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Shanghai is situated on China's eastern coastline and is
one of China's cultural centers and has a long history as a
trading port and destination for foreigners entering China.
It is the gateway to the Yangtze River delta. It's the
largest economic and trade center in the country while
offering the vitality of China's biggest and most
prosperous city with a dynamic that rivals New York or
Paris.
Shanghai's gorgeous night scene is one of the main
highlights for visitors.. As night descends the entire city is
lit up by dazzling colorful lights joined occasionally by
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SHOPPING IN SHANGHAI
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Shanghai has become a shopping paradise for visitors.
Nanjing
Road East and West, is the country's No.1 Commercial Street, while
Huaihai
Road offers world-famous brands and the latest fashions to attract customers
from all over the world. Xujiahui,
a shopping center of clothes, shoes, cosmetics, food, digital products & entertainment centers.
There is also
People's Square
with
Dimei Shopping Center offering clothes,
bags, headgear and jewelry,
Shaanxi Road offers shoes galore while Changle
Road has stores selling pregnant women and baby clothes,
because the Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital is located here. Zhongshan Park's
Milan Plaza on Changning Road with special
things here, like decorations for houses, shining earrings, stuffed toys, a
variety of clothes and shoes, which are very suitable for young girls. The
shopping environment is comfortable with clear windows and empty paths. and
Qipu Road
or Cheap Road, is known as the most popular place in
Shanghai for clothes because of low prices and endless choices. |
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Duolun Road, a short, quiet
street littered with stores selling products passed from old Shanghai and goods
with cultural sense. The stores on the street seem deep and dark, with old but
precious products filling the rooms. The street itself is like a museum, and
walking on it, you can feel the custom and fashion of old Shanghai.
Yuyuan Garden is the most obvious choice for buying souvenirs.
Yuyuan
Garden is famous for wholesale and retail markets around it. These
markets sell varieties of Chinese-style products at a relatively low price,
(compared with their price in overseas that will be extremely low,) Wholesalers
can get the low price more easily, and ordinary customers may need bargain with
seller. When entering the Yuyuan Garden,
you will see "The Show of Special Skill by Folk Craftsmen," which displays folk
techniques. You can buy a paper-cutting of your side figure, or a pencil sketch
of your appearance, or buy a doll made by china. Continuing south on Fuyou Road, on the east (left
side), is a large market divided into small stores, selling mirrors, Chinese knots, socks,
stuffed toys, watches, crystal products, pearl bags and decorations. Even further
south along Fuyou Road, you'll find another market "
Shanghai Crystal Street," also on the east or left side of the road.To test or
improve your bargaining skills, there's no better place than Shanghai. |
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SHANGHAI RESTAURANTS |
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As an International city,
Shanghai probably offers more gastronomic adventures of cuisines from around the
world than any other city in China. The majority of Chinese restaurants serve food at reasonable prices and
even-though Shanghai Cuisine, also known as Ben Bang, is not considered to be one of the Eight Major Chinese cuisines,
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Local Shanghainese food is delicious, featuring vegetable and sea food dishes
with stew-in-brown-soy-bean and stir-fry-in-vegetable-oil as the main cooking
method. Shanghai cuisine, a special hybrid, presents exotic seafood. Fish and
shrimps are considered basic, and if possible, eels, carp and crab will appear
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Shanghai is also famous for its sweets, including
glutinous rice cakes, steamed bread filled with meat (baozi), dough sticks,
French pastries, fruit pies and sweets are often a bit sweeter than most
Chinese cuisine and if you'd like a bit of
spice, go to one of the city's many Szechuan or Hunan restaurants. |
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SHANGHAI ATTRACTIONS |
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