Top ten tourist attractions in Shanghai 1. The Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower
The Oriental Pearl Tower is second only to Toronto TV Tower in Canada and Moscow TV Tower in Russia. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower has chosen the circular curved body that people in the East love to see and hear as the basic architectural line. The main body consists of three oblique cylinders, three straight cylinders and 1 1 sphere, forming a huge space frame structure. There are six elevators in the cylinder, one of which is a double-deck elevator that can carry 50 people, and the other runs between the upper sphere and the space capsule. The sightseeing places of the tower include: lower sphere, middle sphere and circular corridor, upper sphere and empty warehouse. The top of the ball is118m high, with a sightseeing corridor and a dream space city. The dome is 295 meters high, with a revolving teahouse, restaurant and sightseeing platform that can accommodate 1600 people. There are five balls between the upper and lower balls, which are five sets of high-altitude luxury hotels; This empty warehouse is for foreign guests to visit. The lighting can be automatically adjusted according to the weather changes under the control of the computer, resulting in more than 1000 changes. The lighting effect of the TV tower is also amazing. It takes only 40 seconds to board the elevator of the Oriental Pearl Tower, and you can reach the 263-meter-high sightseeing ball. Here, you can have a panoramic view of Shanghai. The old high-rise buildings are much smaller now. On the winding Huangpu River, huge ships are like shuttles, constantly entering the sea. Two bridges on both sides, such as two dragons, soar on the Huangpu River, and together with the Oriental Pearl in the middle, skillfully combine into a huge picture of dragons playing with pearls.
At night, under the decoration of colorful lights, the huge sphere is dazzling, and the stars compete for brilliance, which is more crystal clear. With the light architecture of Puxi Bund, it shows the charming night of modern metropolis. This tower is integrated with Pudong Park, which is expanded to 65,438+055,000 square meters. There are 15 spheres of different sizes in the park, which set off the two huge spheres of the TV tower, so it is called the "Oriental Pearl". There are also entertainment centers and commercial centers nearby, which will be a large-scale multi-functional tourist attraction in Pudong. Now it has become one of the "Top Ten New Scenery in Shanghai in 1990s" and "Top Ten Tourist Attractions".
2. Sightseeing Hall, 88th floor, Jinmao Building
The sightseeing hall on the 88th floor of Jinmao Tower, with a height of 340. 1m and an area of 1520m, is the largest sightseeing hall in China at present. The tourist hall on the 88th floor of Jinmao Building, the first 4A tourist attraction in China, is the tallest and largest tourist hall in China at present, and it is also the most dynamic. Two vertical elevators running at a speed of 9. 1 m per second can carry 33 passengers at a time, and it takes only 45 seconds to send tourists directly from the basement to the 88th floor. Climbing high and overlooking, you can have a panoramic view of Shanghai. There are many high-rise buildings on both sides of Huangpu River, and there are hundreds of battles on Huangpu River. You can experience the beautiful scenery of "the sunset is lonely in Qi Fei and the autumn waters are long". After enjoying the exterior, you can also enjoy the unparalleled hotel atrium in the world from top to bottom. With a diameter of 27 meters, 28 circular corridor handrails shine under the irradiation of neon lights. The corridor is like rows of galleries, which are beautiful. This scene is all gripping, and people can't help but pick up the camera and leave an eternal commemoration. The unparalleled atrium of Jinmao Tower is praised by architects, scientists and writers? * * * Enjoy the space? 、? Gold ring? 、? Just visiting? .
It is a pleasure to watch the night view in the 88th floor sightseeing hall. The Bund, known as the World Architecture Expo, is colorful and beautiful. In the distance, the lights on elevated roads and bridges are surrounded by colorful exercises, competing with the stars and the moon. This situation makes you feel like you are in Penglai wonderland.
Is there the tallest building in China in the 88th floor sightseeing hall? The post office in the sightseeing hall on the 88th floor of Jinmao Building provides tourists with precious philatelic products and special services. The visitors' hall also provides digital photography service, leaving a permanent memorial for visitors.
For the convenience of tourists, there is a restaurant on the first floor of the entrance and exit of the sightseeing hall, which provides fast food and snacks with different flavors and low prices. There are stainless steel spiral ladders, glass ground overpasses and suspended zigzag bridges on the third to sixth floors of the podium. You can enjoy unique and creative architectural art, visit exhibitions, buy souvenirs and enjoy various services.
