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Shanghai Exhibition Center-- A must for bookwormAlthough it's winter now, every summer, the week-long Shanghai Book Fair has always become an ideal place for book lovers to visit.With various kinds of packs in hands, visitors line up outside the entrance to the venue of the book fair—Shanghai Exhibition Center.Many complain that it is “too...
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The milky-white Russian-style church in ShanghaiAt the junction of Xinle Road and Xiangyang North Road in Shanghai stands a milky-white Russian-style church.Built in the first half of the 20th century, the Orthodox Church boasts a simple but impressive architectural structure. The gilded domes of the church’s five sapphire onion spires offset th...
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Eden GardenIn 1932, British real estate tycoon Victor Sassoon, one of the earliest foreign explorers of Shanghai, built an “Eden Garden” on today’s Hongqiao Road. This red-brick villa with semi-exposed wooden framework and a spire has an obvious rural British flavor. The lush grove nearby becomes its natura...
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Sinan Book StoreSinan Book Store is housed in Sinan Mansion, a century-old European-style villa once inhabited by eminent writers.Now after a redesign of Wutopia Lab, a famous designer group, the Sinan books store has been turned into a Magic Realism style modern building with the concept of ‘church in churc...
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A representative classical garden of southern China:Yu GardenPhoto: @alesscameraYu Garden(豫园), a representative classical garden of southern China, is a must when tourists travel to Shanghai. It is believed to have been built in the Ming Dynasty, more than 400 years ago. A provincial commissioner of Sichuan named Pan Yunduan privately owned this garden du...
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The most instagramable landmark in Shanghai: Wukang Buildingphoto: ICWould you like to take a selfie with Wukang Building as the background?In Shanghai at the junction between Wukang Road and Huaihai Middle Road stands a landmark building resembling a huge ship. It is called Wukang Building.Its facades are alternatively paved with classical red...
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