SHANGHAI SPIRIT

Shanghai Tang

上海滩

Although Shanghai Tang, which sells China concept products, was not a brand that originated in Shanghai or even in Chinese Mainland, we have to admit the fact that it represented the Shanghai spirit perfectly.

All the merchandise emphasis the Chinese tradition and through creative and professional management. That it contains various elements is similar to Shanghai spirit- integrating different culture from home and abroad, modernizing traditional Chinese style, and, as "Shanghai Tang", definitely produces a show-window for modern China.

If you have the interests to drop by the store in Shanghai, the information below will be helpful to you: 

http://www.shanghaitang.com/stores/asia/china/shanghai.html

WONDERFUL NIGHT SCENE

The Bund at Night

The Bund (Wai Tan) is a waterfront area in central Shanghai. It usually refers to the buildings and wharves on this section of the road, as well as some adjacent areas. Building heights are restricted in this area. It is used to be crowded in the bund for its wonderful night scene.

Also, it houses 52 buildings of various architectural styles, generally Eclecticist, but with some buildings displaying predominently Romanesque Revival, Gothic Revival, Renaissance Revival, Baroque Revival, Neo-Classical or Beaux-Arts styles, and a number in Art Deco style.

Moreover, it is easy to find out some famous restaurants offering delicious food and playful night.

4 ELEMENTS for BREAKFAST

There are several choices for Chinese in their breakfast, however, there are four elements which are most delicious and famous. Let us have a look.

Bannock

Fried Bread Stick

Stuffed Sticky Rice Ball

 

Beancurd Jelly

OLD FOREIGN HOUSES

The Garden for Cupid

Address: 675 Ju Lu Rd.

As you know, there are abundant old foreign houses located in Shanghai due to some historical reasons and I would like to introduce you the Garden for Cupid this time.

This beautiful garden was built in 1931 by László Ede Hudec, known as L.E. Hudec, who was definitely a fascinating a Hugarian-Slovak architect active in Shanghai from 1918 to 1945 and responsible for some of that city's most notable structures. He represented this warm garden as a gift to businessman Mr. and Mrs. Liu (Liu Jisheng) to bless their wonderful and romantic love.

The hole garden is the renaissance architecture and owns the sculptors of the princess in Greek and Cupid respectively. It has definitely filled with the romantics until now.

Now, it has been used as the work place to Shanghai Writers' Association.