Shanghai, the largest city in China and one of the four centrally administered municipalities, is situated along the middle of tile mainland coastline at the Yangtze River outlet to the East China Sea. After the Opium War of 1840, Shanghai was opened as a trade port to foreign powers which set up their concessions there through concluding unequal treaties with China. In the century or more that followed, Shanghai became the largest base of imperialist aggression in China, known in the West as an "adventurers' paradise". A city with a glorious revolutionary record in modern Chinese history, it was here that the Chinese Communist Party was founded in July 1921.

Major Scenic Spots

Yu Yuan Garden
Yu Yuan Garden was first built in 1559 with an area of some 2 hectares. It appears much larger on account of skilful landscape gardening - with paths winding through charming pavilions, delightful grottoes, beautiful lotus ponds, quaint bridges and trickling streams. The art of decoration also finds expression in the brick engravings and wood carvings everywhere in the garden which reflect the style of southern China in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The beautiful scenery can be compared with the four famous gardens in Suzhou.

Gu Yi Garden
Gu Yi Garden is located at Nanxing Town, jiading Country of Shanghai. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 400 years.The garden has its unique style with exquisite pavilions and chambers, artistic studies and long corridors, pebble paths and winding streams, old twisted locust trees, and flowers of all seasons. It is one of the scenic spots in sShanghai.

Jade Buddha Monastery
Jade Buddha Monastery is located at Anyuan Road in the west of the center of Shanghai city. Built in 1882, the 8th year of the reign of Guang Xu in the Qing Dynasty, it is a Buddhist Monastery.It covers a total area of 8400 square meters. The monastery has three halls namely the Heavenly King Hall, the Grand Hall and the Abbot's Chamber. This famous Buddhist Monastery houses two jade statues of Sakyamuni. One is in a sitting position, and the other is a reclining position, Both statues are of great artistic value and are regarded as treasures of Buddhism in our country.