Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There
Metro
Line 2 runs beneath W Nanjing Rd, stopping at People's Sq, W Nanjing Rd and Jing'an Temple. Line
7 runs from north Jing'an to the French Concession, with handy junctions at Jing'an Temple and Changshou Rd.
The new line 13 will link Changshou Rd in north Jing'an with W Nanjing Rd.
The Sights in a Day
Jing'an is a fascinating neighbourhood to explore, and there's no better way to
do it than on foot. Learn about the
local architecture
(
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)
around W
Nanjing Rd, where you can visit alleyway housing and one of Mao Zedong's former resid-
ences. Stop for an early lunch at
Vegetarian Lifestyle
(
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) or
Wujiang Road
Food Street
(
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)
and then head to
Jade Buddha Temple
(
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)
, or visit
the temple first followed by lunch at the adjacent vegetarian canteen.
Taxi it over to nearby
M50
(
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), where you can sift through the experi-
ments taking place in the contemporary-art world and get a feel for the issues
that preoccupy modern Chinese society. After an energising coffee on the roof of building
17, taxi it over to
Jing'an Temple
(
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;
pictured left), where the statuary con-
trasts markedly with that of Jade Buddha Temple.
For dinner, go sophisticated: classy Hunanese at
Guyi
(
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)
or scrump-
tious Shanghai-Cantonese hybrid
Lynn
(
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)
, followed by an evening
with the acrobats at
Shanghai Centre Theatre
(
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)
.
