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now we come to shanghai huangpu river bank bund, first, i tour to everybody visit bund to express the welcome, and wishes in advance each traveling to be happy.
new bund altogether has five traveling routes, nearby yours left hand is by the reputation is wan guo constructs reads extensively the magnificent architectural complex and spacious zhongshan road, nearby your right hand is the wave light clear huangpu river as well as the future resembles the brocade the pudong land to embellish the financial trade area, at present for is novel uniquely goes sightseeing the tour area. this architectural complex, zhongshan road, go sightseeing the area, the huangpu river, lu jiazui in the as if music five spectra, the industrious shanghai people seem between the string string the symbol, is composing most newly the most gorgeous music movement, is welcome fellow guests' presence.
the powder can call bund? simple saying, it passed once was the desolate beach place which outside the shanghai old city the reed grew thickly together.
in 1840 after first opium war, the tight lock entrance to a country has been driven out by the colonizing ocean artillery, shanghai also is compelled to ward off for the commercial port. since then, all kinds of west foreign style construction hastens to ground along with colonizing but towers in abundance, to this century the beginning of 30's, shanghai as soon as leapt into the far east biggest metropolis from seashore small yi.
at present these have the europe renaissance time style the construction, although stems from hand of the identical design, also is not constructs at an age, but their construction style is such harmonious unification, the day becomes. from jinling east road bund to outside white temporary bridge long only 1.5 kilometer arcs in, height scattered about, is standing erect row after row 52 styles each different construction, has england -like, france -like, ancient greece -like and so on. same year many foreign banks, the general meeting, the consulate and so on converged to this, some east wall street the name, formed the old shanghai semicolonial and semifeudal society a historical miniature.
everybody please looked that, the new bund 2 east winds hotels, in the past once were the english general meetings which extremely is well-known, it is a model english ancient canonical expression constructs. the building high has 6 (continually basement), the roof north and south beginnings and ends respectively suppose □t look pavilion, the interior decoration are extremely magnificent. inside a yet higher goal bar same year once because of has 110.7 foot eastern longest bar cabinet but to be arrogant for a while, now us's kentuckey quick dining room is located in.
new bund 12 before are famous the hongkong and shanghai bank, this building constructed in 1923, was in the style of antiquity greece -like dome construction. the building for approaches the square the rectangular construction, high 5, a crown hemispheroid level goes against the vegetable to have 7 in addition, the steel portal frame construction. in the building decorates extremely is fastidious, is equipped with country each kind of reception room and so on america, england and france, russia, date. this place constructed the english once to brag for from the suez canal to far east bering strait most was fastidious construction.
nearby close neighbor hongkong and shanghai bank that building is the shanghai customs building, is 19th century restores the old the principle construction, constructed in 1927, is now the world institute rarely is ominous. above the building bell all around worthy of looking at arrives is in luck, each 15 minutes play sound section of short tunes, melodious are deep, reputation 10 miles.
after the hongkong and shanghai bank building and the customs building all stem from english designer wilson, shanghai kindly called they are the sisters building, at present was still one of shanghai's important symbols.
east nanjing the street intersection two buildings are called the peaceful hotel. sat north the southern dynasty this lou jianyu in 1906, at that time the name collected the hotel, was a shanghai extant earliest hotel. it may take a historical construction, is the english chinese world renaissance. this building most major characteristic is sets up the surface color red brick to make the waist line, bai qiangzhuan makes the cover, looks by far both gravely is elegant, and other style, the reality is a rare excellent work.
bund's these constructions, all are the china working people industrious wisdom crystallization, simultaneously has also reflected western colonizing to shanghai's plundering and the aggression. now in order to let the people understand these constructions the history, in front of each big front door hangs has the data plate which the chinese and english compares.
regarding bund, the shanghai person also passes for hers name along with the time changes. shanghai person's is called old bund, after the liberation liberation before bund to be called as bund, now the people approve her are new bund. in the history occurs has seized bund many times the scene, but each time all has the completely different historical significance. since party's 11 sessions of three ccp plenary conferences, the china reform and open policy strategic center of gravity also from the south but north, pudong's development and the promotion enable shanghai to walk the nation reform and open policy most front. the spring breeze blew awakes the deep sleep many year shanghai bund, the chinese and foreign financial organ in abundance has also seized bund. shanghai has made the clear nest directs the phoenix the significant action, the bund finance street house big replacement, will attract everywhere the old customer reto come to settle down, again will reveal the far east wall street elegant demeanour.
