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Visit
the Moganshan Road area (close to the railway
station), have an insiChina150_Things_To_Do_In_Shanghai.htmlder's look for the hot contemporary Chinese art.
Go to
the north part of the city for the 1930s' literary celebrities'
residences
(Duolun Road), there are also art galleries, antiques and stones etc.
on sale.
- ATP Masters: Tennis Masters
Cup Shanghai
11 -
18 Nov 2007 (annual)
Qi
Zhong Stadium
The
Tennis Masters Cup brings
together the eight best players of the season for a final showdown at
the Qi
Zhong stadium in Shanghai. Roger Federer beat Roger Ferrer in straight
sets in
2007.
- Shanghai International Art
Festival
18 Oct
- 18 Nov 2007 (annual)
Shanghai
Grand Theater
Shanghai
hosts a month-long arts
festival every year with a varied program of more than 50 performances.
Expect
everything from symphony orchestras, dance and opera to acrobatics,
magic and
drama.
15 - 19 Nov 2007 (annual)
Shanghai
Mart
Billed
as the cultural event of the
year in Shanghai, the Shanghai Art Fair aims to connect foreign and
local
artists under the roof of Shanghai Mart. More than 130 galleries from
14
countries…
7 Feb 2008 (annual)
Longhua
Park & Temple
One
hundred and eight honored
Buddhists ascend the Drum Tower in Longhua Park to strike the temple
bell at
midnight on New Year's Eve each year.
7 - 21 Feb 2008 (annual)
Shanghai
Shanghai
positively explodes with
vibrant red during Chinese New Year (also known as Chinese Spring
Festival) in
a plethora of lantern shows, dragon dances, outdoor bazaars and
spectacular…
24 - 26 Mar 2008 (annual)
Shanghai
New International Expo
Center
More
than 1400 textile manufacturers
from 12 countries display their fabrics, men and women's clothing,
accessories,
jewelery, home textiles and more at Fashion Shanghai.
May
2008 (annual)
Shanghai
The
Asian X-Games 2008 venue is yet
to be announced. The world's best alternative sports athletes took
Shanghai by
storm in 2007, competing for prize money and medals in five action
sports…
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Apr -
May 2008 (annual)
Longhua
Park & Temple
Longhua
Park is famous for its
ancient temple, the Longhua Pagoda, its evening bell-striking ceremony
and beautiful
peach blossoms.
- Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
8 - 24 Aug 2008
Shanghai
Beijing
is the host of the 2008
Olympic Games. Millions around the world are expected to tune in to
watch their
countries fight for those all-important gold medals in over 300 events.
- Formula One: Shanghai Grand Prix
Oct
2008 (annual)
Shanghai
International Circuit
The
Shanghai International Circuit
hosted the penultimate race of the 2007 Formula One
season. In which Britain's Hamilton blew
it.
- Shanghai Tourist Festival
Sep -
Oct 2008 (annual)
Shanghai
The
annual Shanghai Tourist Festival
offers a huge amount of traditional and not-so-traditional
entertainment at
venues across the city, and also incorporates the Shanghai Shopping
festival.
Sep -
Nov 2008 (biennial)
Shanghai
Art Museum
The
theme for the Shanghai Art
Museum's 2006 Biennale was Hyper Design, focusing on the social
liaisons and
cultural meanings hidden behind the phenomenon of design.
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- Shanghai International Art
Festival
Oct -
Nov 2008 (annual)
Shanghai
Grand Theater
Shanghai
hosts a month-long arts
festival every year with a varied programme of more than 50
performances.
Expect everything from symphony orchestras, dance and opera to
acrobatics,
magic and drama.
Nov 2008 (annual)
Shanghai
Mart
Billed
as the cultural event of the
year in Shanghai, the Shanghai Art Fair aims to connect foreign and
local
artists under the roof of Shanghai Mart. More than 130 galleries from
14
countries…
Daily
Shanghai
Museum
Located
on People's Square, the
Shanghai Museum is one of the city's main highlights, housing over
120,000
historical artefacts.
Daily
Shanghai
Zoological Park
Shanghai
Zoological Park contains
roughly 3000 creatures of more than 500 different species. Add that to
the
65,000 specimens of plant.
Daily
Great
World
Located
in Puxi, west of the Huangpu
River, the Great World is one of Shanghai's oldest entertainment
establishments
and was a favourite among international settlers during the 1920s.
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Nanjing
Street
Nanjing
Street, five kilometres
long, is China's most famous shopping street, with an average of one
million
shoppers and visitors every day.
- Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (Shanghai
Shuizuguan)
Daily
Shanghai
Ocean Aquarium (Shanghai
Shuizuguan)
This
world-class aquarium next to
the Oriental Pearl tower on the Pudong in Shanghai boasts 28 huge tanks
displaying sea life from all continents - all in all over 10,000
creatures -
- Maoming Nan Lu and Julu Lu
Daily
Maoming
Nan Lu and Julu Lu
Shanghai
is where China parties
hardest, with clubs staying open until 2am and often later on Friday
and
Saturday night. The highest concentration of bars and clubs is along
the
Maoming Nan Lu…
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Pudong
District
Facing
the old European-styled Bund,
the Pudong area is home to some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world
and the
characteristic Oriental Pearl Tower - a fitting symbol of modern China.
Daily
Yu
Yuan Garden
Once a
private Ming dynasty garden,
Yu Yuan (or Jade Garden) is typical of the careful elegance and optical
brilliance favoured by the Chinese for classical gardens.
