Shanghai History Tour

Yu Garden is defined by its undulating dragon walls, which curve and flow through the grounds, topped with tiled ridges and dragon heads. This classical garden in the Huangpu District began as a project in fifteen fifty-nine by a local…

The Bund is a mile-long stretch of early twentieth-century architecture facing the Huangpu River. You can pick it out by the dense, varied row of stone buildings on the river’s west bank, which feature styles ranging from neoclassical and…

The Waibaidu Bridge is defined by its distinct camelback steel trusses that span the mouth of Suzhou Creek. Opened on January twentieth, nineteen oh eight, this all-steel structure replaced a succession of earlier wooden crossings, the…

This building is a two-story shikumen-style structure, a distinctive architectural design for Shanghai residences that features a heavy stone frame surrounding the front door. Constructed in the fall of nineteen twenty, it was once the…

Wukang Mansion is a striking eight-story apartment building that occupies a sharp, triangular wedge of land at the intersection of Huaihai Middle Road and Wukang Road. Its prow-like corner and deep-red brick exterior give it the distinct…

The Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum is marked by the three-story Ohel Moshe Synagogue, a building with grey walls accented by horizontal rows of red bricks. Established in two thousand seven, the museum sits within the Tilanqiao area of…

The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower stands out for its eleven spheres of varying sizes that appear to be suspended along three massive support columns. Rising to four hundred sixty-eight meters, the tower was designed by Jiang…