Do you know where to look at China's 100 year history? Yes, it's Shanghai.What about the 20-year history? I'm coming to the Bund. The Bund is the windowof Shanghai, which reflects the features of China's largest economic center cityand international modern metropolis, as well as the characteristics of a famoushistorical and cultural city. Many overseas Chinese and Chinese love to callShanghai Bund the first Bay in Asia. Yes, she is beautiful. Please see, fromnorth to south, she rises from the south of Baidu bridge to Xinkai River. It isabout 1800 meters long, with a curved trend like a crescent moon, beautiful andpicturesque.
According to records, the Bund was originally called Yangzi road andHuangpu beach road. In 1945, in memory of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, it was renamedZhongshan, which is still used today. The Bund used to be known as the OrientalWall Street. With the rapid development of urban construction in Shanghai, ithas more modern urban flavor. In 1995, it was rated as one of the "ten newlandscapes of Shanghai in the 1990s", attracting tens of thousands of touristsevery day.
Ladies and gentlemen: today, when we are bathed in the sunshine of reformand opening up, we can enjoy a lot of beautiful scenery by walking on the Bund.First of all, look to the west, which is one of the symbols of Shanghai - theWorld Architecture Expo. As we all know, after the first war, Shanghai wasturned into a commercial port. At that time, Shanghai gradually became the placewhere foreign capital was most concentrated in China, and various western stylebuildings were also built along the Bund. A large number of banks, clubs andnightclubs of western countries are concentrated along the Huangpu River, whichreflects the plunder and aggression of Western colonization on Shanghai.
Although the tall buildings on the Bund were not designed by a singledesigner or built in the same era, they have a lot in common. They were the mostpopular styles in the west at that time. They adopted the western classicalarchitectural form. The whole building has a solemn and majestic momentum, andthe architectural tone is basically unified. In addition, on the east side,people can also see the broad and magnificent scenery of the Huangpu River fromthe observation platform in Shanghai. With the wind blowing on the river, theriver is shimmering, and the white seagulls are flying high and low, you can seethe port scenery of big cities. Looking from afar at the most novel skyscrapersin Pudong, the grand momentum makes the Bund beautiful. As a symbol of Shanghai,the Bund integrates river landscape and architectural landscape, and integrateswestern classical customs and modern Chinese civilization. Now let's have a lookat the main buildings near the Bund from south to north.
Friends:
good afternoon. Now we come to the Bund by the Huangpu River in Shanghai.First of all, I would like to welcome you to visit the Bund and wish you apleasant trip.
There are five tourist routes in the new Bund. On your left hand side arethe magnificent buildings and spacious Zhongshan Road known as the "WorldArchitecture Expo". On your right hand side are the sparkling Huangpu River andPudong Lujia financial and trade zone with bright future. In front of you is anew and unique sightseeing area. The buildings, Zhongshan Road, sightseeingarea, Huangpu River and Lujiazui are like the staff in the music score, whilethe industrious Shanghai people are like strings of inter symbol, forming thelatest and most beautiful movement. Welcome to all the guests.
What about the Bund? To put it simply, it used to be a reed coveredwasteland outside the old city of Shanghai.
After the first war in 1840, the locked door was opened by the colonists,and Shanghai was forced to become a commercial port. Since then, all kinds ofwestern style buildings have sprung up with the colonists' "seizing the beach".By the early 1930s, Shanghai had leapt from a coastal town to the largest cityin the Far East.
Although these buildings with European Renaissance style are not designedby the same designer or built in the same era, their architectural style is soharmonious and unified that it seems to be natural. From the the Bund road tothe outer white road bridge, the length of the arc is only 1.5 kilometers, androw upon row of 52 buildings of different styles, including English, French,ancient Greek, etc. At that time, many foreign banks, associations andconsulates gathered here, known as "Wall Street" in the East, forming ahistorical miniature of the semi colonial and semi feudal society in oldShanghai.
