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Shanghai Longhua Martyrs Cemetery
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SHANGHAI BOTANICAL GARDENS
If you wish to extend your sightseeing, take a taxi 2km (1.2 miles) south from Longhua Mar-
tyrs' Cemetery to the Shanghai Botanical Gardens (Shanghai Zhiwuyuan; 1100 Longwu
Road; daily 8am-5pm winter, 7am-6pm summer; charge). This is a rambling expanse of
lakes, pine trees and more than 9,000 plants. It's noted for its bonsai collection in the Penjing
Garden, the Orchid Garden, medicinal plants and a pair of 18th-century pomegranate trees.
There's a memorial temple to Huang Dapo on the grounds: she was the legendary figure
who brought the technique of dyeing
nankeen
cloth to the region.
