South Putuo Temple is located on the edge of Xiamen University, so you can spend the same day playing with Xiamen University. It is a Buddhist temple which is famous in southern Fujian and even the whole country. If you are ready to pray, you may wish to come here to worship. In the back of the temple, it is the Five Old Men Peak, which is also one of the eight scenic spots in Xiamen. If you want to visit the mountain, you can also climb the mountain.
There are two mountain gates on the periphery of the temple. The east gate is close to Xiamen University and the west gate is close to the Bell and Drum Tunnel. The distance between the two gates is very close, so you can choose to go in the temple in any one of them. The FREE LIFE POND is in the middle of the two gates, with turtles inside and lotus ponds in front.
South Putuo Temple is very small, if you are not ready to climb Five Old Men Peak, you will finish you tour in the temple very fast. The main buildings include Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Dabei Hall, Zangjing Pavilion, etc., and on both sides of the temple, it has a bell tower and a drum tower, the charity building on the left side and the right-hand Pu Zhao Building is corresponding to each other, to make it very majestic.
Tianwang Hall is the first hall of South Putuo Temple. After entering the gate, you can see Maitreya Bodhisattva. Generally, worshiping Maitreya Buddha is mainly seeking for luck and wealth. The Daxiong Hall is dedicated to consecrate the Three Holy Saints of the West. The Dabei Hall is dedicated to Guanyin. In the Zangjing Pavilion, you can see all kinds of treasured Buddhist relics.
Pu Zhao Building is a place to eat vegetarian food, which is about 59 yuan per person, and you can consider eating here. The vegetarian food of the South Putuo Temple is still very famous, and has also won awards. You can just have a taste.
Shanghai Zoo used to be called Xijiao Zoo. It is the old zoo in Shanghai. It is not as big as the Shanghai Wild Animal Park. Adults even will feel very tired when they play in the Shanghai Wild Animal Park. The Shanghai Zoo is medium in size and it is very cost effective and worth a visit! The only downside is that there are too few parking spaces, so you need to find a parking space nearby, and it will cost 50 yuan for half a day to parking. However, the traffic is really convenient now. When you take the high-speed train, you can get off at Shanghai Hongqiao station, and transfer to Metro Line 10, and take three-stop stations to the Shanghai Zoo. Next to the subway exit it is the entrance to the zoo.
Take Subway Line 16 to Exit 1 of Shanghai Wild Animal Park Station and walk for about 15 minutes to Shanghai Wild Animal Park. The team waiting for the tour bus is particularly long. It is recommended to go there early and bring the umbrella, because a large amount of garbage falls from time to time during the queue. If the weather is good, you will feel the animals very cute.
Jinmao Tower is located in the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, which is 420.5 meters high, and it is second only to the Shanghai Tower and the World Financial Center. It is the third tallest building in Shanghai. The 88-story Sightseeing Hall is one of Shanghai’s famous high-altitude viewing platforms, and the night view is particularly charming. Going to the Jinmao Tower to view the scenery in the evening, you can see the enchanting sunset when the weather is good. There is a glass walkway outside the 88th floor, which is 340.6 meters high from the ground, with a total length of about 60 acres and a width of 1.2 meters. It is the world’s tallest outer walkway without guardrails. Everyone can go to Lujiazui to go to the Jinmao Tower to have a visit. The cost of the sightseeing hall here is much more affordable than the other buildings.
From the Lujiazui subway station, you can walk to this tall building on foot. The shopping environment inside the Jinmao Tower is also very good, and people will not be too many, but the consumer prices are quite high.
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. The tower is 468 meters high and is divided into three spheres. There are space capsules, rotating restaurants and Galleria. The 50-meter-high ball is the main sightseeing layer. The middle ball at a height of 259 meters is the 259m transparent observatory. At 350 meters in height, the capsule shows the sci-fi glamour of the space scene. This is Shanghai’s iconic building, and it is a must-see attraction for every visitor to Shanghai. In addition to the unique features of the building, there is also the City History Museum, which tells the past of Shanghai’s urban development and gives you a more detailed understanding of Shanghai’s past.