At the beginning of 1999, another landmark building in Shanghai stands proudly by the Huangpu River. The 88-story Jinmao Tower in yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us, the third in the world and the first in China, has finally been listed. This intelligent skyscraper, which integrates modern office buildings, luxury five-star hotels, commercial exhibitions, high-end banquets, sightseeing, entertainment and shopping malls, is rich in China national culture and integrates western architectural art, making it the most convenient in Shanghai today. Jinmao Building 1992 was approved in February, and construction started on May 10, and the structure was capped on August 28th. 1997. It opened in March 1999, and it was on August 28th of that year. Jinmao Tower covers an area of 2.3 hectares, with a tower height of 420.5 meters and a total construction area of 290,000 square meters.
Located at the tunnel entrance of Yan 'an East Road, Pudong, next to century avenue, in the core area of Pudong? The center of Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone is adjacent to the bustling scene of Pudong New Area in the east, the elegant scenery of Shanghai and Huangpu River in the west, the business district of Zhang Yang Road in Pudong in the south and the central green space of 65,438+10,000 square meters in the north. The road network around the building is developed and the traffic is very convenient. The cross-river tunnel is directly connected with Metro Line 2. From Jinmao Tower to Puxi's busiest block, it takes only 2 minutes to cross the tunnel and only 30 minutes to drive to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport or Pudong International Airport. It has a superior geographical position.
The designer of Jinmao Tower is a famous SOM design firm in Chicago, USA. With innovative design concepts, designers skillfully combine the latest architectural trends in the world with traditional architectural styles in China, and successfully design world-class and cross-century classics, which has become a milestone of Shanghai-style architecture and a famous landmark building in Shanghai. 1June, 1998, won the World Architectural Structure Award in Illinois. 1999 10 won the first prize of the golden prize of the top ten Shanghai classic buildings in the 50th anniversary of New China.
3. The Bund
As a symbol of Shanghai for more than 100 years, the Bund has been presented to the world. Located in nanpu bridge Waibaidu Bridge to the west bank of Huangpu River, with a total length of 4 kilometers. It is one of the top ten new landscapes and tourist attractions in Shanghai in the 1990s. On the east side of the Bund are the mighty Huangpu River and the beautiful new Bund levee. Here, visitors can appreciate the elegant demeanor of Huangpu River, the mother river of Shanghai, overlook the new posture of Lujiazui area in Pudong on the other side, or stroll among green trees and flower beds, feel the unique flavor of metropolis gardens and enjoy the sunshine of fresh air that is rare in metropolis.
On the west side of the Bund stands a variety of Chinese and western buildings with different styles, showing the elegance of "Far East Wall Street". Today, it is called "World Architecture Expo". Only the 1.5km long section from Waibaidu Bridge in the north to Jinling East Road in the south stands 52 buildings with different styles, including Gothic, Baroque, Roman, Classical, Renaissance and Chinese and Western styles. Accompanied by loud bells, the figure of the customs building always attracts tourists' attention first. The Customs Building is the main building of the Bund complex, which was built in 1927 and designed by British designer Wilson. The architectural appearance has the eclectic style of European classical and modern. This clock is modeled after the clock of the Parliament Building in London, England. After it was built in Britain, it was transported to Shanghai for assembly. This is one of the world-famous clocks.
Huangpu Park was built in August, 1868. Huangpu River in the east and Suzhou River in the north. It is the earliest park built in Shanghai. With the changes of the times, this park has been rebuilt many times. 1989 is the latest reconstruction. The reconstructed Huangpu Park covers an area of 3 1 mu. While retaining the original trees, the green area has reached 10.92 mu, and the layout of scenic spots in the park has also been reasonably arranged. Inside the main entrance of the park, isn't it? A statue of a large bronze worker with a stalwart body, sailing against the waves and fighting bravely is called? Pujiang tide? . On the sunken round island, there is the Shanghai People's Heroes Memorial Tower inscribed by comrades, and under the tower is the Bund Historical Memorial Hall. Around the sculpture, surrounded by trees and flowers, it is a good place for tourists to take pictures as a souvenir; The wisteria promenade behind the sculpture provides a place for people to relax and rest; In the two large green lawns in the park, there are lush magnolia, camellia and osmanthus? Give people a pleasing feeling. The overall layout of the park is passable, and the scenic spots are arranged at will. The beautiful Huangpu Park is a tourist attraction integrating sightseeing, leisure and education.
