Question for visiting china

Question

by next i am visiting china specially Shanghai and Beijing for 5 days for one trade fair. last two days i will be free. kindly some body tell me where i must visit and any great shopping place and any other activity.

thanks.

Answer 1

Travel Channel was playing "China Week" in last week, which might be helpful.

If Shanghai, not really many places to see. You can just take a tour in the downtown.

If Beijing, Tian An Men square, forbidden city, summer palace, and if time allows, great wall.  

Answer 2

See the summer palace and the great wall, along with the forbidden city.

Answer 3

If its Beijing then its Tainenmen square, the forbidden city, Bei hai park which is the lake to the northwest of the north gate of the forbidden city and then you can get a short taxi ride in Wangfujing street (main tourist road) for shopping (bit pricey).

Answer 4

the great wall is the place where u must visit:

the construction

The history of the construction of the Great Wall can be dated back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC - 771 BC). But the wall at that time was only a line of fortresses standing to defend against attacks from the Yanyun (an ancient nomadic tribe in north China). The Period of the Warring States (476 BC - 221 BC) was an era when the seven states (Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, Qin) were busy engaging in wall-construction for self-defense. Instead of one line, their walls stretched in the four directions and varied in length from several hundred miles to one or two thousand miles. In the Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC) the emperor Qin Shihuang ordered his laborers to connect these scattered walls and create some new sections, thus forming a Great Wall in northern and central China in the true sense. The Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) further developed the defensive system of the wall and strengthened it on a larger scale. It pushed the wall construction to its highest peak.

The winding Great Wall is not merely a wall but instead a complete and rigorous defense project composed of countless passes, watchtowers, garrison towns, beacon towers and blockhouses. These fortifications were arranged in certain ways under the control of the military command system at all levels. For example, there were about 1,000,000 soldiers guarding the Ming’s wall. The chief military officers were stationed in garrison-towns, while lesser officials and soldiers were stationed in Guan Cheng (the defensive beachhead) and other smaller fortifications. The eleven garrisons were set up along the wall in order to guard the precinct or subsection. The average height of the Ming wall measures 33 feet and the width is about five yards. In low, flat areas the wall was built high and more defense lines were added. In the lofty mountains, the wall was a little lower in order to save the human and financial cost. Sometimes, even steep cliffs served as natural walls to thwart enemies.

Today, the wall has lost its military function, but as a great ancient engineering work, its magnificent beauty and austere structure are still worthy appreciating.

Answer 5

The following are the recommended attractions in Beijing and Shanghai:

In Beijing:

Forbidden City, Simatai Great wall, Tiananmen Square

In Shanghai:

City of God temple, French concession region, Jade Buddha Temple

For shopping in Beijing, you can visit the following places:

Chaowai Yuexiu Clothing Market, Liulichang Antiques Street, Panjiayuan Market, Sanlitun Yashou Clothing Market, WangFujing Shopping Street, Xiushui Street(Silk Market)

For shopping in Shanghai:

Curio Street at Dongtai Road, Huaihai Road, Nanjing Road

For detailed info, please visit:

http://www.chinatravel.com/shanghai/shop...  

Answer 6

Beijing

Great Wall, Tainenmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Hutong;

shop @ Wangfujing Street

Shanghai

The Bund, The Mandarin's Garden: Yu Yuan, Pudong New Area;

shop @ Nanjing Road, Huaihai Road

Answer 7

hi,

i would recommend to you ,in Shangai,Shanghai Museum

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguid...

and ,in Beijing , Peking Opera

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguid...

enjoy

Answer 8

for shanghai just tell the taxi driver cheng-huang-miao. pronounced like... chen huaang meeow

this place is a huge outdoor temple that's been turned into a mall they have little kiosks from silk bags to postcards. and you have to haggle for everything usually the prices they give should twice it's worth so just go for it...

another place in shanghai is the pedestrian street that is about a mile long and the whole place has four malls 20 restaurants and just so much stuff.

for beijing to tell  you the truth tian an men square is just a REALLY big square so unless you want to go see mao's preserved body i wouldn't go...

plus go see the olympic park maybe go see a game that's not very packed

i would go to the pedestrian street there which has a very large chinese arts store called beijing gongmei.

also from beijing you can visit a part of the great wall which is... a must  see ;D

have fun...