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Shanghai’s state-level intangible cultural heritage

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Shanghai’s state-level intangible cultural heritage
Chinese bone-setting therapy
Shaoxing opera (Yin faction)
Xu OK straw
Wu Song
Wu Jing handmade textile art clay
Suzhou Pingtan
Sijing 10 small gongs and drums Kam
The khairu Hermitage inkpad
Shanghai Longhua Temple Fair
Shanghai Paper-cut
Shanghai port’s chant
Shanghai Deng Cai
Shanghai Taoist music
Qian Bandung soy sauce artistry
Pudong storytelling
Pipa Art
Percussion book
Luodian draw dragon boat practices
Dragon Dance
Kunqu
Opera
Genre
Jiading bamboo
Boxwood carvings
Huaiju
Shanghai opera
Gu Embroidery
Fengxian roll Light
One-man show

Shanghai’s key national heritage conservation units

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Shanghai’s key national heritage conservation units
Chinese Socialist Youth League Central Organ of the site
The Chinese Communist Party of the First National Congress of the
China Communist Party of the Second National Congress of the
Shinnyoji Basilica
Yuyuan
Tomb of Xu Guangqi
Xing holy church, Temple
Song Qingling Tomb
Songjiang Tang Jing Chuang
Shanghai Zhongshan House
Shanghai General Post Office
Shanghai Bund buildings
Shanghai Song Qingling Former Residence
Mahler Residential
Lu Xun’s Tomb
Longhua Pagoda
Longhua Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial
International Hotel
Fuquan Ruins
Zhang Wentian House

Featured Business Street

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Featured Business Street:
Fuzhou Lu Culture Street
Dong Tai Road Antique Street
Duolun Road Cultural Celebrities Street
Beijing East Road, Street, the means of production
Maoming South Road Bar Tea Street
Yellow River Road, Food Street
Zhapulu Food Street
7 Fashion Street Pu Lu
Hengshan Road Recreation Street
Yunnan Road Snack Street

Shanghai Top Ten Business Center

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Shanghai Top Ten Business Center:
Commercial Street East Nanjing Road (Huangpu District)
Nanjing West Road, Commercial Street (Jingan District)
Huaihai Road Commercial Street (Luwan District and Xuhui District)
North Sichuan Road Commercial Street (Hongkou District)
Yuyuan Tourist Mart (Huangpu District)
Xujiahui shopping district (Xuhui District)
Wujiaochang Circle (Yangpu District)
Passenger Station Sleepless Town business district (Zhabei District)
Pudong New Shanghai Center (Pudong New Area)
Business district Jingan Temple (Jingan District)
Zhongshan Park business district (Changning District)

The history of Shanghai baoshan

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Baoshan, due to its name. 1412 years (Ming yongle decade), the territory has built a pile with artificial seen heaped-up mountains, as in Yangtze estuary maritime symbol for the emperor yongle, ship navigation, the factory. The mountain in 1582 (Ming dynasty years), but not in its slump is still used today.

Baoshan, jiangsu, of the original 1724 (qing yongzheng years), from the jiading county of baoshan county. When XianJing, build county, east, north to south of Yangtze river, yet zhabei tianmu road, west to the border (jiading, Yang, southeast and east (huangpu river area, gaoqiao, such as southwest to a long, wide 38 kilometers 41.5 kilometers, the area is 419 square kilometers. In 1928 (17 years), YanHang zhabei, jiangwan, PengPu, really, wu song, such as, takahashi 7, Shanghai municipal, especially under half of mortals. In 1937 (26) during the Anti-Japanese War, after all, Wen algae under Shanghai baoshan district, north to syncretization syncretization belong to downtown district (south) and Shanghai north, jiangwan changxing to pudong north. After the victory in the Anti-Japanese War, except under Shanghai big games, the system, according to prewar in jiangsu province, an area of about 200 square kilometers. After liberation, beginning of jiangsu province, jiangsu region Li after.