At Chen Yi Square at the end of Shili Nanjing Road, the statue of Chen Yi, the first mayor of New China, stands proudly. Chen Yi made an immortal contribution to the liberation and construction of Shanghai. The people of Shanghai are full of respect for the old mayor. In memory of him, the Shanghai Municipal Government decided to erect a statue of the old mayor on the Bund of Nanjing East Road. The bronze statue of Chen Yi, which faces south, is 5.6 meters high, with a red polished granite base and a height of 3.5 meters. The statue reproduces the typical posture of Comrade Chen Yi during his inspection work, and shows his image as a travel-stained and diligent public servant, as well as an approachable and open-minded Confucian demeanor. Every weekend, there will be a grand and warm square concert in front of the statue. To the south of the statue of Chen Yi is a square fountain. Its shape is a modern fountain with a square outer circumference and an oval inner circumference. The water column spouts sound, rising and falling, and a colored light source is installed at the bottom of the pool. At night, with the change of lights, all the water columns reflect red, yellow, blue and green beams, adding a magnificent night scene to the Bund.
Huangpu River tour is an important traditional tourism project in Shanghai. Not only because Huangpu River is the mother river of Shanghai, it represents the symbol and epitome of Shanghai, but also because the two sides of Huangpu River gather the essence of Shanghai's urban landscape. From here, you can see Shanghai's past and present, and look forward to its brilliant tomorrow. During the tour of Pujiang, you can see Yangpu Bridge, nanpu bridge and Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower across the banks of Pujiang. Two bridges, like two dragons lying across the Huangpu River, with the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in the middle, just form a picture? Two dragons playing with beads? The huge picture scroll, with different styles and exotic buildings on the west bank of Pujiang, and the modern buildings on the east bank of Pudong are dazzling. Wusongkou is the intersection of Huangpu River, Yangtze River and East China Sea. If the tide rises, you can see the famous? Three glasses of water? Wonders, Huangpu River brings blue-gray water from the urban area, Yangtze River brings yellow water with sediment, and East China Sea water is green. The three streams of water have different colors and distinct layers, forming bright colors? Three glasses of water? This is really a miracle.
4. Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street
Nanjing Road in Shanghai is the most prosperous and prosperous commercial street in Shanghai, and is known as "the first commercial street in China". Hundreds of modern commercial buildings, Chinese time-honored brands and specialty shops are gathered here. Nanjing Road has become the largest distribution center for retail goods and business information in China, and millions of people flow to Nanjing Road every day.
At night, the whole Nanjing East Road is brightly lit and colorful. Nanjing Road, with its gorgeous buildings, numerous shops, bustling markets and magnificent night scenes, is worthy of the reputation of "the first commercial street in China". 1999, this "No.1 Commercial Street in China" was transformed into the first all-weather pedestrian street in China.
Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street Phase I, with a total length of1.033m, is planned to run from Henan Middle Road to Tibet Middle Road, with asymmetric design. On the north side of the straight Nanjing Road, there is a "golden belt" that runs through the whole street, including all kinds of flower beds and bus shelters. Under the setting sun, the "golden belt" is like a colorful and dynamic movie. At the same time, the commercial pattern of Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street has also changed, and the phenomenon of "a thousand shops on one side" has become history.
Baibai, Hualian and New World on the pedestrian street continue to retain the characteristics of their comprehensive department stores, while the rest of the commercial buildings are developing into "one store, one product" professional commercial buildings. At the same time, the pedestrian street has greatly increased catering, leisure, entertainment and other elements, making Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street develop into a pattern of "elegant east section, professional middle section and prosperous west section".
5. Shanghai New World
Shanghai New World is an urban tourist attraction with Shanghai's historical and cultural characteristics. Based on the old Shikumen building area in Shanghai Haite, it will be transformed into an international-level pedestrian street for catering, commerce, entertainment and cultural leisure.
Shikumen is the history and culture of Shanghai solidified in architecture. It complements Yu Garden architecture, Bund financial architecture and Nanjing Road department store in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is also the urban tourism landscape of Shanghai.
Shanghai New World, located in the city center and south of Huaihai Middle Road, is a fashionable and leisure pedestrian street composed of Shikumen architecture and modern architecture. It covers an area of 30,000 square meters and has a building area of 60,000 square meters. Brick walls, tiles and Shikumen are preserved outside this Shikumen complex, which seems to go back in time and be in the 1920s. However, the interior of each building follows the lifestyle of modern urbanites in 2 1 century. The rhythm of life and emotional world are tailored to become international galleries, fashion shops, theme restaurants and coffee bars.
