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Pudong Shangri-La Shanghai is located on the banks of the Hauanpu River, across from the Bund, and approximately 45 minutes from Pudong International Airport. The property's amenities include the indoor swimming pool, fitness equipment, tennis court, steam room and sauna, Fook Lam Moon (Cantonese restaurant), Lobby Lounge, Yi Cafe (buffet-style restaurant with 10 show kitchens), Nadaman (traditional Japanese cuisine), Jade on 36 (trendy top-floor venue), Gourmet (pastries, cakes, cookies, ice cream, etc), Bar (jazz entertainment, specialty whiskies, wine, cigars, etc), Lounge, and Bats & Brats (Western restaurant and bar with live entertainment). The hotel also offers room service, concierge assistance, a business center, cell phone rentals, laundry facilities, dry cleaning, currency exchange, and 24-hour front desk service. All rooms feature fireplaces, minibars, refrigerators, coffee and tea facilities, satellite TV, separate sitting areas, blackout drapes, hairdryers, bathrobes and slippers, bathroom telephones, irons and ironing boards, safes, voicemail, and complimentary high-speed Internet access. The hotel is completely smoke free.
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Pudong Shangri-la Shanghai Property Information:
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Rooms:
950
Floors:
35
Smoke-free Hotel:
Yes
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- Car rental desk
- Family rooms
- Free parking
- Meals
- Fitness facility
- Swimming pool
- Wheel chair access
- Tennis court
- Business center
- Dining
- Meeting room
- Nonsmoking
- Data port
- Dry cleaning
- Hot tub
- Conventions
- Luxury
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Pudong Shangri-la Shanghai Reservation Policies:
Check-In:
1400
Check-Out:
1200
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Shanghai Events & Entertainment
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Late
January
Chinese
New Year (Spring Festival)
Chinese
New Year is one of the best known, the most widely celebrated and certainly the
oldest New Year festivals in the world. Chinese communities all over the globe
have made it a big event in their respective communities, but there's no better
place to witness the start of the new lunar year than in China itself.
Chinese
New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, falls on the first day of the first
lunar month. The date changes in the Western calendar each year. The
preparations start long before the event and the festivities last for around 15
days, ending with the Lantern Festival.
In China
the New Year is widely celebrated, and everything closes down, officially, for
four days. People jam the transport networks to get home to their families.
Preparations begin about a month before the day itself, building up to huge
house-cleaning sessions to sweep out bad luck. Doors and windows are freshly
painted - the colors for the festival are red (for happiness) and gold (for
wealth) - and decorative paper cut outs and paintings are put up. Poetic
couplets expressing wishes for happiness and longevity, written on rolls of red
paper, are traditionally put on gateposts and doors.
On the
night itself, almost everyone in China holds a huge family dinner of seafood and
dumplings, as well as the traditional New Year cakes. Then, at midnight,
fireworks light up the skies all over the country. On the next day, people
traditionally visit relatives, friends and neighbors with new year greetings
("Gong Xi Fa Cai": "Happy and Prosperous New Year"), and married couples give
Hong Bao (red packets of money) to children and unmarried adults. There are also
high-energy dragon dances, lantern shows, and other entertainments throughout
the celebrations.
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Lantern
Festival
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Admission
is free.
The
streets of Shanghai light up at night during this huge festival as revelers walk
about holding Chinese lanterns. Legend claims that the lanterns protect citizens
from being attacked and hauled away by evil spirits lurking in Shanghai's air
space..
January
Ringing
of the Bell
One
hundred eight honored Buddhists ascend the Drum Tower in Longhua Park to strike
the temple bell at midnight on New Year's Eve each year. According to ancient
Buddhist doctrine, each stroke of the bell represents one kind of earthly
happiness.
Chinese
New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, falls on the first day of the first
lunar month - the date changes in the Western calendar each year. The Longhua
Temple is a great place to head for the event - it has always done its own
spectacular thing for local worshippers and tourists alike. The temple's
vegetarian dishes are very popular with tourists, but on New Year's Eve
"over-year noodles" are the only choice - a dish that represents wealth and
success in the coming year.
