Shanghai and the East Culture and Sights

address:Tian'anmen-Platz, Peking, China

The most beautiful waterfront promenade in the Far East. Take a stroll along Shanghai's riverside thoroughfare for a one-of-a-kind glimpse at the city's hypermodern skyline. The Bund is full of families...

A spiritual refuge amid the city’s tumult. Longhua Temple is the largest and certainly the prettiest such institution in Shanghai. An attractive pagoda built in 977 stands at the main gate. The temple, ...

address:Peking, China

A public park and UNESCO world heritage sight. The Summer Palace is a relaxing place to visit. There is so much to see, if you like architecutre you could spend all day there.

The Stadtsee in Hangzhou is the epitome of Chinese landscape harmony. The averaged barely 2 m deep lake of about 15 km range is the most famous of all town waters of China. He is in the north of the Whi...

A magically beautiful skyscraper in any light. This jewel of modern architecture plays with the shape of the Chinese pagoda in its design. Elegant and graceful, its 88 floors house not just offices but ...

The ancient and subtle Chinese art of garden design in perfection. Shanghai's most important classical Chinese attraction. The "Garden of satisfaction" emerged from 1559 as a retirement home of a high o...

Eye-pleasing architecture. The Summer Palace in Beijing – first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886 – is a masterpiece of Chinese landsc...