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Shanghai Sights: Explore East-Meets-West Culture at Yu Garden, The Bund and More

Shanghai

Often called the Eastern Paris, Shanghai epitomizes the blending of Eastern and Western cultures. Whether you’re strolling through the classic Chinese Yuyuan Garden & Bazaar, or marveling at the international architectural showcase on the Bund, you’ll experience a remarkable fusion of tradition and modernity, East and West.

Duration: 8 hours

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Highlights

Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan) - 0830AM: Meet your local tour guide in the lobby of your accommodation hotel and start your city tour\n\nFirst stop to Shanghai Museum (close on Monday which will be replaced by City Planning Centre)\n\nLocated in the centre of Shanghai in People’s Square, Shanghai Museum is a large museum of ancient Chinese art. The museum style and presentation surround visitors with artefacts demonstrating ancient wisdom and philosophy. The exterior design of the round dome and the square base symbolizes the ancient idea of a round heaven and a square land.\n\nThe museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. The eleven Galleries cover most of the major categories of Chinese art: Ancient Bronze, Ancient Ceramics, Paintings, Calligraphy, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient Jade, Coins, Ming and Qing Furniture, Seals, and Minority Nationalities.\n\nThe ancient ceramics collection is a special Shanghai Museum treasure. Among the more than 500 pieces are artwork from various dynasties, such as painted and gray pottery from the Neolithic age, primitive celadon from the Shang, Zhou and Warring States, mature celadon from the East Han Dynasty, the well known tri-colored glazed pottery from the Tang Dynasty, blue, white and black glazed as well as painted porcelain from the Song, Jin and Liao, and the brilliant works from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, the centre of the industry during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties

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