Shanghai: Day 2
On our second day in Shanghai we were taken sightseeing by Zhoujie (Jay), a student in the group I am visiting, and his friend Yanshenfang (Sharon). Sharon works in tourism, and was an official Shanghai guide last year. She was a tremendous guide for us, and showed us many things we would never have seen on our own. Jay, who has lived in Shanghai all his life, said he learned many things too!
We started off walking down Nanjing Street, a shopping street, now pedestrian mall...
Nanjing Shopping Street
Red Cross Solicitors
...and then returned to the Yuyuan Bazaar area we visited yesterday.
9 Turn Bridge
Across the bridge are the Yuyuan Gardens, a grand old Chinese home and gardens, full of delightful sights and tranquil resting places. Sharon made the visit particular interesting, finding hidden corners we would never have found, and telling us many insights and stories. I suppose an English stately home is an equivalent, but I find the delicate Chinese design of gardens and homes much more attractive than those ponderous houses and formal gardens.
Yuyuan Gardens
Goldfish and Flowers
Wall Carving
Wall Dragon
Moon Stone
The Moon Stone is an example of the kind of rock you see in many fromal Chinese gardens. The Chinese apparently find the river-sculptured holes in the rock intriguing and attractive, but these rocks to not appeal to me. This one is outside the study of the master of the house, for him to contemplate as he works.
Floor Pattern
In the afternoon we focussed on the futuristic aspect of Shanghai, using the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel (in which you travel in a futuristic car through a tunnel of Disneyland like flashing lights and lasers) to cross the river to the Oriental Pearl Tower.
Pudong Skyline from the Bund
Sightseeing Tunnel
The tower, has observation decks at various levels, with a complicated set of payment choices for different combinations (one including a boat ride). We went to the level at 263m (option C).
Oriental Pearl Tower
Payment Options
The views must be spectacular on a clear day, but today was rather hazy.
We started off walking down Nanjing Street, a shopping street, now pedestrian mall...
Nanjing Shopping Street
Red Cross Solicitors
...and then returned to the Yuyuan Bazaar area we visited yesterday.
9 Turn Bridge
Across the bridge are the Yuyuan Gardens, a grand old Chinese home and gardens, full of delightful sights and tranquil resting places. Sharon made the visit particular interesting, finding hidden corners we would never have found, and telling us many insights and stories. I suppose an English stately home is an equivalent, but I find the delicate Chinese design of gardens and homes much more attractive than those ponderous houses and formal gardens.
Yuyuan Gardens
Goldfish and Flowers
Wall Carving
Wall Dragon
Moon Stone
The Moon Stone is an example of the kind of rock you see in many fromal Chinese gardens. The Chinese apparently find the river-sculptured holes in the rock intriguing and attractive, but these rocks to not appeal to me. This one is outside the study of the master of the house, for him to contemplate as he works.
Floor Pattern
In the afternoon we focussed on the futuristic aspect of Shanghai, using the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel (in which you travel in a futuristic car through a tunnel of Disneyland like flashing lights and lasers) to cross the river to the Oriental Pearl Tower.
Pudong Skyline from the Bund
Sightseeing Tunnel
The tower, has observation decks at various levels, with a complicated set of payment choices for different combinations (one including a boat ride). We went to the level at 263m (option C).
Oriental Pearl Tower
Payment Options
The views must be spectacular on a clear day, but today was rather hazy.
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