Suburbs of Shanghai

(Fengxian beach)



As an industry city, Shanghai doesn’t have a lot of places to go for vocations. However, to meet the requirements of Shanghai people, government developed several Shanghai suburbs to vocation spots.


One of Shanghai’s suburbs is called Fengxian. It used to be farmlands but now it is developed as a “University city” and vocation spots. Fengxian is a area next the sea, so government made an artificial beach in Fengxian and purred the sea water in that area to make the costal of Fengxian a tourists’ beach. Besides, government also made same beaches in Jinshan and Nanhui which are both suburbs of Shanghai. See the picture of the beach in Fengxian. You can see, if you go there on weekends or public breaks, it will be crowded because people all like the “next-to-door” beaches.



(Chongming Forest Park)

Another Shanghai’s suburb is called Chongming which is an island. There is a big forest park there. If you are bored with urban life, you can go there for a “natural-break”. You can rent a house in the park or even bring your tent there. You can go fishing, ride a horse, barbecue and do whatever you want to do in a forest. Also you will see a lot of mild wildlife there such as rabbits, squirrels and deer.

(Zhouzhuang)

Shanghai also has a lot of tourists’ attractions in the suburbs such as “Zhujiajiao” and “Zhouzhuang”. Zhujiajiao and Zhouzhuang are both little towns built on water. They are much like a kind of Chinese-Venice. You can take a boat to travel around the whole town and have the special fish that can be only seen in that area.