Please see, Dongfeng Hotel No.2 on the new Bund used to be a very famousBritish club. It is a typical British classical building. The building is 6stories high (including basement). There is a lookout Pavilion at the north andsouth ends of the roof. The interior decoration is very gorgeous. The firstfloor bar used to be proud of its 110.7-foot bar, which is the longest in theEast. Now KFC is located in the bar.
Before the new Bund 12, it was the famous "HSBC Bank". The building wasbuilt in 1923, which is an antique Greek style dome building. The building is arectangular building close to square, with five stories high and a halfspherical top layer. There are seven stories at the top of the building and asteel frame structure. The interior of the building is decorated with variousreception rooms in the United States, Britain, France, Russia and Japan. Thisbuilding was once regarded by the British as one of the most exquisite buildingsfrom the Suez Canal to the Bering Strait in the Far East.
The building next to HSBC is the Shanghai customs building, a 19th-centuryretro building, built in 1927, which is rare in the world today. The clock onthe top of the building can be seen all around. It plays a short tune every 15minutes. The sound of the bell is melodious and deep, with a sound of 10 Li.
After Wilson, the British designer, the HSBC building and the customsbuilding are affectionately called "sister buildings" in Shanghai, and they arestill one of the important symbols of Shanghai.
The two buildings at the entrance of Nanjing East Road are called peacehotel. The south facing building was built in 1906. It was called Huizhong hotelat that time. It is the earliest existing hotel in Shanghai. It can be used as ahistorical building, belonging to the Renaissance of British culture. Thebiggest feature of the building is that the facade is made of red brick withwaist line and white wall brick with veneer. From a distance, it looks solemnand elegant with unique style, which is a rare masterpiece.
These buildings on the Bund are the crystallization of the industriouswisdom of the Chinese working people, and also reflect the plunder and invasionof Shanghai by the western colonists. Nowadays, in order to let people know thehistory of these buildings, the Chinese and English nameplates are hung in frontof each building.
As for the Bund, the name given to her by Shanghai people has changed withthe passage of time. Shanghai people call the Bund before liberation the oldBund and after liberation the Bund. Now people praise it as the new Bund. Therehave been scenes of seizing the Bund many times in history, but each time has acompletely different historical significance. Since the Third Plenary Session ofthe Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the strategicfocus of China's reform and opening up has also changed from south to north. Thedevelopment and revitalization of Pudong has brought Shanghai to the forefrontof China's reform and opening up. The spring breeze has awakened Shanghai Bund,which has been sleeping for many years. Chinese and foreign financialinstitutions have also seized the Bund. Shanghai has made a major move to "cleanup the nest and attract Phoenix", replacing the houses on the Bund FinancialStreet, attracting "old customers" at home and abroad to settle down again,showing the style of "Wall Street" in the Far East again.
The Bund is a symbol of Shanghai and a must for Chinese and foreigntourists. But in the past, because of the narrow road and the crowded traffic,the overall image of the Bund was seriously affected. In order to change theappearance of the Bund, the Shanghai People's government takes the Bund as a keypoint to transform. The road in front of us is called Zhongshan Road. It isnamed in memory of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the pioneer of China's democraticrevolution. It is also part of the comprehensive transformation of the Bund. Theroad is 826m long and 45m wide with 6 to 10 lanes. This wide traffic line is notonly limited to the Bund area, but also extends with the pace of reform andopening up. It starts from Jiangwan Wujiaochang in the north and ends at NanpuBridge in the south. By the beginning of the next century, the North-SouthCorridor will be 15 kilometers long and will become a landmark of Shanghaitourism.
The riverside road we are taking now is quite unique. It not onlyintegrates culture and greening, but also is a good place for people to practicewriting and martial arts in the morning, a place for tourists at home and abroadto visit in the daytime, and an ideal place for lovers to have a love talk inthe evening. It is said that many foreign friends have come to experiencelife.