Alan Tam, Jackie Chan and other Hong Kong stars do it? Oriental charm catering and entertainment center? It is the idea of combining star culture with catering, and fans can often communicate with their idols; The theme restaurant of Glass Workshop, run by Taiwan Province famous film actor Yang Huishan, will allow visitors to dine in the colorful Crystal Palace. The French restaurant's Paris song and dance performance and the underground wine cellar restaurant are fascinating; Japanese popular restaurants are full of rock music every night; Brazilian barbecue restaurant brings South American style performance?
The fashion boutiques there keep up with the international fashion colors, no less than half a step. The Chinese Culture Mall sells original household items, handicrafts and tourist souvenirs of artists and craftsmen, which is completely authentic in China. The colorful cultural performances in the open-air square allow tourists to participate. Shikumen Museum reorganized the building. Furniture display truly reproduces the lifestyle of a family in Shanghai at the beginning of the 20th century, and lets tourists know the history and culture of Shanghai with nostalgia. Museums also use pictures. Learn about the evolution of Shanghai New World from the old Shikumen building area to the fashionable and leisure pedestrian street.
Shikumen Lane in Xintiandi embodies the comfort and convenience of 2 1 century everywhere, with automatic elevators, central air conditioning and broadband Internet access. Consumers can quickly check the prices of goods and restaurants in stores online. The menu of the bar, as well as the movies staged in the cinema, can reserve seats, or directly browse and watch the cultural performances of Xintiandi open-air square and restaurant online. Entering a new world, more fashions and trends are inexhaustible; More participation and input will make people have enough fun in one day. Shanghai New World will become the best place for Chinese and foreign tourists to appreciate Shanghai's history, culture and modern lifestyle, as well as a gathering place for local citizens and foreigners with cultural taste.
6. China First Congress Memorial Hall * * *
The site of the first national congress of China * * * Producers' Party, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China I for short, is the birthplace of China * * * Producers' Party. The meeting place is No.76 Xingye Road (Wang Zhi Road 106). It's an old Shikumen residential building, with a brick and wood structure on the first floor along the street, facing south.
The first national congress of China * * * production party was held in the living room downstairs 192 1 from July 23rd to July 30th.
Zhong * * * became a memorial hall after the site of the first congress 1952, and was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Shanghai on May 26th 1959.
196 1 was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in the State Council.
1June 1997 became a national demonstration base for patriotism education.
Selected in September 20 16? China's first batch of 20th century architectural heritages? Catalogue.
Li (one of the founders of the Shanghai * * * production team) and his brother Li Shucheng (one of the founders of the League) rented Lu 106 and 108 as apartments shortly after the building was built, and opened the inner walls of the two houses to form a family. Li Mansion? .
On July 23rd, 192 1, Li Da, Li, Zhang,,, He Shuheng, Dong, Chen Tanqiu,, Chen Gongbo, Zhou Fohai, Bao Hui, and other early representatives of China * * * production party and Ma Lin, the international representative of * * * production party, secretly gathered in the French Concession.
1922, the Li brothers moved and withdrew their rent, and the house was rented by other tenants.
1924, the building was rebuilt, a wing was added, and a shop was opened downstairs. The house is completely unrecognizable.
After the founding of New China, in order to welcome the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Party,1September, 950, the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China visited the site of the first Congress of the Communist Party of China. After many investigations, many historical parties and witnesses, such as Li Da, Dong, Bao Huisheng and Mrs. Li Shucheng, visited the site and confirmed that No.76 Xingye Road was the first meeting place of China.
7. Yuyuan Garden
Yu Garden is located in the northeast of the old city of Shanghai, bordering Fu You Road in the north, Anren Street in the east and the Old Town God Temple in Shanghai in the southwest. It is a famous classical garden in Jiangnan, a famous scenic spot and tourist resort at home and abroad, and a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Yu Garden was originally a private garden in Ming Dynasty. Built in Jiajing and Wanli years, it has a history of more than 400 years. Pan Yunduan, the owner of the garden, was once an envoy of Sichuan. His father, Paine, whose name is Zi Ren, is Lijiang River, and he is the official capital of Douchayuan, Shi Yu, and the minister of punishments. The Pan Shi family was a prominent family in Shanghai at that time. In the thirty-second year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1553), the nine-mile-long wall of Shanghai was built, which gradually quelled the Japanese invasion in the southeast coast. For more than 20 years, the people of Shanghai, whose lives and property were often threatened, gained some stability, recovered their social economy and began to prosper. The scholar-officials built a garden, which was full of affection and nourished nature. In order to let his father enjoy his old age, Pan Yunduan began to quarry stones, cut ponds, build pavilions, build bamboos and build gardens in several vegetable fields to the west of Shichuntang, Pan's home in the late Ming Jiajing period (1559). After more than 20 years of painstaking efforts, Yu Garden was built. ? Yu? what's up Is it safe? 、? Antai? Meaning, named? Yuyuan Garden? , is it? Yu Yue Lao Qin? The meaning of.