In 1958, the Shanghai all non-eu island and the north suburbs into south east, arise, east to the east coast of the island, south road, west to the wide and landed in dalian, a pool of jiangwan YanHang, before the big games, and return wusong baoshan area expanded to 443.64 square kilometers. 1960 the algae and Wen evoke wusong south road sides established syncretization wusong district, 1964 wusong district into the yangpu district. Since 1980, baosteel, because in the construction of Shanghai municipal people’s government, baosteel, based on the regional offices established wusong district again, baosteel regional offices under the jurisdiction of the administrative area and baoshan county town, and baosteel residences with the area between wusong wusong district under the jurisdiction of residences (i.e., south, and wusong temple, etc. ChengQiao, part of the village. In 1984, a central area, two town and wujiaochang jiangwan southern part of rural be hongkou, yangpu putuo district, etc, zhabei.

Since the reform and opening, baoshan the comprehensive economic strength increasing. The article introduce foreign built by the area of XianLu elevated road project has been completed in 1998. The Shanghai baoshan district to by 1 elevated light rail of Shanghai rail transit line 3 (phase) and outer pearl, baoshan’s economic boom has laid a solid foundation.

Flowers legend

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The legend about the shape, with the traditional Chinese folk tale colour.

The story is in a long time ago lived in the mountains, the elder sister call three sisters and two elder sister call red yulan magnolia, three elder sister call HuangYuLan.

One day they play down but found village smoke, cold autumn ausgestorben, three sisters astonished, to the village people know, qin shihuang after interrogated for reclamation, drive mountain, killing lobster princess, dragon became his enemy with zhangjiajie lures, dragon locked salt, don’t let zhangjiajie people eat salt, finally led to the plague, so many people died. The three sisters very pity them, then decided to help everyone for salt.

However this how easily?

At times, a dragon after three sisters had refused to guard the crab from salt, made by his general aromas of general fan poured crab, will cut wear, put salt storehouse of yandu dipped into the sea all.

The village man saved, three sisters are dragon became a flower. Later, they will have to commemorate the plumaria trees called “shape”, but they made their sweet also became the fragrance.

Story is very simple, is also very beautiful, but also reflects people’s pursuit of good things about the perfect and yearning.

Longhua temple legends

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

In The Three Kingdoms period, from western kingdoms in the prime minister has a single name. He doesn’t love riches and honour, gentle, resolves the house lavishly the monk said, “KangSengHui”, KangSengHui adhering to the Buddha, the dharma to expanding, and he swam in Shanghai, suzhou area. One day, to see here, longhua quietude, dust that is correct, no spiritual treasure block, right here and world. He doesn’t know the scenery here is uncommon, quiet in the wide ze dragon built dragon. Wide ze a monk saw a dragon, heart very unhappy. For evil, to the wind unroofed the monk fog, the monk was scarce, the grass. But suddenly find grass dragon emit a hair on the world, have colored clouds, the dragon was alarmed, and he looked, and behold KangSengHui near look intently, playing seat chanting. Dragon listening for a moment, the Buddha was read by decree, he not only has dismissed the original evil, also went up to KangSengHui said his return to the east, dragon palace, to build up KangSengHui brahman yu. KangSengHui accepted the dragon, he took his dragon temple, also ChengLongHua reconstruction to nanjing visited sun wu monarch, please ask him to help build pagodas, good for oneself to Buddha. So, in longhua temple built in 13 stupa and placed 13 Buddha.

Allegedly, the “KangSengHui” also do a piece of Shanghai and surrounding areas, the profound influence in longhua temple is located nearby church “, “Shanghai born from the Indian spread over the impart of sugar, will benefit the local people.

Shanghai longhua temple

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Longhua temple is located at Shanghai xuhui district of Shanghai, is LongHuaZhen the oldest and largest of the monastery. Legend longhua temple was built in three kingdoms, the prince for her sun, years.over has a history of over 1,700, existing of qing dynasty, temple for reconstruction. Now the longhua temple had become with ancient temples, pagodas, longhua temple fair, the bells of religious longhua tourist resort.

Longhua temple, a majestic scenery quiet, splendid hook, solemn dignified style. Inside the temple palace neat, rational layout, the main building has: the clock tower, gulou, maitreya temple, TianWangDian Ursa major palace, three temples, etc. The first house as the center of the house, the house maitreya with maitreya bodhisattva. Here the maitreya like and other temples, Chinese dynasties is the puppet monk (name) image, fellowship, his chest laugh, The second house for TianWangDian, height is four meters on both sides of the house as the four major Kings, and the strict attitude round. And the other temples TianWangDian different is, there is a heaven with coronary maitreya, The third house for higher daxiong baodian, located inside the temple is the main. JinShen enshrined in the three honour temple “three”. The covering the Buddha is Vishnu Lou, say again FaShen Buddha. The manjusri bodhisattva, top “is either on the lion, five, wisdom, brave. Samantabhadra bodhisattva, right is riding elephants, show exalted. During the Ming dynasty also display a fourteen years (1586) molten temple bells.