Shanghai World Financial Center is located at No. 100, Pudong Avenue, Lujiazui, Shanghai. After you go out of the Exit 6 of Metro Line 2, you can turn right and walk about 500 meters to reach the World Financial Center. Tickets of the Shanghai World Financial Center can be bought at the first-floor lobby, but it will be cheaper and more convenient if you book the tickets online and take the ticket there. Then you can take the high-speed elevator directly to the 97F sightseeing bridge whose height is 439 meters and looks like a floating bridge in the sky. Walking on the bridge as if walking in the sky, the open glass roof design allows you to look up at the sky while breathing fresh air. And the blue sky and white clouds seem to be within reach. People and nature are here to melt together.
For the first time taking the elevator to the 94th story of Shanghai World Financial Center, you will feel the speed of the elevator is amazing, which is about one second for one floor. Taking the elevator will feel like taking an airplane, as the ears will be a little uncomfortable. On the 94th floor, the night view of Shanghai is particularly beautiful, and you can see boats flowing on the Huangpu River and the lights of the Pearl Tower keep changing. The feeling of getting off the elevator is another experience, as it is the feeling of falling down at high speed, just likes the feeling of centrifugation, but it will slowly let you adapt at a hundred meters or so before falling again!
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center is located in Shanghai People’s Square, which is east of the municipal government. It was opened in 2000 and shows the achievements of Shanghai’s urban planning and construction development till 2020. It is an AAAA scenic spot, whose ticket is for 30 yuan per person. There are 5 floors above ground, and 2 floors underground, which can be visited from the bottom to the top. The exhibition is lively and interesting, which is reflecting Shanghai’s past, present and future. What impresses you the most is the protection of historical buildings. The theme is that the city makes life better! Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center is accessible by multiple subways. You can take Metro Lines 1#, 2# and 8# to get off at the People’s Square Station.
From the Yungu Temple cableway up the mountain, walking to the mouth of the West Sea Grand Canyon is not very far, and you can also feel the canyon beauty which is back of the Yellow Mountains. It is recommended to choose to go there when the weather is good, as you can feel the charm of the peaks, pine trees, canyons, stairs and other charm, it is recommended!
The West Sea Grand Canyon is one of the famous Grand Canyons in the Yellow Mountains Scenic Area, and also is a famous tourist attraction. Visitors and outdoor adventure enthusiasts are favored by the depth of the canyon, the cliffs and the gully. All kinds of strange peaks and stones can be seen everywhere. Walking in it, you will really sigh the magic of nature.
For Xidi and Hongcun Ancient Village, although they are both ancient Huizhou villages, and are listed in the World Cultural Heritage List, Xidi’s popularity is far less than that of Hongcun. Some people say that “Hongcun is a painting, and Xidi is a book”, which is a very good metaphor. Hongcun is beautifully stunning, and the commercial atmosphere is even heavier. In fact, Xidi is actually better preserved, and the humanity is more intense. There is Mingjing Lake at the entrance of the village, and the whole village and the surrounding hills are reflected in the lake. Compared to Hongcun Ancient Village, Xidi Ancient Village is quieter, and the commercial taste is less. It just takes half a day to travel around the village. On the mountain, you can see the whole picture of the village, and it is worth a visit!
Hongcun Ancient Village is located in Yixian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. It is known as the “painting village” and is about 30 kilometers away from Huangshan. There is a direct shuttle bus to reach the village. Hongcun ancient dwellings are typical representatives of Hui-style architecture, and are the birthplace of Hui culture and one of the important gathering places of ancient Hui merchants.
Hongcun Ancient Village is now a famous tourist destination, and this place receives many tourists from home and abroad every year. The architectural style, the layout of the village, the leisurely folk customs, and the harmoniousness between man and nature are all highlights that are worthy of our taste.