Today the ship arrived at Shanghai, China. At 1 PM I went on a Cruise Specialists tour called "Best of Sanghai, Dinner & Acrobat Show". Our first stop was at Shanghai Museum, known as one of the world's finest museums of ancient Chinese Art. The building in located at People's Square and was opened in October 1996. Our next stop was a stroll through Shanghai's old Chinese quarter to the lovely Yu Yuan garden a 16th century Ming Dynasty private garden and residence. We next got on the coach and drive through the French Concession. Many of Shanghai's most beautiful residences were created in the French Concession when Shanghai was known as the "Venice of the East". Next we enjoyed a Shanghai-style dinner at a local restaurant. Next we attended an authentic Chinese Acrobatic Show. This show was put on in a special building built for the show. They had many different balancing acts, jumping acts, etc. What they did was amazing. There are several groups of this kind in China, but the Shanghai is reported to being the best. After the show we arrived back to the ship at 9:45PM.
Shanghai is a Chinese city located on the eastern coast of China where the Yangtze River flows into the East China Sea, and is the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million as of 2014. As one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China, it is a global financial centre and transport hub, with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China, Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the eastern Chinese coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea.
As a major administrative, shipping and trading city, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to trade and recognition of its favourable port location and economic potential. The city was one of five treaty ports forced open to foreign trade following the British victory over China in the First Opium War. The subsequent 1842 Treaty of Nanking and 1844 Treaty of Whampoa allowed the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement and the French Concession. The city then flourished as a center of commerce between China and other parts of the world (predominantly Western countries), and became the primary financial hub of the Asia-Pacific region in the 1930s. However, with the Communist Party takeover of the mainland in 1949, trade was limited to other socialist countries, and the city's global influence declined. In the 1990s, the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping resulted in an intense re-development of the city, aiding the return of finance and foreign investment to the city.
Shanghai has been described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy of mainland China; ]renowned for its Lujiazui skyline, and museums and historic buildings, such as those along The Bund, as well as the City God Temple and the Yu Garden.
This picture was taken from the ship of Shanghai, China.
This picture was taken from the ship of Shanghai, China.
This picture was taken from the bus of Shanghai, China.
This is a picture of the Shanghai Museum that we visited in Shanghai, China.
This picture was taken in the Shanghai Museum.
This picture was taken in the Shanghai Museum.
This picture was taken in the Shanghai Museum.
This picture was taken in the Shanghai Museum.
This picture was taken in the old Chinese quarter on the way to the Yu Yuan Garden.
This picture was taken in the old Chinese quarter on the way to the Yu Yuan Garden.
This picture was taken at a visit to the Yu Yuan Garden.
This picture was taken at a visit to the Yu Yuan Garden.
This picture was taken at a visit to the Yu Yuan Garden.
This picture was taken at a visit to the Yu Yuan Garden.
This picture was taken on the way back from a visit to the old Chinese quarter.
This picture was taken from the bus of Shanghai, China.
This picture was taken at the Shanghai-style dinner. The food was put on the Lazy Susan in the middle of the table.
This picture was taken at the Shanghai-style dinner.
This picture was taken at the Shanghai-style dinner.
This picture was taken at the Chinese Acrobatic Show.
This picture was taken at the Chinese Acrobatic Show.
This picture was taken at the Chinese Acrobatic Show.
This picture was taken at the Chinese Acrobatic Show.
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