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Shanghai Cuisine

Culture in Shanghai


Shanghai was cordial known as the "Pearl of the Orient" by our nation. In the past century of the vicissitudes of life, "Shanghai" collects migration culture and modern civilization as a whole, exuding an irresistible charm, and attract the tourists from all directions .
Shanghai is China's excellent tourism cities, historical and cultural relics, one of China's largest economic center.
Shanghai is located in the front of Yangtze River delta, close to the East China Sea, south of Hangzhou Bay, bordered on west Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, Yangtze River
estuary in its north, in the central part of China's north and south coastline. In recent years, it is in a remarkable pace of development and is quick to develop itself into a international metropolis, and is a shining pearl of the Orient.

Shanghai Tourism can use a word "urban" as its tourist features acronym: "urban scenery," "urban culture", and "city business", that is, the People's Square and the River City as the center of cross-strait tourism, business, shopping Tourism Circle; public activity centers and community-based cultural tourism circle around the city; Sheshan, Dianshan Lake, deep water harbour, Chongming Island, with the focus on the suburbs of the city and leisure tourism circle. 
Shanghai’s architecture is a big attraction in Shanghai and a integration of Shanghai native culture and foreign cultures, eg. the Bund, Shanghai Shikumen houses, as well as the construction of modern facilities, the convergence of various ancient and modern architectural styles.
Shanghai is always known as a reputation for "shopping paradise" and "Oriental Paris". Apart from enjoying the scenery of the city, tourists can also fully enjoy their shopping. Chinese commercial First Street - Nanjing Road, elegant business culture Street - Huaihai Road, Sichuan Road is a working-class shopping streets, and modern Xujiahui Commercial City, a national features Yuyuan Tourist Mart, the export of Shanghai Railway Station Kerry ever-bright city are shopping centre lots in Shanghai.
In diet, Shanghai can be regarded as the Grand View Garden for Chinese Food, Beijing dish, Yangzhou dish, Sichuan dish, Cantonese dish and Shanghai dish become Shanghai's main cuisine. At the same time, accommodation, transportation, entertainment and leisure, are embodied in Shanghai as an international city which should have characteristics.