China

By: Rebecca De LeonDomika Moore

Annie is a girl I write to

that lives in Shanghai.

Annie is very nice and very

smart. Here, she is pictured

with a group of friends.

The Bund or Waitan, Shanghai’s mostFamous and scenic downtown sight.

This is a picture of the Pearl Tower, the tallest tower in Asia and Shanghai’s Pride and joy.

Where is Shanghai in China?

Shanghai is a very large port and is important to China’s trade.

It is one of China’s biggest cities.

It has very beautiful scenery

Getting around in Shanghai

Things you need to know about Shanghai

China’s financial center. Very safe city; very little if any serious

crime, streets are safe.Many festivals take place on the streetsVisitors are appreciated and respected. LOTS of kareoke around the barsExtreme weather changes…watch out!

Nanjing Lu, the Times SquareOf Shanghai

Style in Shanghai

This is some of the architecture in Shanghai. They have very modern houses, but some houses are very traditional. The houses are very small. This is a really nice apartment complex.

China Today: Yao MingAlthough Yao Ming is 7 feet, 5 inches

tall, his draft in the NBA didn’t work out as planned. The problem was in the team he played for: The Shanghai Sharks. The Shanghai Sharks couldn’t afford to lose Yao, so they didn’t release him off the team. Yao was disapointed, but optimistic for future years.

Fashion ChinaFashion China is considered a festival in China. It is an annual “festival” that is strictly for professionals only. Top knotch people from around the world attend to see Chinese models in sports, leisure, buisness suits, and other spiffy clothing. It is from 9 am to 5:30 pm on September 15 every year. It takes place in the shanghai Conventional Centre. Afterwards, the models walk into the parking lot, where many spectators await to see them.

BiennaleThis is known as the Shanghai Spirit, a day that is set apart for people to celebrate what great unknown artists Shanghai has. Large art pictures and posters are posted in streets and put up for action and sale, with the artist’s permission. This mostly takes place in the Shanghai museum, but some pictures are sold in markets, too. This happens from November 6th to December 16th. This isn’t an annual thing, but happens every once in a while to get artists known.

Yunnan Lu Road Night Market

Yunnan Lu Road Night Market is not for the queasy or the faint hearted. It specializes mainly in noodles but be prepared for all manner of other foods, the bizarre included.Stall holders provide snappy service and make something of a show as they juggle their pots and woks.It takes literally seconds for a noble grandma to prepare the noodles from scratch, string them out and serve them up. The noodles are by and large fat, flat and white. They are easy to identify. The unusual additions you can sometimes encounter include duck's tongue and deep fried scorpions amongst others and are not so easy to spot. The long and short of it being - make sure you have something of a grasp of Mandarin, or an adventurous palate. A common error is to ask for meifan instead of mifan. The former means trouble, the latter means rice.

Yunnan Lu Road Night Market

Yu Yuan (Ming Dynasty Garden)

Yu Yuan means Jade Garden and is an ancient Ming Dynasty garden. It is very beautiful, adorned with statues of dragons, dogs, and elephants. The garden is large and attracts many tourists around the world.

The Yuan Gardenis in the fore-Ground. The OrientalPearl T.V. Tower is visible in the background.

This is a specialty in Shanghai; steamed dumplings and rolls. The Yuan

GardenRestaurant is famous

for its dumplings

Temple of Confucius in Jiading

That’s all for today! Hope you liked the “tour”!