Shanghai, Known as "the Oriental Paris", is a shopper's paradise. As the largest and most prosperous city in the nation, Shanghai is the economic, financial and cultural center of China, where Beijing is the political heart.

There is paradise in the heaven, as well as Suzhou and Hangzhou on the earth. Suzhou has also long been noted for its beautiful women, The city is dotted with lakes and ponds connected by a spider's web of canals.

China's gardens generally can be divided into two kinds: the royal garden, represent by Summer Palace in Beijing and Mountain Resort of Chengde, and the private garden, represent by private gardens in Suzhou.

Tongli -- a Town of Bridges, the well-preserved waterside town has a history of more than 1,000 years. It is famous for its rivers, ancient bridges, houses and gardens, also is a place where one can rest his heart and totally discard the cares of life for a while.

the Humble Administrator's Garden is one of the four most famous classic gardens in China (the others are: Summer Palace, Mountain Resort of Chengde and Garden for Lingering In Suzhou). The garden is representative of Chinese classical gardens in the Ming Dynasty, which are focused on a central pond with pavilions, terraces, chambers, and towers located nearby. 

Yu Garden is the famous classical botanical garden, is one of the best-preserved large old-style private gardens in Shanghai.

Town God Temple Market is a good place to visit, which comprises more than 100 shops specializing in the sale of small products and souvenirs.

Nanjing Road , "China's No.1 Street", China's premier shopping street attracting thousands of fashion-seeking shoppers from all over the world.

The Shaolin temple - The origin of martial arts, was established during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). Emperor Xiaowen was a believer of Buddhism and he decided to build the temple to house Batuo - an Indian monk, who translated many Buddhist works and had a few hundred followers there. Damo (Bodhidharma), the legendary Indian monk, came to Shaolin in 517, who was the creator of Chinese Zen. There are many legendary stories about him. One of the well-known stories says he was meditating in a cave for nine years. The cave is now called Damo Cave. The 13 Shaolin monks once saved Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and the temple become the famous home of Kung Fu (wushi).

There are 232 pagodas from different dynasties, known as the forest of pagodas. The pagodas are the tombs of the celebrated Shaolin monks.

The Baima Temple is one of oldest Buddhist Temple in China. Legend has it that white horses carried the first scriptures from India to this spot in 68 AD, hence the name (meaning White Horse Temple), it was regarded as the "cradle of Chinese Buddhism" by the Buddhist disciples.

The Longmen Grottoes, together with the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang (Gansu Province) and the Yungang Grottoes (Shanxi Province), are the three greatest stone sculpture treasure houses in China

The Longmen grottoes contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese stone arts. The carving of the grottoes started in the Northern Wei Dynasty (365-534) and the work, continued for 400 years, into the Tang Dynasty (618-907). There are 1,952 grottoes, 750 niches, more than 40 pagodas and over 100,000 Buddha statues of various sizes. The works entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion.

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