The largest city in China is also its most cosmopolitan, offering visitors a chance to experience the past, present, and future all at once. The Huangpu River splits Shanghai into two districts: Pudong and Puxi. The Pudong skyline looks like it was ripped from the Jetsons, with the bulbous Oriental Pearl TV and Radio Tower looking a bit like a two headed lollipop. On the Puxi side, you can walk the Bund riverside district to get a taste of old Shanghai.
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enjoyed seeing the huge variety of groups who meet here. singing, dancing , exercise, calligraphy, majong and cards music. Everyone was so unself concious and enjoying themselves and happy for you to watch. It is an attractve shaded park which was lovely to be in during hot weather. We found it so much fun to watch all theses groups socialising and paracticing together and they were friendly to us and let us join in.
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A classical garden complete with period style buildings. The Garden was created by Pan Yunduan a Government Officer for his family finishing in 1577.
This 400-years-old garden built in Ming dynasty is an authentically old Chinese style garden with wooden bridges, old style houses, ponds with carps and turtles, mountain-like rock, carved dragons and greenery garden. A temple is nearby that one should visit too.
4.5 based on 40 reviews
A lovely old-style Chinese garden removed from the crowds of tourists in central Shanghai. Beautiful rockery, water features, flowers, grasses, tea houses. But the osmanthus trees and the songbirds are the real attractions. "Guilin" means "Osmanthus wood." The park has several species and over a hundred trees. When they flower in October (warm, sunny in Shanghai) the fragrance is overwhelming. Go then, if you can. Entrance 4RMB. From 6:30-9:00 every morning, admission is free to senior citizens. On a sunny day, in the courtyard in front of the teahouse, for the price of a cup of tea, old men sit chatting with their cages of songbirds. The clamor of their warbling melodies in this outdoor aviary drowns out human chatter and traffic noise. Mixed with the fragrance of the osmanthus, it is unforgettable. Diagonally across from the line 12 subway station of Guilin Lu, Exit 4. Recommended for open-minded travelers curious about real Chinese life.
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The famouos Chinese writer Lu Xun, is buried in Hongkou Park.
Lu Xun Park has been developed since I was last there. It is very beautifully laid out and is very popular with local people especially the elderly. It houses both the museum and the grave of the hero of Chinese literature. He inspired me to read his works years ago - if you chose to do so, there are lots of online commentaries available to enhance understanding. As for the gardens - so nice a place to stroll. There is the museum also. A great tribute.
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