Shanghai is a very modern city, there is a respectable and famous Buddhist temple, Jade Buddha Temple (yù fó chán sì 玉佛禅寺). As with most modern Chinese Buddhist temples, the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana (dà chéng fó jiào 大乘佛教) Buddhism. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Burma (miǎn diàn 缅甸) by sea. These were a sitting Buddha, and a smaller

Fuxing Park (fù xīng gōng yuán 复兴公园) carries the history of Shanghai. It was originally named Gujiazhai Park after the local Gu (gù 顾) family who opened it over 100 years ago. It was renamed the French Park when the French bought it to station armies in 1900.

After World War II broke out, the French withdrew from the city and the Japanese Government took over the administration of the French Concession, the park name then became Daxing Park. After the Chinese won the anti-Japanese war in 1945, its name was finally changed to the one it still holds today-Fuxing Park.

People's Square (rén mín guǎng chǎng 人民广场) is a large public square just off Nanjing Road (nán jīng lù 南京路) in the Huangpu District (huáng pǔ qǖ 黄浦区) of Shanghai, China. People's Square is the site of Shanghai's municipal government building, and is used as the standard reference point for measurement of distance in the Shanghai municipality.

Located in the center of Minhang District (mǐn háng qǖ 闵行区) of Shanghai, only 18 kilometers from the downtown area, Qibao Ancient Town can satisfy your curiosity about ancient water townships without the bother of either long distance or the rush of crowds.