With dance halls, brothels, glitzy restaurants, international clubs, and even a foreign-run racetrack, Shanghai was a city that catered to every whim of the rich.
But poverty ran alongside opulence, and many of the lower-class Chinese provided the cheap labor that kept the city running. The Paris of the East became known as a place of vice and indulgence. Amid this glamour and degradation the Communist Party held its first meeting in In the s and '40s, the city weathered raids, invasions, then outright occupation by the Japanese.
The party was over. By , at the height of World War II, most foreigners had fled and the concessions had been ceded to the Japanese, bringing Shanghai's years as a treaty port to a close. Despite the war's end, fighting continued as Nationalists and Communists fought a three-year civil war for control of China.
The Communists declared victory in and established the People's Republic of China, after which the few remaining foreigners left the country. Closed off from the outside world with which it had become so comfortable, Shanghai fell into a deep sleep. Fashion, music, and romance gave way to uniformity and the stark reality of Communism.
The decades from to passed by with one Five Year Plan after another, marked by periods of extreme famine and drought, reform and suppression. Yuyuan Garden occupies an area of 20, square meters about five acres. However, the small size is not a representative of the attractions of the garden. The pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and cloisters all have unique characteristics.
In , an old temple was built to keep two jade Buddha statues which had been brought from Burma by a monk. Although the history of the Jade Buddha Temple is not very long, the old-time and classical architectural style makes it unique and inimitable in this modern city. It retains the antique walls, tiles and exterior of the Shikumen housing of old Shanghai.
On the other hand, its interior embodies a totally different world of international gallery, bars and cafes, boutiques or theme restaurants. When you walk into it, you will get the taste of both Shanghai in the 's and the sonic modern lifestyle of urbanites of the 21st century. As the sixth in the world and the second in China after Hong Kong Disneyland , Shanghai Disneyland creates many records among the existing Disney parks. Show detailed source information? Register for free Already a member?
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