Huangpu
The Bund & Huangpu
Fifty-two buildings on one curve of river, the old city behind them, and the skyline across the water.
The Bund is the riverfront that made Shanghai: banks, trading houses, a customs house and a hotel, built when this was the financial capital of East Asia. Behind it runs the old walled city, and across the water is everything built since 1990. Three Shanghais in one walk, if you do it in the right order.
The Bund at Dusk
One and a half hours, timed to the light: bridges, the promenade, the clock, then two yuan for the ferry back across the river.
Old City & Yu Garden
The walled city, the bazaar, the teahouse on the pond — and the five minutes past the tourist ring where the old street grid still runs.
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