Top Things To Do In Shanghai During The World Expo
March 11th, 2010 at 10:44 pm (Uncategorized)
World Expo 2010 Shanghai will be a grand and festive occasion in the long and glorious tradition of the World Exposition, though we here in Shanghai will of course do our best to push the envelope, as Beijingers recently did with the Olympic Games. Shanghai Expo will reflect Shanghai’s own journey over the course of the past 15 years, where the city one sees today.
Besides attending the Shanghai expo sites, you can have a look at the city’s top attractions. Here are some of them:
1. Shanghai Maglev Train
The magnetic-levitation (Maglev) train ride from Pudong International Airport to the city center is a perfect way to feel Shanghai. The train reaches speeds of 430 km/hr.
2. The Bund
The Bund is one of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai. The word ‘bund’ derives from an Anglo-Indian word for an embankment along a muddy waterfront and that is what it was in the beginning, when the first British company opened an office there in 1846. It became the epitome of elegance during Shanghai’s history as a city of trade.
Yuyuan Garden is considered one of Shanghai’s finest, most lavish Chinese gardens. A traditional private Chinese garden park, Yuyuan Garden is replete with beautiful pavilions (it has some 30 Ming (CE 1368-1644) and Qing (CE 1644-1911) Dynasty pavilions), lotus ponds, stone bridges and - of course - rock formations.
4. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Towering high above Pudong New Area, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower has been the outstanding landmark of Shanghai since its completion in 1995. The tower is 468 m high, the highest in Asia and the third highest in the world, next to the 553–meter-high CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, and the 540-meter-high TV Tower in Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia.
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Mike_He is writing for China Highlights, a China travel operator online.
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