Ladies and gentlemen, strolling in the new Bund Sightseeing Area, do youfeel that the new Bund not only has a new look, but also has a strong artisticatmosphere in the bustling city. Let's see: an artistic landscape with the themeof "for tomorrow" is set on the Bund of Yan'an East Road, embracing with sixcolumns and combining with the meteorological signal station with a history ofmore than 80 years to form a group of scenery. The customs building and theelectronic waterfall clock are also quite new. The electronic waterfall clock isa ladder type, 27 meters long and 3.5 meters high, with 10 full steps. The wholeoperation process is controlled by computer. There are more than 1000 jets ofwater in various colors of Arabic numerals, which makes the world so far awayand so close to each other. The tourist area has become a scenic line ofShanghai style culture that can accommodate hundreds of rivers.
Walking on the Bund, we unconsciously entered Huangpu Park. When it comesto this park, every Chinese can't forget the sign that "Chinese and dogs are notallowed to enter" hung by foreign powers at the gate of the park in the past.The infamous sign brought great shame to the Chinese people at that time! Now,look at the 60 meter high Shanghai People's handsome monument standing in frontof the water. The majestic three pillar huanggangyan tower seems to tell peoplethat the people will always remember the heroes who sacrificed their lives forthe national humiliation and Shanghai's revolutionary cause since the war, theMay 4th Movement and the liberation war.
Huangpu Park is facing the famous Huangpu River at home and abroad. "Theyellow water in Huanglongpu on the moon" vividly depicts the color of HuangpuRiver. Jiangpu river is the mother river of Shanghai. It originates from TaihuLake in Wuxi. It is the longest, widest and deepest river in Shanghai, with atotal length of 114 km, an average width of 400 m and a depth of 7-9 M. Itsoriginal name is Dongjiang, also known as chunshenjiang and huangxiejiang. It issaid that more than 20__ years ago, Shanghai belonged to the state of Chu. Atthat time, there was a great general named Huang Xie in the state of Chu. He wasvery talented in governing the country. He was appointed prime minister by theking of Chu and was granted the title of "fengshenjun" to govern the land ofShanghai. Due to the siltation of the upper reaches of Dongjiang River at thattime, he led the people of Shanghai to dredge and modify the waterway, whichgreatly developed Shanghai's water transportation and agriculture. In order tocommemorate Huang Xie's achievements, later generations changed the name ofDongjiang River to "chunshenjiang" and "huangxiepu", which was not officiallynamed "Huangpu River" until the Southern Song Dynasty.
Huangpu River has two "children", one is Pudong, the other is Puxi. Beforethe birth of new China, their family was oppressed by three mountains. Themother river was full of warships and merchant ships, and the "two children"were also overwhelmed. "Tiaohuangpu" is the catchphrase of Shanghai people. Itmeans that the common people who can't survive in the old society come here tothrow themselves into the river.
Overlooking the other bank, Pudong Lujiazui financial and trade zone andPuxi Bund are facing each other. Its functions are finance, trade and foreignservices. It will be the core and symbol of new Shanghai. "East Bund" BinjiangAvenue, with a total length of 2500 meters, integrates tourism, sightseeing andentertainment, along which there are six distinctive squares. Although I canonly smell the rumbling sound of piling, it is the most gorgeous movement on thestaff and predicts a better future for the Bund.
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now we come to shanghai huangpu river bank bund, first, i tour to everybodyvisit bund to express the welcome, and wishes in advance each traveling to behappy.
new bund altogether has five traveling routes, nearby yours left hand is bythe reputation is wan guo constructs reads extensively the magnificentarchitectural complex and spacious zhongshan road, nearby your right hand is thewave light clear huangpu river as well as the future resembles the brocade thepudong land to embellish the financial trade area, at present for is noveluniquely goes sightseeing the tour area. this architectural complex, zhongshanroad, go sightseeing the area, the huangpu river, lu jiazui in the as if musicfive spectra, the industrious shanghai people seem between the string string thesymbol, is composing most newly the most gorgeous music movement, is welcomefellow guests' presence.
the powder can call bund? simple saying, it passed once was the desolatebeach place which outside the shanghai old city the reed grew thicklytogether.
