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More sightseeing while you’re in the area ...

Grand View Garden sits in an area of the Qingpu District famous for ancient bridges in old canal towns like the popular Zhujiajiao.

While in the vicinity, there are other scenic sites worthy of a visit.

Just west of Zhujiajiao is 62-square-kilometer Dianshan Lake, the source of the Huangpu River that bisects downtown Shanghai.

The lake’s name refers to a large hill that once stood in the middle of the lake until receding waters shifted its geography to the east bank.

The lake is a popular day trip for people needing a respite from urban concrete, noise and traffic. Here, visitors can view clear waters and enjoy a fresh sea breeze amid thick forest preserves, wetlands and cultivated farmland.

The lake is known for its crabs, lobsters and shellfish.

Besides Grand View Garden, the lake’s waters feed streams that run past other nearby sites, such as Baoguo temple, the Chen Yun Memorial Hall, the Sun Island Resort and the Oriental Land theme park. Many aquatic sports competitions are held here.

Qingpu Museum

This museum showcases thousands of relics used by Shanghai’s ancestors dating back to more than 6,000 years ago. Many were excavated from the Songze and Fuquanshan archeological sites in Qingpu.

The collection includes an ancient human skull and exhibits about the Songze, Liangzhu and Maqiao cultures. Replicated excavation sites are the backdrop for artefacts from the ancient tribes.

One room takes visitors into an elaborate setup of the earliest trading port of the ancient town of Qinglong during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The museum also displays a gouduo, a percussion instrument from the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), unearthed from the bottom of the Dianshan Lake.

Address: 1000 Huaqing Rd S.

Admission: Free

How to get there: Take Metro Line 2 or 10 to the Hongqiao Railway Station, then transfer to Line 17 to Huijin Road. Get out Exit 1 and take Qingpu bus No. 19 to the Huaqing Road S. East Garden stop.

Guanwang and Baoguo temples

On the shores of Dianshan Lake is a temple site dating back to ancient times.

In the central courtyard of the temple is a gingko tree said to be the oldest in Shanghai, dating back more than a thousand years. Almost 20 meters tall, the tree is supported by wooden stilts. Locals speak of its deep spirituality.

To its west, the back-facing Guanwang temple retains the structural characteristics from a Ming Dynasty renovation. Most of its original site was destroyed, leaving a 40 square-meter temple hall and two wells under the care Baoguo Temple.

A statue of the deity Guan Yu gazes across the lake. One of the ancient wells still supplies water through a lever-tap. Two engraved steles record the names of ancient donors and the amount contributed to the temple maintenance.

The Guanwang temple site has been under cultural preservation by the Qingpu District since 1961.

Address: No. 452, Dianfeng Village, by the Huqingping Highway

Admission: Free

How to get there: Take Metro line 2 or 10 to the Hongqiao Railway Station, then transfer to Line 17 to the Shanghai Oriental Land. Get out at Exit 3 and take the Qingshang bus line to the Dianfeng stop on the Huqingping Highway.




 

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