Fazangjiang Temple is one of the most famous temples of Shanghai. It is a Buddhist establishment that recently experienced some much-needed renovations. The main building of the temple features a unique facade, built in a classic, original Chinese style. In the main hall, a large modern statue of Sakyamuni is on display and in one of the lesser halls is a small shrine to Dizang Wang, the Buddhist God of the Underworld.

This small museum housed in a traditional Shanghainese Shikumen House is the birthplace of the Communist Party of China. It is the place where the first congress met in 1921 and chartered the course of what later became the People’s Republic of China.
The Building made of blue stone with arched gates is located in 76, Xingye Road that was part of the former French Concession. It became a memorial in 1952 and the museum was opened for public viewing in 1999. Exhibits at the museum are about the history of China, the history of Shanghai and the birth and evolution of the Communist Party of China.
The new memorial opened in 1999 is 12 meters high. It has two floors in front and three floors at the back. The ground floor has a well equipped lecture hall. The second floor contains the museum that covers a space of 450 square meters with photographs, objects and documents that showcase the rise of the Communist Party and its contribution to the nation. The memorial also has a wax statue hall with as realistic depiction of the 15 participants at the congress including a statue of Comrade Mao Zedong and two members of the international Communist Party.

The Shikumen Open House Museum is a small museum that is dedicated to life in Shanghai when it was known as the Paris of the East. It shows life of middle class Shanghai residents in Shanghai before the communist era.
The Shikumen Open House Museum is located in the Xintiandi neighbourhood of Shanghai. Although the city has become ultra modern, the neighbourhood has remained as it was in the 1900s with blue stone clad houses divided by narrow lanes. This style of house was the typical residence of middle class households in the 20s and 30s unique to the city of Shanghai. At the time there were nearly 9000 Shikumen houses and most of the elderly Shanghai residents were born in them.
The Shikumen Museum has seven well appointed rooms each featuring exhibits showcasing a typical household. There is a main room, a son’s room, family room, daughter’s room, sitting room, study, room for the elderly members of the family and a kitchen. There is also a Tingzijian room that was used as a store room or servants quarters. Later these were let to boarders and many famous Chinese writers have lived in them.
The information boards and audiovisual effects help visitors enjoy the hospitality of a Shikumen house while visiting the museum.

Xintiandi is a pedestrian district in Shanghai popular with tourists. East meets west at the location and traditional Shinkumen houses and modern western style buildings exist side by side.
There are two parts in Xintiandi. The Southern block has modern buildings with a few preserved Shikumen houses. The Northern block consists solely of preserved Shikumen houses and narrow streets giving the ambience of Shanghai in the early twentieth century. The south block has 25,000 square meters of shopping and entertainment in a modern setting. The large shopping mall was opened in 2002. The preserved exteriors of the Shikumen houses in the north block hide their transformed interiors. They now house high end boutiques and cafes serving cuisine from all over the world. The two blocks are divided by Xingye Lu, the road on which the memorial of the first congress of the communist party of China is located.
Xintiandi means New Heaven and Earth. The district has many cafés and restaurants with indoor and outdoor seating. Most of the eateries are for those who are looking for a quiet meal rather than a crowded loud establishment. Local residents and tourists enjoy the active nightlife in Xintiandi through the week and on weekends.

The Liuligongfang Museum is a repository of glass Chinese art and artefacts. The creations of the artists are highly prized in middle class Chinese households.
The Liuligongfang museum at Xintiandi in Shanghai displays an array of Chinese glass ornaments. It also features the collection of its founder, Loretta Hui –Shan Yang. The founder is a well known Taiwanese actress who has won the Golden Horse Award for best actress at the Taipei Film Festival twice and the best actress award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival. She has dedicated herself to the revival of traditional Chinese glass sculpture. She revived the art of cire-perdue glass casting and has adapted the technique to suit Chinese artistic designs.
The air conditioned museum has numerous objects made in iridescent coloured glass. The building is partly constructed with glass bricks. 12,000, thirty meter glass blocks make up two of the walls of the museum. Traditional Chinese glassware and glass ornaments from Europe are exhibited. Some of the pieces date back to 476 BC. The museum has a gift shop across the road. The shop stocks iridescent glass ornaments and has many regular well to do Chinese and international collectors as customers.

An exclusive church of the Luwan district of Shanghai, the former St Nicholas Orthodox church is a Russian-style religious building with archetypal domes. It is a brick and concrete construction that dates back to 1932. Today, the building is used as a restaurant and Tapas bar, as the church no longer exists. The classic architecture of this structure is certainly worth visiting.

The former residence of Dr. Sun Yat Set is a European style building located in Xinagshan Road, Shanghai. It was here that the author of modern China and his wife Soon Ching Ling lived between 1918 and 1925.
The former residence of Dr. Sun Yat Sen in Shanghai is often called the birthplace of modern China. It is in this house that the great revolutionary thinker wrote many of his well known books including the Doctrines of Sun Wen and the Plans for China’s Development. The house continued to be the residence of Madame Sun Yat Sen after his death in 1925. In 1961, she gave the house to the government to be preserved as a memorial to Dr. Sen. It was opened for public viewing in 1988.
Visitors to the house are greeting by a bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. The interiors are preserved and the original furniture and furnishings used by the couple are on display. All the books and personal effects like the spectacles used by Dr. Sen can also be viewed and the memorial has many pictures and photographs showing his life and times. On his birth and death anniversaries, flower tributes are offered by the Municipal Government, his family members, local people and visitors in honour of his valuable contribution to Chinese history.

Premier Zhou En Lai stayed at this Spanish Villa located in the former French Concession during his visits to Shanghai. It was also the office of the Communist Party of China.
The former residence of Zhou En Lai is located in a beautiful neighbourhood with many quaint European homes. The ivy covered villa has three floors and a small courtyard garden. It once belonged to a wealthy French merchant and covers an area of 850 square meters. Today, Zhou’s statue can be found in the garden. The former residence of Zhou En Lai was used more as an office than a residence during his lifetime. He gave press conferences here and met foreign dignitaries before and after the communist takeover.
The house is now preserved as a museum. The Buick that Zhou En Lai drove is still parked in the garage and the office rooms of the Communist Party are preserved like they were during his lifetime. His neat bedroom with threadbare blankets and Spartan furniture is on display and a dorm that was used by other communist officials when they came to stay is preserved. Visitors can also see photographs and documents about the life and achievements of Zhou En Lai.