in 1840 after first opium war, the tight lock entrance to a country hasbeen driven out by the colonizing ocean artillery, shanghai also is compelled toward off for the commercial port. since then, all kinds of west foreign styleconstruction hastens to ground along with colonizing but towers in abundance, tothis century the beginning of 30's, shanghai as soon as leapt into the far eastbiggest 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 anage, but their construction style is such harmonious unification, the daybecomes. from jinling east road bund to outside white temporary bridge long only1.5 kilometer arcs in, height scattered about, is standing erect row after row52 styles each different construction, has england -like, france -like, ancientgreece -like and so on. same year many foreign banks, the general meeting, theconsulate and so on converged to this, some east wall street the name, formedthe old shanghai semicolonial and semifeudal society a historical miniature.
everybody please looked that, the new bund 2 east winds hotels, in the pastonce were the english general meetings which extremely is well-known, it is amodel english ancient canonical expression constructs. the building high has 6(continually basement), the roof north and south beginnings and endsrespectively suppose □t look pavilion, the interior decoration are extremelymagnificent. inside a yet higher goal bar same year once because of has 110.7foot eastern longest bar cabinet but to be arrogant for a while, now us'skentuckey quick dining room is located in.
new bund 12 before are famous the hongkong and shanghai bank, this buildingconstructed in 1923, was in the style of antiquity greece -like domeconstruction. the building for approaches the square the rectangularconstruction, high 5, a crown hemispheroid level goes against the vegetable tohave 7 in addition, the steel portal frame construction. in the buildingdecorates extremely is fastidious, is equipped with country each kind ofreception room and so on america, england and france, russia, date. this placeconstructed the english once to brag for from the suez canal to far east beringstrait most was fastidious construction.
nearby close neighbor hongkong and shanghai bank that building is theshanghai customs building, is 19th century restores the old the principleconstruction, 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, each15 minutes play sound section of short tunes, melodious are deep, reputation 10miles.
after the hongkong and shanghai bank building and the customs building allstem from english designer wilson, shanghai kindly called they are the sistersbuilding, at present was still one of shanghai's important symbols.
east nanjing the street intersection two buildings are called the peacefulhotel. sat north the southern dynasty this lou jianyu in 1906, at that time thename collected the hotel, was a shanghai extant earliest hotel. it may take ahistorical construction, is the english chinese world renaissance. this buildingmost major characteristic is sets up the surface color red brick to make thewaist line, bai qiangzhuan makes the cover, looks by far both gravely iselegant, and other style, the reality is a rare excellent work.
bund's these constructions, all are the china working people industriouswisdom crystallization, simultaneously has also reflected western colonizing toshanghai's plundering and the aggression. now in order to let the peopleunderstand these constructions the history, in front of each big front doorhangs has the data plate which the chinese and english compares.
regarding bund, the shanghai person also passes for hers name along withthe time changes. shanghai person's is called old bund, after the liberationliberation before bund to be called as bund, now the people approve her are newbund. in the history occurs has seized bund many times the scene, but each timeall has the completely different historical significance. since party's 11sessions of three ccp plenary conferences, the china reform and open policystrategic center of gravity also from the south but north, pudong's developmentand the promotion enable shanghai to walk the nation reform and open policy mostfront. the spring breeze blew awakes the deep sleep many year shanghai bund, thechinese and foreign financial organ in abundance has also seized bund. shanghaihas made the clear nest directs the phoenix the significant action, the bundfinance street house big replacement, will attract everywhere the old customerreto come to settle down, again will reveal the far east wall street elegantdemeanour.
bund is shanghai's symbol, also is the chinese and foreign tourists mustarrive place. but in before because the path narrow, the pedestrian vehicles arepacked like sardines, seriously has affected the bund overall image. for thechange place beach appearance, the shanghai people's government performs bund asthe key point to transform. at present this street called, also is bund whichzhongshan a group, is for commemorate pioneer mr. sun yat-sen which chinademocratic revolution names synthesizes the transformation a part. this groupspan 826 meters, the width 45 meters, suppose 6 to 10 traffic lanes. this broadline of communication not merely is restricted in area bund, it follows thereform and open policy step unceasingly to extend, north the jiangwan five jiaofields, 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 thesign landscape which the shanghai traveling will go sightseeing.
