Shanghai

Shanghai, Hu for short, also known as Shen, is a multi-cultural metropolis with both modern and traditional Chinese features. The city has a status equivalent to a province and reports directly to the central government. Serving as the largest base of Chinese industrial technology, one of the most important seaports and China's largest commercial and financial centre, Shanghai draws the attention of the whole world.

  • Shanghai was once a fishing village known as Hudu. The name was derived from a wooden fish trap once used by locals.
  • Between 1937 and 1939 approximately 20 000 Jews travelled to Shanghai fleeing from the Nazis.
  • The oldest mosque in Shanghai was built in 1868. It is known as Fuyou Lu Mosque.
  • The Waibaidu Bridge which was originally built in 1856. It is also known as ‘Foreigners Crossing’. It received its name because the original bridge charged Chinese locals a toll to cross while letting foreigners cross for free.
  • The Shanghai marriage market happens in People’s Park every weekend. Hundreds of Shanghainese parents arrive with the resumes of their unwed children in an attempt to mingle and find the one.
  • Shanghainese is a dialect of Wu which is an ancient branch of Chinese. It’s quite common that many Mandarin speakers from other parts of China cannot really understand other Shanghainese people.

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Do’s & Dont’s

Shanghai Do’s Do use local taxis. Approx 30min journey from Jingahn to Yu Gardens, 27Yuan (less than ‚£3). Public transit, called Metro, is totally bilingual, cheaper and faster during most of the traffic gridlock of the daytime. Visit Yu Gardens. Not as good as expected from publicity but worth seeing. YuYuan Gardens are best viewed when it opens at 8:30 …

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About Destination

As the largest city in China and an economic, commercial and financial center, Shanghai is vital to the country’s future. No other city in the country is more vibrant and fascinating or has such a unique colonial past. Shanghai, Hu for short, is a renowned international metropolis drawing more and more attention from all over the world. Situated on the …

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Special Food

Shanghai Crawfish This cuisine gets many different names such as crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, “little dragon shrimp” or “little lobsters”. Although they use different words to express their love of this food, everyone knows that the citizens love their Xiao Long Xia. The idea of cracking the crayfish, sucking out the meat and licking the messy goodness off our fingers is …

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