Inside the temple tower hung over there is a clear guangxu twenty years (1894), casting qinglong 3-ton bell made about two meters tall and weigh up to 13,000 jins. At the end of each year, there will be new “into” activity, longhua bells attracted a lot of visitors.

podong national development strategy

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

In 1980, October 3, jiefang daily headlines article published ten first and the bottom five and said?  The total industrial output: first, the strong eight-finals, Total exports accounted for the quarter, including the product 60%, exchange, first in China, The total revenue of the state, the central taxes andprofits over one-third of the fiscal expenditure, over the first in China,… , But Shanghai urban population density, per capita roads area at least, the highest proportion QueFangHu… Unleashed a in Shanghai, this essay reported by backlash, remittent of Shanghai, the revitalization of Shanghai is getting louder. In order to find a new direction of development of Shanghai, from the 1980s, Shanghai pudong), they moved eastward (from the south (jinshan petrochemical as the core, the north (south) and baoshan area, wusong jiangwan) in a different direction, thorough research,
In the 1980s, the mayor of Shanghai pudong, put forward the development of arats get municipal party committee and the city government leaders agree, Shanghai ideas began to focus on developing pudong reverse-an eastern, become the consensus, and ideas from the first consider as Shanghai pudong downtown, the diffusion of industry of Shanghai construction was transferred to the “four core center” .

In 1990, 28 March to April 7th, vice premier of the state council in accordance with the woodland, yao in pudong, and carry out special research formed the rapid development of pudong Shanghai several problems about the report outline. Only 11 days of April 18, the premier of the state council in Shanghai Volkswagen li peng the ceremony announced that the Chinese government decided to development and pudong.

Then, according to the Shanghai municipal party committee and the city government, formulate the strategy of “the development of pudong, Shanghai, China’s development, facing the world”.

In 2005, the state council approval pudong on the national synthetically reform pilot, municipal party committee and the city government, a “clear” three function (in establishing and implementing scientific development view, constructing the socialist harmonious society, the implementation of the “four center construction of national strategic role play demonstrative leading to become the first try to advance reform and opening-up, independent innovation demonstration area, modern service industry leading core gathering area), marks pudong reform and opening-up entered a new stage. Careful planning, 16 years in 16 years solid steps, under the leadership of the party central committee and the state council, and in the strength of provinces and cities nationwide various ministries, support, the development of pudong open have made remarkable achievements, establish a modernized multifunctional, extroverted, the new framework, pudong has become “China’s reform and opening the window” and “Shanghai the epitome of modernization.

Shanghai pudong

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Shanghai pudong, also called pudong (to be) the earliest history chuansha northern-southern dynasties can be traced back to the beam of datong, then reign (535) with kunshan county, belonging to Lutheran county, Ancient chuansha is having its journey, the 2006 TangTianBao years (127) of huating county, At $twenty-nine years ($1292), Shanghai county, Qing yongzheng years after Li points (1725) and Shanghai nanhui two county, Jiaqing fifteen years (1810) started by Shanghai nanhui county, two people have a stroke, chuansha hall, The revolution of 1911 (1911) change for county, jiangsu province zhili hall, 1950 by the nanhui delimit 29 township, In 1958, the change from a chuansha in jiangsu province of Shanghai jurisdiction, Founded in 1961, only two years of pudong county rural areas, and all delimit chuansha along the huangpu river side of danzhou-tunchang yangpu district high temple, Along the huangpu river in 1984 to the yankees, who TangQiao lujiazui, Shanghai huangpu area of the house, and ranks as crossing the river region to Yang danzhou-tunchang nanshi district. To XianJing 1985 before the founding of the area has twice. In 1990, the CPC central committee and the state council decision development of pudong new area in pudong, 1993, the county administrative revocation, chuansha system will also be put under the NaShi, huangpu, yangpu district and township of minhang sanlin back, pudong new area. 2009, in order to further strengthen the financial, shipping two center construction, the administrative area of pudong new area delimit nanhui area.