we now walk this bin jiang main road quite has the characteristic. it notonly collection culture, afforestation to a body, moreover the morning is thepeople practices the good place which the article practices martial arts,daytime is domestic and foreign goes sightseeing the tour world, evening is theideal place which talks love to the lover, heard has many foreign friends all inadmiration of somebody's fame to come to experience the life.
fellow guests, stroll in new bund to go sightseeing the area, whether youdo feel, new bund not only appearance changed beyond recognition, moreover inlively is lively passes the rich artistic breath. everybody please looked that,in the yenan east road bund establishment subject will be for tomorrow theartistic landscape, will hug by 6 columns, with will have more than 80 yearshistorical meteorological signal to become a group to the scenery. the customsbuilding and the electronic waterfall clock also is quite has the fresh idea tothe scenery. the electronic waterfall clock assumes the steps and ladders type,the length 27 meters, the height 3.5 meters, supposes 10 entire stairs. theentire operating process by the computer control, approximately some more than1,000 nozzles water column is composed each kind of color the arabic numeral,causes world each place since such remoteness, double is how being intimatewith. went sightseeing the area worthily to become to hold hundred sichuan, iscompatible shanghai school characteristic culture scenery line which andgathered.
strolls bund, we unconsciously entered the whangpoo river park. inmentioned this park, each chinese all could not forget the former days foreigncountry big powers to hang the chinese people and the dog did not have to enterin park entrance that block the sign, that notorious sign, let then chinesepeople suffer the enormous shame! now, looked at present that 60 meter highshanghai people outstandingly talented monument, stands erect is facing thewater place. the military might magnificent sight three columns yellow hillocksbody in has told the people as if, the people forever cherishes the memory ofsince the opium war, 54 movements and the war of liberation, is the scrubbingnationality shame, devotes the heroes for shanghai's revolutionary business.
the whangpoo river park faces is well-known everywhere huangpu river. onmonth huanglong water's edge water yellow, extremely vividly described thewhangpoo river river water color. improves pujiang is shanghai's mother river,it originates to the wuxi tai lake, is within the boundaries of shanghailongest, is widest, deepest rivers, the span 114 kilometers; the mean breadth400 meters, are deep 7 to 9 meters. its original name calls dong jiang, also hasthe spring shenjiang river, alternate name and so on huang xiejiang. hands downbefore more than 2,000 years, shanghai was chu at that time, at that time chucountry has a senior general yellow to call to rest, he had very much rules anation ability, is appointed by chu king as prime minister, and sealed forpresents mr. shen, had jurisdiction over shanghai this land. at that timebecause upstream dong jiang's clogged with silt, he led the shanghai people tocarry on scours, and revised the route, caused shanghai the aquatictransportation and the agriculture obtains the very big development, theposterity for commemorate huang xie the merit, renamed dong jiang as the springshenjiang river and yellow , only then officially chose a name until thesouthern 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 themerchantman, two children also are pressed have not gasped for breath. jumpswhangpoo river my sentence shanghai person's pet phrase, refers to the commonpeople which the old society really is unable to live, throws the river to hereto commit suicide.
looks out into the distance the opposite shore, pudong lu jiazui thefinance trade area and puxi bund distantly faces one another, its function forthe finance, the trade and foreign serves, it will be the new shanghai's coreand the symbol. east bund the bin jiang main road, the total length 2,500meters, the collection traveling, go sightseeing with the entertainment and soon are a body, is equipped with 6 multi-faceted squares along the road. althoughthe present only rumble cuts in line the sound, but the sound sound , is in fivespectra the most magnificent music movement, will be forecasting a bund moreglorious future.
as is known to all, the silk road into xinjiang, south, north is dividedinto three sections, the word. and of every faith scenery lets a person miandthoughtful. therefore, it is the silk road trip to travel.
