FIVE THINGS TO DO IN SHANGHAI

Happy Tuesday,

For a while now my friend has been asking me to come visit him in shanghai. I'm hoping to finally take the leapt in January to see him and also to have a nice holiday. With seen all his beautiful pictures of him sightseeing it would really push you to go on a plane faster. If I don't do this now I think in the end he will stop asking me to go over and really I've lost my chance to see shanghai. In the meantime it has made me check out some of shanghai popular tourists spots to see while visiting.

1.The Bund

The bund is a long mile stretch of water front promenade along the Huangpu river. To the west of this stretch stand 52 buildings of various architectural styles, including gothic, baroque, and neoclassical styles. It is often referred to as the museum of buildings.

The best way to appreciate the buildings is to have a walk along the bund. Roaming among the architectural complexes, you'll have a better understanding of the century long charm of this city.

2.Dongping National Forest Park

Dongping national forest park is a forest located on the north side of the chongming island in shanghai,china. The park is 12 kilometres from nanmen park which is connected to jianshe on the southern side and neighbouring dongfeng farm on the western and northen side. It is the largest man-planted forest in eastern china and is also the biggest forest park in shanghai.

3.Jade Buddha Temple

The jade Buddha temple is a Buddhist temple in shanghai,china. As with many modern Chinese Buddhist temples the current temple draws from both the pure land and chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to shanghai from Burma by sea. These were a sitting Buddha, and a smaller reclining Buddha representing the Buddha's death. The temple now also contains a much larger reclining Buddha made of marble, donated from Singapore, and visitors may mistake this larger sculpture for the original smaller piece.

4.Oriental Pearl Tower

The oriental pearl radio and tv tower it's location at the tip of lujiagui in the pudong district by the side of Huangpu river, opposite the bund, makes it a distinct landmark in the area. It's principal designers were jiang huan chen, lin denlin, and zhang xiulin. Construction began in 91 and the tower was completed 94. At 468m high it was the tallest structure in china from 94-07. When it was surpassed by the shanghai world financial center it is classified as a aaaaa scenic area by the china national tourism administration. The tower is brightly lit in different led sequences at night.

5.Shanghai International Circuit

The shanghai international circuit is a motor sport race track situated in the jiading, shanghai, people's republic of china. The circuit is beat known as the venue for the annual formula Chinese grand prix, which it first hosted in 2004.

Hope you enjoy the piece!

Bubbles xx