Shanghai is a city of superlatives with about 18 million inhabitants, including approx 6 million migrant workers (as of 2004). Of the historic old town of Shanghai, you only see some fragments. A block was renovated, however, in the Chinese old town style. This part of Shanghai serves as a bazaar, for relaxation, and as […]
Center of Shanghai
In the center of Shanghai, on the square in front of City Hall and the Shanghai Museum, you can marvel the architecture of the city is particularly well. As one can stay for days in the Shanghai Museum, you find it in a separate article. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access […]
Visiting the Shanghai Museum
The Shanghai Museum (上海 博物馆 ) is the cultural center of Shanghai. Originally founded in 1952, the new building was completed in 1996. On an exhibition space of almost 40,000 sqm, the visitor can admire 10 galleries with approx. 120,000 exhibits. Some of the extraordinary exhibits are up to 8.000 years old. Please watch the […]
Huxinting Tea house in Shanghai
The Huxinting Tea house is located in the Old Town of Shanghai at the entrance to Yuyuan Garden. Hu Xin Ting is the Chinese expression for the garden at the water. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note […]
Huangpu River Cruise
The Huangpu Jiang 黄浦江, such as the Huangpu River is called in the Chinese, flows through the city of Shanghai, China. The Huangpu River Cruise downriver, up to the mouth of the Yangtze River takes us past the historical façade of the Bund on the left bank shores. On the right is the glittering facade of […]