HydraSlayer's video: China Travel Documentary: Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai Peaceful Chinese Garden Tour

China Travel Documentary: Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai, Peaceful Chinese Garden Tour. Watch as this travel diary takes you on a journey through the beautiful Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai, also known as the Garden of Contentment. It truly is a beautiful, peaceful place and that is captured in this inspiring china travel documentary. Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/worlddocs2100 Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai. It was finished in 1577 by a government officer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) named Pan Yunduan. Yu in Chinese means pleasing and satisfying, and this garden was specially built for Pan's parents as a place for them to enjoy a tranquil and happy time in their old age. Shanghai is the largest Chinese city by population and the largest city by population in the world. It is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities, with a total population of near 24 million as of 2013. It is a global financial center, and a transport hub with theworld's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China, Shanghai sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea. For centuries a major administrative, shipping, and trading town, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to European recognition of its favorable port location and economic potential. The city was one of five opened to foreign trade following the British victory over China in theFirst Opium War while the subsequent 1842 Treaty of Nanking and 1844 Treaty of Whampoa allowed the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement and the French Concession. The city then flourished as a center of commerce between east and west, and became the undisputed financial hub of the Asia Pacific in the 1930s. However, with the Communist Party takeover of the mainland in 1949, trade was reoriented to focus on socialist countries, and the city's global influence declined. In the 1990s, the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping resulted in an intense re-development of the city, aiding the return of finance and foreign investment to the city.[] Shanghai is a popular tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as The Bund, City God Temple and Yu Garden, as well as the extensive Lujiazui skyline and major museums including the Shanghai Museum and the China Art Museum. It has been described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy of mainland China. See it all in this travel diary. For more information on China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China For Shanghai: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai To see more about Hebei: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebei For the Chinese language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language To learn Chinese: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/ For more on history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History For more on documentaries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film For twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RS3MoneyGuides For my other page: http://www.youtube.com/scottymc2100 For up to date world news: http://www.cnn.com or: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news or: http://www.lemonde.fr finally: http://news.sky.com/world