and Jinling East Road in the south. Facing the open mother river-Huangpu River, it is backed by buildings with rigorous modeling and different styles. Because of its unique geographical location and its influence on Shanghai and even China in the field of economic activities in the past century, it has very rich cultural connotations. Street scenes, long dikes, green belts and even beautiful buildings outside the floodplain are the most distinctive Shanghai landscapes.
Shanghai Bund was once the political, economic, commercial and cultural center of western powers in Shanghai. At that time, consulates of various countries were mostly concentrated here, and the Bund was also the base camp of international financial capital in China. In addition, there is the Shanghai General Association, an advanced club for western businessmen, and the building of British Asian Oil Company.
3. Chenghuang Temple
The Old Town God Temple is located in the middle of the old city of Shanghai, and now it belongs to the southeast of Huangpu District, near Yuyuan Garden. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt from the original Jinshan Temple. There are three town gods in the Town God Temple, namely Huo Guang, Qin Yubo and Chen Huacheng. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the Old Town God Temple reached its peak, covering an area of about 50 mu. During the Republic of China, temples were frequently burned, and 15 (1926) rebuilt the main hall. During the Cultural Revolution, the Old Town God Temple was attacked and used for other purposes. 1994, the old city god temple was restored and became a Taoist temple again. At present, the Old Town God Temple includes Huo Guang Temple, Jiazi Temple, Caishen Temple, Cihang Temple, Town God Temple and Niangniang Temple, with a total area of about 1000 square meters.
Temple fairs around the Old Town God Temple have gradually developed into the oldest business district in Shanghai, with all kinds of snack bars, antique shops and small commodity markets, including famous shops such as Lvbo Gallery, Ningbo Tangtuan Store and Songyuelou, especially steamed stuffed buns, pear candy and spiced beans.
4. Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road and Huaihai Road are the most prosperous blocks in Shanghai, known as "the first commercial street in China", starting from the Bund in the east and reaching the intersection of Jing 'an Temple and Yan 'an West Road in the west, with a total length of 5.5 kilometers. On both sides are rows of commercial buildings with about 600 shops.
In recent years, great changes have taken place in Nanjing Road, and new commercial buildings and hotels have mushroomed. Large-scale commercial buildings, century-old shops, famous shops and specialty shops are criss-crossed, which set each other off. Modern large-scale high-rise buildings such as Laojiefu Commercial Building, Electronic Mall, Manhattan Plaza, Helen Hotel, Silk Commercial Building, New World Mall, Hualian Department Store, Baishang Building, Radio and Television Building, Light Industry Building, Shanghai Center and Golden Warehouse Mandarin Hotel make Nanjing Road more magnificent and prosperous. According to statistics, the daily passenger flow of Nanjing Road exceeds 6.5438+0.7 million, ranking first in Shanghai department stores for many years.
Nanjing Road Commercial Building Group is full of famous products and dazzling. There are hundreds of thousands of species, specialties, excellent products and imported brand-name goods all over the country. The products of several time-honored specialty stores are particularly famous.
The night view of Nanjing Road is particularly charming. Neon Street is a major landscape in Shanghai. Many overseas tourists praised that the lighting here is no less than any downtown area such as Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok.
5. Jinmao Building
Jinmao Tower is located in the prime location of Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, facing the famous Bund scenic spot across the river. Jinmao Building is invested and managed by China Jinmao (Group) Co., Ltd. and designed by SOM Architecture Office in Chicago, USA. With a total height of 420.5 meters, Jinmao Tower is the fourth tallest building in the world and the second tallest building in China, covering an area of 23,000 square meters, with 88 floors above ground, 3 underground and 6 podium floors, with a total construction area of 29 square meters. There are office buildings, Grand Hyatt Jinmao Hotel, sightseeing hall, etc. Jinmao Tower has both modern and national styles, and can be called the landmark building of Shanghai towards 2 1 century. The tourist hall on the 88th floor of Jinmao Tower, the first 4A tourist attraction in China, has a height of 340. 1 m and a construction area of 1520 m2. It is the tallest and largest tourist hall in China, and it is also a hot tourist spot in Shencheng. Two ultra-high-speed vertical elevators running at a speed of 9. 1 m per second can carry 33 tourists at a time, and it takes only 45 seconds to send tourists directly from the basement to the 88th floor, giving people an unprecedented speed experience. Climbing to the top of Jinmao, you can have a bird's eye view of Shanghai's ever-changing international metropolis landscape, overlook the natural sea and sky at the mouth of the Yangtze River, enjoy the breathtaking night view of Shencheng, sit in Jinmao's unparalleled atrium fairyland and enjoy the 88th floor sightseeing hall of Jinmao Tower, which is a new highlight of Shanghai tourism in the new century.