bund is shanghai's symbol, also is the chinese and foreign tourists must arrive place. but in before because the path narrow, the pedestrian vehicles are packed like sardines, seriously has affected the bund overall image. for the change place beach appearance, the shanghai people's government performs bund as the key point to transform. at present this street called, also is bund which zhongshan a group, is for commemorate pioneer mr. sun yat-sen which china democratic revolution names synthesizes the transformation a part. this group span 826 meters, the width 45 meters, suppose 6 to 10 traffic lanes. this broad line of communication not merely is restricted in area bund, it follows the reform and open policy step unceasingly to extend, north the jiangwan five jiao fields, south arrive at the nampo bridge. to the next the beginning of century, this north and south corridor long amounts to 15 kilometers, will become the sign landscape which the shanghai traveling will go sightseeing.
we now walk this bin jiang main road quite has the characteristic. it not only collection culture, afforestation to a body, moreover the morning is the people practices the good place which the article practices martial arts, daytime is domestic and foreign goes sightseeing the tour world, evening is the ideal place which talks love to the lover, heard has many foreign friends all in admiration of somebody's fame to come to experience the life.
fellow guests, stroll in new bund to go sightseeing the area, whether you do feel, new bund not only appearance changed beyond recognition, moreover in lively is lively passes the rich artistic breath. everybody please looked that, in the yenan east road bund establishment subject will be for tomorrow the artistic landscape, will hug by 6 columns, with will have more than 80 years historical meteorological signal to become a group to the scenery. the customs building and the electronic waterfall clock also is quite has the fresh idea to the scenery. the electronic waterfall clock assumes the steps and ladders type, the length 27 meters, the height 3.5 meters, supposes 10 entire stairs. the entire operating process by the computer control, approximately some more than 1,000 nozzles water column is composed each kind of color the arabic numeral, causes world each place since such remoteness, double is how being intimate with. went sightseeing the area worthily to become to hold hundred sichuan, is compatible shanghai school characteristic culture scenery line which and gathered.
strolls bund, we unconsciously entered the whangpoo river park. in mentioned this park, each chinese all could not forget the former days foreign country big powers to hang the chinese people and the dog did not have to enter in park entrance that block the sign, that notorious sign, let then chinese people suffer the enormous shame! now, looked at present that 60 meter high shanghai people outstandingly talented monument, stands erect is facing the water place. the military might magnificent sight three columns yellow hillocks body in has told the people as if, the people forever cherishes the memory of since the opium war, 54 movements and the war of liberation, is the scrubbing nationality shame, devotes the heroes for shanghai's revolutionary business.
the whangpoo river park faces is well-known everywhere huangpu river. on month huanglong water's edge water yellow, extremely vividly described the whangpoo river river water color. improves pujiang is shanghai's mother river, it originates to the wuxi tai lake, is within the boundaries of shanghai longest, is widest, deepest rivers, the span 114 kilometers; the mean breadth 400 meters, are deep 7 to 9 meters. its original name calls dong jiang, also has the spring shenjiang river, alternate name and so on huang xiejiang. hands down before more than 2,000 years, shanghai was chu at that time, at that time chu country has a senior general yellow to call to rest, he had very much rules a nation ability, is appointed by chu king as prime minister, and sealed for presents mr. shen, had jurisdiction over shanghai this land. at that time because upstream dong jiang's clogged with silt, he led the shanghai people to carry on scours, and revised the route, caused shanghai the aquatic transportation and the agriculture obtains the very big development, the posterity for commemorate huang xie the merit, renamed dong jiang as the spring shenjiang river and yellow , only then officially chose a name until the southern song dynasty time as the huangpu river.
the huangpu river has two the child, calls pudong, another calls puxi. before new china is born, their whole family deeply three mountains oppressions, on the mother river body is anchoring is the outside warship and the merchantman, two children also are pressed have not gasped for breath. jumps whangpoo river my sentence shanghai person's pet phrase, refers to the common people which the old society really is unable to live, throws the river to here to commit suicide.
looks out into the distance the opposite shore, pudong lu jiazui the finance trade area and puxi bund distantly faces one another, its function for the finance, the trade and foreign serves, it will be the new shanghai's core and the symbol. east bund the bin jiang main road, the total length 2,500 meters, the collection traveling, go sightseeing with the entertainment and so on are a body, is equipped with 6 multi-faceted squares along the road. although the present only rumble cuts in line the sound, but the sound sound , is in five spectra the most magnificent music movement, will be forecasting a bund more glorious future.
