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17 mars 2009

OLD CITY OF SHANGHAI AND YU GARDEN

In the eastern part of central Shanghai, was in the past the Chinese city. To protect itself from possible invasion, a wall was surrounding the city. It survived, while the foreign concessions in Shanghai settled. In 1911, during the revolution it was...

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11 mars 2009

SHANGHAI, LE BUND A MUST TO SEE

Today, if you do not know THE BUND, you do not know Shanghai. This is a place where you can almost grasp the entire history of the city. First the BUND word meaning "muddy dock" itself gives an idea of what could be Shanghai to its origins. Located in...

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7 mars 2009

NANJING ROAD THE HEART OF SHANGHAI

After the Opium War, this part of Shanghai belonged to the British Concession, then to the International Concession. Nanjing road became the commercial thoroughfare where any goods for inland China, mainly Nanjing were transiting. So, it’s quite naturally...

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4 mars 2009

TEA CEREMONY IN CHINA

In the old City of Shanghai, an attraction is the Zigzag Bridge and the tea house in the middle of the lake, where you can attend a tea ceremony by Chinese custom which seems nothing to do with Japanese one. The teapot is then filled with water and the...

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28 février 2009

THE CHINESE FRESHWATER PEARLS

China is undoubtedly the leader in the production of freshwater pearls, it must be said that Chinese history refers to the use of pearls since more than 2200 years BC. In Shanghai, jewelry displays offer necklaces and bracelets which always attract the...

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25 février 2009

ABOUT JADE AND PIXIU ANIMAL IN CHINA

When you visit Shanghai, our attention is inevitably drawn to the shops and stores exposing all kinds of objects in jade with colors ranging from white to dark green. There is a Chinese proverb which say:”we can value the gold, but jade is invaluable”....

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21 février 2009

VISITING THE FRENCH CONCESSION IN SHANGHAI

Now I walk in the streets of the French Concession. I discover here an atmosphere quite different and I understand the reasons, when a guide explained to me the history of the place, that I would return to you, here in a condensed form. The principle...

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18 février 2009

SHANGHAI, THE JADE BUDDHA TEMPLE

This temple is located north of Shanghai and is an active monastery where you can see some monks busy At the time of the Qing dynasty, between 1875 and 1908, an abbot from mont Putuo went on pilgrimage to Tibet and joined the Burma. There, a Chinese installed...

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14 février 2009

SHANGHAI, THE YUN FENG THEATRE SHOW

This evening the hotel concierge recommended me to watch the spectacle of theater YUN FENG located 15mins walk from my hotel on Beijing Road. Currently, a team of young acrobats makes a representation and knowing the ability of the Chinese in this type...

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2 février 2009

DISCOVER SHANGHAI MUSEUM

For over 5 years I have been regularly in Shanghai for business unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to visit this so active city. At each of my visits I was always amazed by an increasing number of cranes busy around buildings under construction....

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