8. Longhua Temple in Shanghai
Longhua Temple is the oldest and largest ancient temple in Shanghai, with a history of 1700 years. The name of the temple comes from the story of Maitreya Bodhisattva becoming a Buddha under Longhua tree in Buddhist scriptures. At present, most of the temples in Longhua Temple belong to the buildings of Tongzhi and Guangxu periods in Qing Dynasty, and the format of the seven halls system in Galand in Song Dynasty has been preserved, including Maitreya Hall, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Sanmiao Temple, abbot's room and Tibetan Scripture Building in turn.
The bell tower on the edge of Tianwang Temple is three stories high, with a bronze bell of Qinglong cast in the 20th year of Guangxu reign. The height is about 2m, the diameter is 1.3m, and the weight is over 5t. Longhua night clock? Is it old times? Eight views of Shanghai? One. There are various versions of the Tripitaka, Buddhist scriptures and various precious cultural relics on the Buddhist Scripture Building, including Longhua Temple? Zhensi Sambo? During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, he sent a 7 18 letter to Sanzang. Qianlian Pilu Jinnafo; The royal government issued a gold seal.
Longhua Temple Fair is an annual bell ringing activity to welcome the New Year. It has a history of more than 300 years and has become a fixed tourism festival in Shanghai.
9. Binjiang Street
Binjiang Avenue adopts a layered three-dimensional design. At the top of the slope covered with flowers and green grass, people can stand on the spacious platform and enjoy the extraordinary beauty of Puxi Bund. Binjiang Avenue belongs to Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone, which is a pedestrian avenue beside Huangpu River, opposite the Bund area in Shanghai. Binjiang Avenue is a tourist attraction integrating sightseeing and greening environment. It runs along the Huangpu River, from Dongchang Road Pier to Taitong Station Pier. It is about 2500 meters long, like a green ribbon, and the scenery is very pleasant. In the center of Binjiang Avenue, there is a water spraying square consisting of 2 1 nozzle. The flowing water slowly poured into the pool in the square. The Huangpu River is surrounded by iron chains and railings, and there are leisure double chairs on the shore. The river and the ship form a beautiful scenery, which makes people linger.
In Du Fu World Section of Binjiang Avenue, a yacht wharf transformed from an old wharf has a unique style, with an eye-catching huge iron anchor and several cable piles erected on the wharf. A huge fountain composed of more than 100 sprinklers is equipped with colored lights, which shine in the night. Binjiang Avenue is called Pudong, which integrates flood control wall, Binjiang Avenue, hydrophilic platform, music fountain and yacht wharf. New Bund? .
10. Shanghai Bund complex
150 years ago, the colonists set foot on this strange land in Shanghai and took a fancy to this beach in Huangpu River. Therefore, this used to be a fiber road trodden by boatmen and coolies. After more than 100 years of construction, there are many high-rise buildings and traffic. These buildings with both classicism and modernism have become the symbol of Shanghai.
The Bund starts from Waibaidu Bridge in the north and ends at Jinling East Road in the south, with a total length of about 1.5 km. It is adjacent to Huangpu River in the east and 52 buildings with different styles in the west. The essence of the Bund is that these buildings are called? World Architecture Expo? Bund buildings. The famous Bank of China Building, Peace Hotel, Customs Building and HSBC Building reappear in the past? Far East Wall Street? Although these buildings are not from the same designer or built in the same period, their architectural colors are basically unified and the overall outline lines are surprisingly coordinated. No matter from afar or wandering around, you can feel a vigorous, vigorous and elegant momentum.
Someone said? The story of the Bund is the story of Shanghai. ? The reinforced concrete buildings on the Bund do not tell the fantastic prosperity of the old Shanghai Beach.
Asia building
Known as? The first floor of the Bund? , built in 1906, formerly known as Maiborn Building. The building is eight stories high, with a building area of 1 1984 square meters and an area of 1739 square meters. The appearance of this building is eclectic. The elevation is three horizontal sections and three vertical sections. The bottom and top sections are baroque, and the middle section is modernism. The building is magnificent, and there is no lack of atmosphere in simplicity. It can be described as simple, complex, luxurious and elegant.
