FREE guided Shanghai Historic Walking Tours on 11th February, 2017

Date：11th February, 2017 Saturday

Time:   09:00 am - call 5153 1601 (Mon-Fri) for bookings (minimum 10 people)

Tour Itinerary: The Bund – Chinatown – Old Shanghai – Daoist Temple – Xintiandi – 1^st Congress of the CCP

At 9 am, we begin our tour of colonial Shanghai at The Bund with all its former glory. History is everywhere, which we will hear about as we walk south. As we enter Chinatown we also enter an entirely different world. As the foreign powers controlled the most important parts of Shanghai the Chinese kept within their own part of the city. In here they could live like they wanted, fairly undisturbed by the Western influence.

We continue though old Shanghai alleyways to Xintiandi. On the way we pass a small Daoist temple. We enter themain room to find the Jade Emperor, thought to be the inventor of the Chinese zodiac. Later we come across the Dongtai Lu market, where ‘antiques’ are sold from vendors. Although we can not expect to find genuine antiques it is still worth a quick stop to check out the things on offer.

Then we continue to Xintiandi where some of the best examples of the Shikumen doorway architecture are found. The Shikumen architecture became a hallmark of the Shanghai building style in the mid-19^th century. Here we also visit the 1^st Congress of the CCP to learn about the Party’s place in late colonial Shanghai.

The tour will take 4-5 hours.

Guide: English / Danish available

Focus: Shanghai history, history's influence on modern society

Fees: admission fees according to itinerary