Shanghai suburbs
This Chinese city has many definitions from the "best-of-the-best" cycle. It is the world's largest seaport, which has no equal in any country, and the most numerous metropolis in the PRC. Shanghai is also an important financial, educational and cultural center where you can have a great time on a business trip or vacation. The huge city is called Eastern Paris and the Pearl of the East, and the suburbs of Shanghai still harbor many ancient streets, mysterious legends and authentic Chinese sights..
Student mood
To the west of the historic center is Shanghai's most student suburb, Songjiang. It houses seven major Chinese universities, where more than one hundred thousand teachers and students teach and study. The campuses in the Songjiang campus are a whole republic, which has its own cinemas and shops, sports palaces and dormitories..
Local residents are equally proud of their new film studio, which opened in this suburb of Shanghai in 2000. Many feature films and documentaries are filmed here and various TV shows are held. The buildings of the film studio are stylized as old ones, and a tour of local Hollywood takes everyone to the beginning of the twentieth century. Among other sights of Songjiang, there are many historical masterpieces from different eras:
- The drunken Bo pond was dug and landscaped in the 18th century in honor of the famous poet Li Bo, famous during the Tang Dynasty..
- The railway station, built at the beginning of the twentieth century, is an example of an organic mixture of the architectural styles of Europe and the East. He can often be seen in films about Shanghai..
- The 9th century Toroni Sutra stele is the oldest Buddhist monument in the suburbs of Shanghai.
- Five pagodas, including Square, 42.5 meters high and Xilin - 46.5 meters.
This suburb of Shanghai has prepared a real holiday for gourmets. The local eateries have a chance to sample authentic Chinese food.
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Going on an excursion to Jinshan, it is worth keeping in mind that this suburb of Shanghai has a special dialect spoken by the locals. The rest of Shanghai do not understand him, and therefore it is worth looking for Abyrigen for the role of a guide..
In addition to the mainland zone, Jinshan includes several coastal islands, to which local travel companies organize exciting boat trips..
