愛同學校～中华文化浸濡游学活动-蘇州/上海(7)

The Bund外灘

The Bund is one of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai. The word ‘bund’ derives from an Anglo-Indian word for an embankment along a muddy waterfront and that is what it was in the beginning, when the first British company opened an office there in 1846. Located on the west bank of a bend in the Huangpu River, the Bund became the site of some of the earliest foreign settlements after Shanghai was opened as one of five “Treaty Ports” in the Treaty of Nanjing that ended the Opium war in 1842. Because of its proximity to the “Yangtze River–the path into central China, Shanghai grew rapidly as the economic centre of foreign interests. Many buildings, constructed in various foreign styles, are well preserved in the Bund area, and western tourists will feel a sense of familiarity when strolling around the long street, which resembles those in European cities. This blending of eastern and western styles has given the Bund a reputation as a “World’s Fair of Architecture”.

外灘，上海的長廊，百餘年來，一直作為上海的象徵出現在世人面前。經過約一個世紀營建，在這僅有三里長的一條孤線上，鱗次櫛比的矗立起52棟各種風格的大夏。有美國式、法國式、西班牙式、希臘式、文藝復興式等。當年許多外國領事館、銀行、商行、總會、報社等都集中在這裡。從建築上看，這些具有西方復古主義建設風格的大樓，雖然不是出自一個設計師，但其建築格調基本是統一的，成為上海具有“萬國建築博覽”標誌性的建築群之一。

Lunch

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum 上海科技馆

Shanghai Pudong International Airport上海浦東機場