Shanghai's New Best Eight

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Shanghai's New Best Eight

October 13, 2009

About one hundred years ago, writers and experts first named the Best Eight Scenic Spots in Shanghai. Most of them were natural spots, but six of them disappeared as the city evolves.

Recently, the city announced the new Best Eight Scenic Spots after an exhaustive survey canvassing both residents and experts. The new Best Eight, of both natural and man-made landscapes, are popular among both local people and tourists from home and abroad, representing the city's culture, history and course of development.

The new Best Eight are:

The Bund - known as "the Gallery of World Architecture", splendid!

Yuyuan Garden area - with Yuyuan Garden and the City God Temple, traditional!.

Lujiazui area - with the Oriental Pearl TV Power, Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center, representing "the heights of the city", prosperous!

Shikumen buildings - the typical construction style in Shanghai, bearing both Chinese and Western style, familiar!

Nanjing Road East - with about 100 years of history, one of the most prosperous areas in Shanghai, bustling!

Sheshan Hill resort - in Songjiang District, with the biggest Catholic Church in east China and one of the earliest astronomical observatories in the nation, grandeur!

Fengjing ancient town - in Jinshan District, a typical water town in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the cradle of farmer-painters, folk!

Dianshan Lake resort - in Qingpu District, the largest natural lake in Shanghai, with Zhujiajiao Water Town, Daguanyuan Garden and Oriental Land, beautiful!

People have been encouraged to submit names, of four to five Chinese characters, which express the spots' characteristics and essence.

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	ood Food Mha scritto: The "Evening Bell of Longhua Temple," one of the two still existing today, won the "Special Award" in the latest selection process. 14 Ott.
	ruits Fha scritto: The Bund would complete its "rebirth" and be fully open to tourists and traffic next March. 14 Ott.
	AE Uha scritto: Shanghai is to apply to have shikumen (stone-gated) buildings named as one of China's intangible cultural heritages. 14 Ott.
	lintstones The Fha scritto: Once there were 186 stone bridges in what is now Jinshan District, known as the "hometown of bridges". Today there are more than 50 ancient stone bridges to cross, recross and appreciate. 14 Ott.
	uaff Qha scritto: Parks in downtown Shanghai are not large by Western standards but venture further out into the suburbs and you'll find a wealth of green areas where you can forget the cares of city life. 14 Ott.
	orea Kha scritto: Strong tenant from the rapidly expanding banking and financial sectors will make Lujiazui in Pudong the largest business district in Shanghai by 2010. 14 Ott.
	uly 4th Jha scritto: Yuyuan Garden is an excellent model of classical Chinese gardening architecture under state preservation. 14 Ott.
	evencastles Sha scritto: I believe human better than machine. 13 Ott.
	tiny Desha scritto: Yu Garden is one of the most famous gardens in China and is national heritage listed. 13 Ott.
	quitoha scritto: Yuyuan Garden area is a tourist destination as well as one of the largest small commodity wholesaling markets in the city. 13 Ott.
	Dance with Meha scritto: Gongqing Forest Park is one of Shanghai's biggest parks and one of the best places for newly weds to take their wedding photos. 13 Ott.

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