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- Yunnan Lu Road Night Market
Daily
Yunnan
Lu Road
Yunnan
Lu Road Night Market is not
for the queasy or the faint hearted. It specializes mainly in noodles
but be
prepared for all manner of other foods, the bizarre included.
Daily
Peace
Hotel
The
Peace Hotel is a colossal art-deco
style building, a world-famous architectural landmark and one of
Shanghai's
main attractions.
Wed,
Fri, and Sat only
Shanghai
Circus World
Set in
a conspicuous shining
superdome of aluminium and titanium alloy, Shanghai Circus World is a
state-of-the-art modern circus venue in the northern suburbs of
Shanghai. It
was inaugurated…
Daily
ShanghART
Where
else would cutting-edge modern
Chinese art flourish but in cosmopolitan Shanghai? ShanghART has seized
the
initiative and done everything to keep the tide flowing toward
individual expression.
- Shanghai Municipal History Museum
Daily
Shanghai
Municipal History Museum
This
modern museum on the Pudong -
the Shanghai Shi Lishi Bowuguan - tells the story of Shanghai, a city
that
perhaps more than any other in China was shaped during the period of
European…
- Huxinting Teahouse (Huxinting
Chashi)
Daily
Huxinting
Teahouse (Huxinting
Chashi)
In the
middle of a beautiful lake at
the heart of Shanghai's Old Town, in front of Yu Gardens, the Huxinting
Teahouse is the ideal setting in which to relax over a cup of tea.
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- Shanghai Science and Technology
Museum
Daily;
not Mon
Shanghai
Science and Technology
Museum
Located
on Century Square, at the
heart of the Pudong New Development Zone, the Shanghai Science and
Technology
Museum (Shanghai Keji Guan) is a symbol of Shanghai's emerging
importance as a…
Daily
Simply
Life
Simply
Life's flagship store in
Xintiandi is crammed with luxurious household decorations, painted bone
china,
tableware, linens and silks.
Daily
Westgate
Mall
Facing
out onto the Jingan end of
Shanghai's busiest shopping street, this neon-lit, multi-storey fashion
mall
offers everything .
Daily
Yu
Yuan Garden
Brace
yourself for heat, crowds and
dubious smells at bustling Shanghai market the Yu Yuan Garden Bazaar.
Come here
for wooden fans, local art, (usually fake) antiques, teapots and
textiles.
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- Propaganda Poster Art Center
Daily
Propaganda
Poster Art Center
A
small gallery tucked away in the
French Concession, the basement Propaganda Poster Art Center stocks
hundreds of
original Maoist posters and postcards from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
Daily
Friendship
Store
Previously
only open to foreigners,
this vast store by the Bund is now a mainstream department store that
specializes in jewelery, cosmetics, antiques and souvenirs. Unlike at
the
markets…
Daily
Dave's
Custom Tailoring
A rung
up from the tailors at
Donjiadu Lu fabric market, the specialists at this friendly gents
fashion store
will cut you a high quality, hand-made suit from cottons, wool and
cashmere at affordable prices
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People
7
There's
no front door at People 7,
just nine round holes. Slip your hand into the middle one to step into
a huge
industrial space buzzing with cool young things. Definitely a place to
be seen.
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Jinmao
Tower
The
graceful Jin Mao Tower is the
giant of the Shanghai skyline. At a dizzying 420 metres, it dwarfs
the Pudong district sprawling below it. Take the lift to the 88th-floor
observatory for great views of Shanghai.
Daily
Cloud
9
Purporting
to be the highest bar on
earth, this elegant revolving 87th floor joint in the Grand Hyatt
Shanghai
hotel boasts classic, dark furnishings and delicious
cocktails.
Daily
O'Malleys
Serving
proper pints, the O'Malleys
Irish music and sports pub is a great place to tap into the local expat
scene.
Daily
The
Bund
One of
the main attractions of
Shanghai, the picturesque Bund is actually more European than Chinese
in
character.
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California
Club
International
DJs are common fixtures
at this velvet-curtained, two-storey restaurant/bar/club complex in the
French
Concession.
Daily
Judy Q
The
newly-opened Judy Q is a smart
1920s-style restaurant, bar and club that has gone down very well with
Shanghai's party-goers.
Daily
Hua
Ting Market
This
may not be the market with
the best quality goods, and neither is it wise to believe that the
"designer" label goods being touted before your bargain-hungry eyes
are the real McCoy but well worth a visit.
Daily;
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Cotton
Club
Dark,
cramped and smoky like every
good jazz club should be, the Cotton Club is Shanghai's oldest live
jazz venue.
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Longhua
Park & Temple
Longhua
Park is famous for its
ancient temple, the Longhua Pagoda, its evening bell-striking ceremony
and
beautiful peach blossoms.
Daily;
not Mon
Lu Xun
Museum
Shanghai's
Lu Xun Museum is
dedicated to China's first populist writer.
Daily
Frenchtown
Frenchtown
(also known as the French
Concession) was the district controlled by French colonial officials
and is
today a paradise for shopaholics.
- Sun Yat-sen's Former Residence
Daily
Sun
Yat-Sen's Residence
Sun
Yat-sen was the founder of the
Chinese republic. Second in importance only to Chairman Mao in China's
modern
history, he is the only national hero equally revered on the mainland
and in…
Daily
The
large jade Buddha inside this
Shanghai temple, also called Yufu Si, is one of Shanghai's major
tourist
attractions.
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