brief introduction of the first description: xinjiang is located in china'snorthwest border regions in china, also called, the second-largest pasture,ecological environment. north of continental climate, the winters are long andhard, summer, autumn season and hot chirp is not obvious, relatively strong,solar radiation temperature changes. so remind everybody must pay attention toprevent bask in the night and temperature is too big and prepare appropriateclothes. meanwhile, xinjiang has the advantageous sunshine, light, heat andplanting trees and the crops of thermophilic melon, improve sugar accumulation.so a luscious taste the melon and fruit in xinjiang.
our first stop was the urumqi. it is the farthest from the oceans of theworld cities, capital of xinjiang uygur autonomous region, meaning "beautiful",but also the ranch along. we recommend the attraction is the natural pasture,carefree nanshan pasture flocks, paolo maldini, compose in green grassland,spruce, combining the deep valley, and a 20 meters high, the waterf-all. hereyou can live on the shores of the zhanfang, taste herdsmen nang, dairy products,roast lamb kebabs, zhuafan hand, etc. bake complete sheep is a choice jieyangsurrounding xinjiang, or under the age of two lambs as raw materials, to fatwith flour and entrails, feet, salt water, eggs, pepper, alone powder evenlyinto paste, in the whole body, then add the sheep are soaking pit, nang bakeuntil cooked. baked sheep, golden oil, fragrance waft through the meat,delicious! you can rent a horse galloping on the kazakh nomads, acrothe vastgrassland of the thick forest. also can realize kazak ethnic customs: racingnomads, thanks to the sheep, chasing girls. urumqi seasons all appropriate, eachhave different seasons.
our second station is well known in turpan: it's very hot and dry thelowest place. is extremely arid region unique ecological environment and therepresentatives of the oasis civilization. you may have noticed that a foot onthis land, and we are the only dry! the sun is so frankly, the bakingtemperature has reached 50 to 60 degrees celsius, i.e., steaming eggs. you alsodon't too boring, let us imagine a pleasant trip to the sauna. first, we went tothe fire, the authors of shanxi, surrounded by the farmhouse here, secludedspot, vines with green, a very cool and refreshing and comfortable come, here isthe "huozhou" summer in heaven. in these grape, as long as the timbrel rang, menand women will be averted dance. believe that everyone heard that song familiar"to", covering your journey has a small talk "uncle"? how does not show guide sonow you for it.
small guide a bit embarrassed, here but dance, unexpectedly township inhere, please everybody to me. now please follow me to visit the shadow ofraisins for washing room. raised my hand against the grapes can be picked youcan't decapitation, later will have to taste the free of grapes, let everybodyfan.
to see the city will be kanerjing, it is spots with wall, thebeijing-hangzhou grand canal and called china's three projects, it is the sourceof life of the local people. because it is in the ground, also very cool andrefreshing and comfortable.
now we came to the tomb asidana - hara and is, there are many rooms vividfresco, lifelike lifelike, still have the "turpan documents", it is the currentinternational academic research foundation of words - turpan. because theclimate is hot dry form natural germ-free environment, so the dead bodies andobjects, although calendar millennium items without corruption, the body is dueto rapid dehydrate and formed the pyramids in egypt mummy "than" also mummifiedcorpses of exotic, some even seems visible eyes eyelash.
now we reached the place, also is the hami melon is executed. two thousandyears ago, here is the han dynasty zhangqian first opened the silk roadfortress, known as "the macroscopic throats, western". as the saying goes, "theeast sea crab hami melons as shrimp," beauty of hami words can't express. silkroad and the grassland culture were also it nurture...
millions of years ago cengfanhua noisy here, all the time, the flowers arecirculation of vast desert mysterious buried. numerous archaeological explorershave again and again into a history to touch, the dust, touch the soul ofhundreds of years ago. loulan ancient site actually is the capital of kingdom ".have luobubo beside the river, clear. after the han and the tarim river waterdiverted, though, because human resource and spent a cross-sectional noteglacier diversion into loulan, but soon, the time of ancient lou-lan and wastewater. from ancient lou-lan died in history!