Shanghai - The Tourist Trap - a photo on Flickriver

Nothing old here. All these nice buildings are sort of "fake".

The Yu Yuan area is Shanghai's "China cliche" area. Beautifully illuminated real (and mostly fake) historic buildings.

"Tourist Trap": This area around the historic Yu Garden (豫园 Yu Yuan) and the City God Temple (城隍庙 Chenghuangmiao) is made up as a souvenir shopping district especially for tourists.

Apart from the 450 years old Yu Garden itself and the City God Temple the 3 main attractions are the Hu Xin Ting Teahouse (湖心亭), the Nine Bends Bridge (九曲桥 Jiuqu Qiao) and the Lü Bo Lang Restaurant (绿波廊, remark: you can get really excellent fried snake there...😋) - the latter also serves as venue for state dinners, e.g. during the 2001 APEC summit Bill Clinton was invited there.

The Yu Garden and the City God Temple are the only "genuine" historic places - all else is either rebuilt or entirely new.

The Hu Xin Ting Teahouse is located in the center of a small lake and can only be reached via the Nine Bends Bridge - the name of the Teahouse means (literally translated): "Lake Heart Pavillion".

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Taken in: China / Shanghai / Huangpu Qu (show map)

Taken on: April 30, 2016

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