Founded in October 1951, East China Normal University was established on the former site of Great China University, based on that institution and Guanghua University, while incorporating parts of departments from Fudan University, Tongji University, and others. In 1972, East China Normal University merged with four other institutions including Shanghai Teachers College and was renamed Shanghai…
Over seventy-year-old Teacher Du Baojun is known as a “pebble enthusiast.” She has collected more than 500 agate pebbles of diverse colors and patterns, ranging in size from as large as a bowl to as small as a bean, showcasing a world of beauty to people. Her private agate pebble collection hall is open free of charge to local youths year-round, and her story has been included in Shanghai’s newly published Encyclopedia…
Martyr Gu Zhenghong was an outstanding communist fighter nurtured by the Communist Party of China. In May 1925, the great "May 30th" Anti-Imperialist Movement, triggered by the sacrifice of Gu Zhenghong, went down in history. To carry forward the revolutionary traditions of the martyrs and promote patriotism, the Gu Zhenghong Memorial Hall was...
Changshou Park is located in the central commercial and residential area of Changshou Road in Shanghai, covering an area of 400,000 square meters. It officially opened to the public on September 28, 2001. The park is large in scale and rich in landscapes. It upholds the essence of traditional Chinese culture while incorporating the best of Western garden landscape design, offering excellent ecological and scenic effects with a unique...
Future Islands Park is located on the south side of Zhenjiang North Road, at the junction of Qilian Mountain Road and Suide Road, situated in the center of the Future Islands Logistics High-Tech Park in Taopu Town, Putuo District, Shanghai’s western hub. The park features a framework of multi-layered arbor trees with combined crowns, selecting pollution-resistant native species such as beech, privet, palms, and metasequoia...
Meichuan Park is located in the western part of Putuo District at No. 2361 Wuning Road. The park was master-planned by the Shanghai Landscape Architecture Design Institute, with construction drawings designed by the Putuo District Landscape Design Office and construction contracted to Shanghai Greenboat Landscape Construction Co., Ltd. With a total investment of 7.35 million yuan, construction began in 1999, and...
Yichuan Park is located in the eastern part of Putuo District at No. 99 Yichuan Road. The park construction project was designed by the Shanghai Landscape Architecture Design Institute and constructed by the Putuo District Gardening Office. Construction began in November 1984, and the park officially opened to the public on May 1, 1986, with a total investment of 545,000 yuan. The park is named after Yichuan New Village and covers an area…
The Jade Buddha Temple is located at the intersection of Anyuan Road and Jiangning Road in Putuo District, Shanghai. Its original site was in Jiangwan Town. In the eighth year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1882), Master Huigen from Mount Putuo traveled through Mount Wutai and Mount Emei, entered Tibet, went to India to worship the Buddha, then passed through Myanmar. With the support of local overseas Chinese, he quarried jade, carved five jade Buddhas, and brought them back to Mount Putuo...
Putuo Park is located south of the Light Rail Mingzhu Line, north of the Suzhou River, and east of Dongxin Branch Road within Putuo District. It covers an area of 19.78 mu, approximately 13,187 square meters. The park includes 6,841 square meters of green space, 4,759 square meters of pathways, 1,086 square meters of play areas, and 154 square meters of living and office space...
Cao Yang Park is located at No. 2 Fengqiao Road, Putuo District, covering an area of 22,573 square meters. The site was originally a waterway area between Jiebang and Qiujiang rivers. According to the overall plan for Cao Yang New Village, land acquisition began in 1952. In 1953, construction started with a small private nursery as the center, incorporating the surrounding cemetery area, and the park was built concurrently with the development of Cao Yang New Village Phase I...
Guanlong Park is located in the northeast corner of Putuo District, bordered by Guanlong Road to the south and adjacent to the Shanghai–Nanjing Railway to the north. It covers an area of 12,500 square meters, including 6,060 square meters of green space and 170 square meters of water bodies. The park receives 1.277 million visitors annually. It was opened to the public free of charge in 1994. Utilizing ecological principles, the park features landscaping predominantly through plants…
Lanxi Youth Park is located in the central part of Putuo District. It lies to the east of Lanxi Road, south of the District Central Hospital, west of Huaxi Road, and north of CaoYang Yi Village. The main entrance of the park is at No. 151 Lanxi Road, covering an area of 12,620 square meters. The site was originally a sloping farmland on the north bank of Qiujiang River, interspersed with abandoned graves and a temple called -Ci (Ancestral Hall), which was destroyed during the Anti-Japanese War by Japanese bombing.
Hutai Park is a supporting project of the Hutai New Village, located in the eastern part of Putuo District at No. 37 Xincun Road. It was designed by the Shanghai Landscape Architecture Design Institute, started construction in December 1988, and opened to the public on May 1, 1988, covering an area of 1.47 hectares. The site was originally farmland, with the old Henggang River and ponds to the west. In the early 1980s…
Zhen Guang Park is located at the junction of Zhen Guang Road and Tong Chuan Road in Putuo District. Originally a garbage dump site, over ten meters high piles of waste were not only an eyesore but also severely affected the surrounding environment. To improve the amenities of the Zhen Guang Xincun residential community and accelerate the development and construction of the Zhen Guang base, the Shanghai Housing Development Bureau and the Municipal Gardens and Parks Bureau decided to plan and construct a park here...
Ganquan Park is a supporting park planned for the Ganquan residential area during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period. In 1997, it was listed as a practical project of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. Located in the eastern part of Putuo District at No. 100 Xixiang Road, the park was designed by the Shanghai Landscape Architecture Design Institute and constructed by the Putuo District Garden Authority. Construction began in July 1997...
Shanghai Changfeng Ocean World is a theme park operated under the Australian OCEANIS Group, integrating leisure entertainment, tourism, and scientific research. The OCEANIS International Group is the world’s largest operator in the aquarium industry, with six aquariums globally located in Sunshine Coast (Australia), Melbourne (Australia), Busan (South Korea), Shanghai (China), Bangkok (Thailand), and Dubai (UAE), while an aquarium project in Toronto (Canada) is currently under planning.
The Shanghai Textile Museum is located at the former site of the Ninth Shanghai Shenxin Textile Mill, on the south bank of the Suzhou River, north of Aomen Road, east of Changhua Road, and northwest of the Changshou Road Bridge. It features an outdoor exhibition area of 1,500 square meters and an indoor exhibition area of 4,480 square meters, making it a regional industry-specific museum. The museum uses physical objects, documents, scenes...
The Shanghai Trademark and Matchbox Label Collection Museum is located at No. 251 Daduhe Road, Putuo District (within Changfeng No. 1 Green Space), and evolved from the 80-year-old Shanghai Match Factory. The main building of the museum has a distinctive design, consisting of three matchbox-shaped structures, supported by several columns resembling matchsticks. The overall design is quite...
The Shanghai Mint Museum is located in the office building of Shanghai Mint Co., Ltd. (formerly the Shanghai Mint), a "Shanghai Municipal Outstanding Historical Building" situated along the Suzhou River. Covering an area of approximately 600 square meters, it stands out among numerous coin museums across China with its unique focus on "minting craftsmanship." The museum features...
Hami Kids' Imagination Town is a fully immersive, multi-dimensional activity venue that holistically develops children’s eight key multiple intelligences. As an international family leisure and growth town from the UK, and a flagship brand under Hami Investment Management Co., Ltd., we are dedicated to sharing with Chinese children the most globally popular educational, entertainment, and scientific resources. …