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Early
April
Tomb
Sweeping Day
China's
Tomb Sweeping Day, every year in April, is a day for worshipping ancestors;
people visit the graves of their departed relatives and burn "ghost money"
(money for use in the afterworld) in their honor.
Also
called Qingming Day, this tradition is observed by millions of Chinese all
across the world. It has its roots partly in the half-legendary huge
resettlements that were ordered during the Ming Dynasty, when thousands of
families were ordered first to Konglong county before being sent to their final
destinations.
Thus, to
this day, many Chinese believe their ancestors came from that county. The event
also appeals to many overseas Chinese who identify their own diaspora with that
of the people who suffered under the Ming rulers.
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Early
April
Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival
Hundreds
of thousands of tea lovers, experts and tea producers make it to Shanghai for
the International Tea Culture Festival. As well as plenty of impressive tea
ceremonies, visitors get to taste a good few brands as activities spread around
town, attend seminars and visit famous tea spots.
The
history of the tea culture festival goes back to when the Revolutionary History
Exhibition Hall in Zhabei District opened the Songyuan Teahouse
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Early
April
Longhua
Temple Fair
Longhua
Park is famous for its ancient temple, the Longhua Pagoda, its evening
bell-striking ceremony and beautiful peach blossoms. It is especially worth
visiting during the Longhua Temple fair, the largest in Shanghai and said to be
the day when dragons visit the temple to help grant people's wishes.
Stalls
surround the temple and thousands of people go to the booths selling every kind
of traditional Chinese food and crafts. The temple is decorated spectacularly,
and lit at night to full effect.
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Early-Mid June
Dragon
Boat Festival
Every
year, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, a number of Chinese cities (as
well as overseas Chinese all across the world) commemorate the death of poet Qu
Yuan in ancient times by staging a Dragon Boat Festival. Usually celebrations go
on before and after, but there's one day of races.
Qu Yuan
lived as a courtier in the court of the Chou Dynasty until one day he was thrown
into the sea after maltreatment at the hands of a corrupt and evil official.
When the local fishermen learnt of the poet's demise, they apparently set to in
their boats, trawling the waters to find him. Their efforts were unsuccessful so
they threw rice dumplings into the sea, thumping the water with their paddles to
prevent the poor poet being eaten by piranhas.
An
important part of this timeless celebration is the eating of zongzi - the
pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves.
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Mid
June
Shanghai International Film Festival
The
Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) fills various venues around the
city, presenting over 900 official films from more than 60 countries. Founded in
1993, it is the only international film festival in China and has Grade-A
international status.
The
nine-day event is made up of four strands: the Jin Jue Award International Film
Competition, the International Film Panorama, the International Film Market and
the Jin Jue International Film Forum.
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Mid
September
Chinese
Moon Festival
Also known
as the Mid-Autumn Festival, China's Moon Festival is celebrated around town and
especially in people's homes. Traditionally it marks the end of the harvest
season.
The
festival is marked by the making and eating of "moon cakes" - round pastries
filled with sweet fillings. In Shanghai, the favorite filling is a red bean
paste. Houses are decorated with colored animal-shaped paper lanterns and altars
are piled with round fruits to symbolize the shape of the moon. The evening is
spent moon-gazing in the company of family, before enjoying a feast at midnight.
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Mid
Sept-Early Oct
Shanghai
Tourist Festival
The annual
Shanghai Tourist Festival offers a huge amount of entertainment at venues across
the city. Float parades, markets, a folklore tour of Shanghai Lanes, a Chinese
Festival at Yu Garden, and a Music Fireworks Festival in Century Park are part
of the festivities.
Mid
Oct-Mid Nov
Shanghai International Art Festival
Shanghai
hosts a month-long arts festival every year with a varied program of more than
150 performances. This includes everything from symphony orchestras, dance and
opera to acrobatics, magic, and drama.
Also on
the bill are an international piano competition, a magic festival and contest,
an Asian music festiva,l and an arts and crafts fair.