East London? Shanshai club
East London? It's another name for the current Dongfeng Hotel. Built in 19 10, it belongs to Renaissance architecture. Its appearance not only imitates American classicism, but also refers to the Japanese Empire State Building, hence its nickname. It was the most luxurious clubhouse in Shanghai when it was founded at No.2 Zhongshan 1st Road? Shanghai Federation. The first floor of the building is a restaurant, the second floor is an international seaman's club, and the rest are guest rooms. The whole hotel is well-equipped and beautifully decorated, making it an ideal choice for business accommodation. The unique triangular elevator used in the building is made by Siemens and has a history of 90 years.
Youli building
No.4 Dongyi Road, Zhongshan City, now Tong Jia Private Investment Co., Ltd., formerly known as union buildings, is owned by Beneficial Bank of the United States, so it is called Beneficial Bank Building. The building was completed in 19 16, and the 7-story building imitates the Renaissance architectural style. The window frames are mostly baroque art designs with rotating patterns, and the doors are decorated with Onek columns. Tall French windows are not only conducive to lighting, but also add momentum to the building. The whole building is an axisymmetric figure with the door as the center. So it gives people a sense of peace.
Nissin Mansion, which combines Chinese and Western styles.
Nissin building, which combines modern Japanese western-style architecture and classical architectural style, is called? Japanese style? . The building was jointly built by Japan Qingdao Shipping Co., Ltd. and Jews. Built at 1925, located at No.5, Dongyi Road, Zhongshan. The building is 6 stories high and covers an area of 1280 square meters. The following three floors are relatively simple to decorate, and the upper three floors have classical columns and carved flowers, which have a strong sense of concavity and convexity. The facade of the whole building is covered with granite, which complements other buildings on the Bund. Nissin Building is now used by Huaxia Bank and Jindu Industrial Corporation.
Chinese commercial bank
No.6, Dongyi Road, Zhongshan, 1897, China Minsheng opened its first bank with its own funds? China Commercial Bank is now the seat of Hong Kong Qiaofu International Enterprise Co., Ltd. This building is a pseudo-four-story Gothic building. There are five spires on the fourth floor of this building. There used to be a cross. There are minarets on the third and fourth floors. The fourth floor of the building is pointed window, and the first and second floors are typical Gothic lattice windows. The significance of this European-style building, which is about to go through a century, is far more than historical and artistic. It can be said that it marks a new page in China's financial history.
Dabei telegraph company building
No.7 Zhongshan Dongyi Road, Renaissance style building. The architecture pays attention to unity, symmetry and stability, and the facade decoration is very particular. Each floor adopts classical style columns, which are either load-bearing or just decorative. The graphics around the window are diverse and three-dimensional, similar to baroque. Its black roof and white windows are in sharp contrast. At the same time, without losing the sense of elegance. This building is now Pangu Bank Shanghai Branch. Since 1908 was built, it has changed hands four times. It was originally called the Great Northern Telegraph Company Building. Later, it was used by China Commercial Bank and Changjiang Shipping Company.
china merchants building
As the first new shipping enterprise in China? It was during this period that China Merchants was established. China Merchants was built in 190 1, with a three-story brick-wood structure, west to east. The main door frame on the ground floor extends outward, with high-opening arched floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides of the main entrance, and classical column decoration on the second and third floors. Part of the outer wall of this building is covered with granite. China Merchants Tower can be regarded as a typical Bund building at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. Whether it is historical or artistic, it is worth visiting.
Pudong Development Bank Building (formerly Shanghai People's Government Building and HSBC Building)
Zhongshan Dongyi Road 10- 12 is a new Greek-style building, which was built at 1923 and originally belonged to Shanghai Branch of HSBC. At that time, the United States boasted that this building was the most exquisite building in the Far East from the Suez Canal to the Bering Strait. When the building was completed, two striking bronze lions were placed in front of the building. It is said that after casting the lion, the bronze mold was destroyed immediately. As a result, the bronze lions have become out-of-print treasures and have now been sent to Shanghai History Museum. At the top of the octagonal hall of the building, more than 20 meters above the ground, there are eight murals made up of hundreds of thousands of colorful mosaics with only a few square centimeters. It is 4.3 meters wide and 2.4 meters high. It depicts the architectural features of Shanghai, Hongkong, London, Paris, new york, Tokyo, Bangkok, Kolkata and other eight cities in the early 20th century, with mythical figures. There are also 24 pictures of animals in fairy tales, with huge fairy tale murals at the top, with a total area of nearly 200 square meters.
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