1TheBund上海外滩

　　TheBundisoneofthesymbolsofShanghai.LocatedalongtheHuangpuRiver,theBundshowsoffShanghai'soutstandingforeignbuildings,mostofwhichwereerectedbefore1937.TotheEuropeans,theBundwasShanghai'sanswertoWallStreet.

　　“TheBund”wasderivedfromtheAnglo-Indiantermthatliterallymeans“amuddyembankment.”Atthebeginningofthe19thcentury,theareawasamereshallowwaterfrontcoveredwithreeds.

　　AtthenorthwesternendoftheBundwasHuangpuPark.ItwasforbiddenterritorytoChinesepeopleforyears,unlesstheywereaccompanyingemployers.Today,theparkisfreeandopentoeveryone;itisawell-maintainedwalkwayprovidingexcellentviewsovertherivertoPudonganddowntherivertotheoldCustomsHouseandothercolonialrelics.

　　OnthewestsideoftheBundarevarioustoweringbuildingsofdifferentarchitecturalstyles,includingGothic,BaroqueandRomanesque.ThecombinationofthesestructurescreatesauniqueboulevardthatresemblestheLiverpoolDocksand1920sNewYorkCity.

　　Today,theBundisintheprocessofanothertransformation.Thebuilding,identifiedbyacrowingdome,istheoldHongKong&ShanghaiBank,whichwascompletedin1921.FormanyyearsithashousedtheShanghaiPeople'sMunicipalGovernment.ThestatuesthatoncelinedtheBundnolongerexist.ThepairofbronzelionsthatoncestoodoutsidetheHongKong&ShanghaiBankarenowhousedattheBundHistoryMuseum.

　　2TheOrientalPearlTVTower东方明珠电视塔

　　TheOrientalPearlTVTowerislocatedinPudongParkinLujiazui,Shanghai.Thetower,surroundedbytheYangpuBridgeinthenortheastandtheNanpuBridgeinthesouthwest,createsapictureof"twindragonsplayingwithpearls".Theentiresceneisaphotographicjewelthatexcitestheimaginationandattractsthousandsofvisitorsyear-round.

　　This468metershightoweristheworld'sthirdtallestTVandradiotowersurpassedinheightonlybytowersinToronto,CanadaandMoscow,Russia.However,evenmorealluringthanitsheightisthetower'suniquearchitecturaldesignthatmakestheOrientalPearlTVToweroneofthemostattractiveplacesanywhere.

　　Visitorstravelupanddownthetowerindouble-deckerelevatorsthatcanholduptofiftypeopleattherateofsevenmeterspersecond.TheelevatorattendantsreciteanintroductiontotheTVTowerinEnglishandChinese.Onceyoureachyourdestination,youwillbeamazedatthevarietyofactivitiesavailableasthevariousspheresandcolumnsactuallyhouseplacesofinterest,commerce,andrecreation.

　　Itisamazingthatthisultra-moderntowercombinesancientconceptssuchasthesphericalpearls,with21stCenturytechnology,commerce,recreation,educationalandconferencefacilities.Truly,"orientalpearl"isthemostsuitablenameforthistower.