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Shanghai Destination Overview
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Known in
years past as the “Paris of the East” and “Queen of the Orient”, Shanghai is
China’s most populous and sophisticated city. Its infamous Great World
Entertainment Center has been transformed into a modern state-of-the-art theater
and Shanghai Youth Center. The wide boulevard known as the Bund was the
centerpiece of colonial Shanghai and is a major part of the 21st
century showcase that Shanghai has become.
Shanghai (Chinese for on the sea) is a city in eastern China
that is situated on the Huannpu River, a tributary of the Yangtze, near the
Yangtze River’s mouth to the East China Sea. Shanghai is China’s main port,
commercial hub, and industrial center.
The words
most frequently used to describe contemporary Shanghai are: prosperous and
sophisticated. Its buildings and atmosphere are reminiscent of New York,
London, and Paris. The old and the new dwell in harmony. Historic avenues and
beautiful parks surround busy harbors and crowded streets. Pagodas, temples,
museums, and cultural centers are all part of this bustling city. Shanghai
recently hosted a Millionaires’ Conference for its many residents who now enjoy
that income status. Modern
Shanghai still retains many reminders of the past. Rich Eastern charm and
Western flavor coexist in the best of both worlds. The population continues to
rise, as people are attracted by Shanghai’s cultural opportunities, by her
history, as well as by the pulse and the vigor which this world class metropolis
displays. Opera,
classical music, jazz, rock, jazz, theater, acrobatics, and dance are all
featured on Shanghai’s cultural scene. Shanghai is the birthplace of the Chinese
movie and hosts nine annual film festivals. The Shanghai symphony orchestra has
long been held in high regard, and is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in
Asia. The venues are striking in appearance and in capacity. The Grand
Theatre and the Oriental Arts Centre have attracted top international
productions. Traditional Chinese entertainment in the area of Chinese opera and
acrobatics continue to delight large audiences as well.
Recent
years have brought dramatic changes to nightlife in Shanghai. New bars and
clubs open almost weekly. A process of sorting has been occurring by which many
new offerings are tried and tested with some closing soon after opening, only to
be replaced by others (or reopened under new management) within a short period
of time. Sports bars, comedy clubs, theme bars (Egyptian, Irish, glamour and
fashion, Middle East, colonial, and others) are all part of the wide array of
choices.
The
world’s third tallest broadcasting tower, Oriental Pearl Tower, dominates the
city skyline from its height of more than 1500 feet. From its observation deck,
visitors can enjoy spectacular views. Modern Shanghai Museum Park houses one of
the most noteworthy collections of the Middle Kingdom and ranks among China’s
four largest museums. Ming and Qing dynasty art are also displayed, along with
fine porcelain exhibits.
The
Huangpu River divides Central Shanghai into two distinct areas: Pudong (east of
the river) and Puxi (west of the river).
The best known attractions of interest
to visitors are in Puxi, including the Bund, the centerpiece of tourism, (though
not the physical center of town). West of the Bund is the former International
Settlement and one of Shanghai's main shopping streets, East Nanjing Road. South
of the Bund is Old Town, a maze of narrow lanes and landmarks of the heart of
the original city of Shanghai. West of this Old Town and hidden in the
backstreets north and south of Huaihai Road (Shanghai's premier shopping street)
is the former French Concession, with its tree-lined streets, 1930s
architecture, cafes, and bars. At its western end, in Xintiandi, is the more
recently established collection of Western-style restaurants and bars. Continuing southeast, the way opens onto the massive shopping mall intersection
of Xujiahui.
Farther south is Shanghai Stadium. Pudong’s
extremely rapid rise as a special economic zone of banks, glass and steel
skyscrapers, and upscale residential complexes has been called miraculous. The
spirit of this new area of Shanghai is best characterized by one of its modes of
transportation: the Maglev Train. The Maglev travels at warp speed through an
area that was farmland just 15 years ago. There is no longer a hint of its
rural roots in this burgeoning commercial and residential district of soaring
towers and five star hotels. World class museums such as Shanghai Municipal
History Museum, Shanghai Aquarium, and the Science and Technology Museum are
presided over by the lofty Oriental Pearl Tower. Pudong, justifiably, aspires
to be the Trade and Finance Center of the Far East. Shanghai, the Eastern Pearl,
is a welcoming and enchanting city and a fascinating vacation destination.
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