1TheBund上海外滩 　　TheBundisoneofthesymbolsofShanghai.LocatedalongtheHuangpuRiver,theBundshowsoffShanghai'soutstandingforeignbuildings,mostofwhichwereerectedbefore1937.TotheEuropeans,theBundwasShanghai'sanswertoWallStreet. 　　“TheBund”wasderivedfromtheAnglo-Indiantermthatliterallymeans“amuddyembankment.”Atthebeginningofthe19thcentury,theareawasamereshallowwaterfrontcoveredwithreeds. 　　AtthenorthwesternendoftheBundwasHuangpuPark.ItwasforbiddenterritorytoChinesepeopleforyears,unlesstheywereaccompanyingemployers.Today,theparkisfreeandopentoeveryone;itisawell-maintainedwalkwayprovidingexcellentviewsovertherivertoPudonganddowntherivertotheoldCustomsHouseandothercolonialrelics. 　　OnthewestsideoftheBundarevarioustoweringbuildingsofdifferentarchitecturalstyles,includingGothic,BaroqueandRomanesque.ThecombinationofthesestructurescreatesauniqueboulevardthatresemblestheLiverpoolDocksand1920sNewYorkCity. 　　Today,theBundisintheprocessofanothertransformation.Thebuilding,identifiedbyacrowingdome,istheoldHongKong&ShanghaiBank,whichwascompletedin1921.FormanyyearsithashousedtheShanghaiPeople'sMunicipalGovernment.ThestatuesthatoncelinedtheBundnolongerexist.ThepairofbronzelionsthatoncestoodoutsidetheHongKong&ShanghaiBankarenowhousedattheBundHistoryMuseum. 　　2TheOrientalPearlTVTower东方明珠电视塔 　　TheOrientalPearlTVTowerislocatedinPudongParkinLujiazui,Shanghai.Thetower,surroundedbytheYangpuBridgeinthenortheastandtheNanpuBridgeinthesouthwest,createsapictureof"twindragonsplayingwithpearls".Theentiresceneisaphotographicjewelthatexcitestheimaginationandattractsthousandsofvisitorsyear-round. 　　This468metershightoweristheworld'sthirdtallestTVandradiotowersurpassedinheightonlybytowersinToronto,CanadaandMoscow,Russia.However,evenmorealluringthanitsheightisthetower'suniquearchitecturaldesignthatmakestheOrientalPearlTVToweroneofthemostattractiveplacesanywhere. 　　Visitorstravelupanddownthetowerindouble-deckerelevatorsthatcanholduptofiftypeopleattherateofsevenmeterspersecond.TheelevatorattendantsreciteanintroductiontotheTVTowerinEnglishandChinese.Onceyoureachyourdestination,youwillbeamazedatthevarietyofactivitiesavailableasthevariousspheresandcolumnsactuallyhouseplacesofinterest,commerce,andrecreation. 　　Itisamazingthatthisultra-moderntowercombinesancientconceptssuchasthesphericalpearls,with21stCenturytechnology,commerce,recreation,educationalandconferencefacilities.Truly,"orientalpearl"isthemostsuitablenameforthistower.