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Grand Theatre architect Jean-Marie Charpentier designed this beautifully landscaped
140-hectare (350-acre) eco-park, which is anchored by a huge lake.
Pudong
ORIENTAL ARTS CENTRE
Exit the park on Jinxiu Road and follow the signs northwest to the adjacent
Oriental Arts
Centre
(Shanghai Dongfang Yishu Zhongxin; 425 Dingxiang Road;
www.shoac.com.cn
).
Pudong's answer to the Grand Theatre has three theatres and an exhibition hall. Viewed
from above, the 23,000 sq m (247,572 sq ft) building is in the shape of a magnolia, Shang-
hai's city flower.
QINCI YANGDIAN TEMPLE
guan; 476 Yuanshen Road; daily 8am-4pm; charge). The traditional Chinese roof and ochre
walls of Pudong's most important temple look out of place in the midst of all this modernity.
The temple was first built during the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220-80) and its most
powerful deity is Yan Wang, the god of hell.
CHINA ART PALACE
The striking red
China Art Palace
(Zhonghua Yishu Gong; World Expo Park, 161 Shangnan
Road; Tue-Sun 9am-5pm; free) charts the development of modern art in China, from the
Qing Dynasty to today. Its large-format artworks housed in cavernous galleries are almost as
impressive as the building itself - which was the China Pavilion of the 2010 World Expo, and
resembles a huge red-lacquered crown made of interlocking pieces.
