With more than 30 bookstores in the area Fuzhou Road is said to have the highest density of such stores in Shanghai. Even Albert Einstein paid a visit here in 1923 to give a lecture on his Theory of Relativity. Shanghai's largest bookstore, the the Shanghai Book City, is here at No.465. Further along the road away from People's Square you can find the largest official Foreign Language Bookstore in Shanghai with the Shanghai Book Mall opposite. The Shanghai Foreign Language bookstore has ...
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Anting Old Street is a kaleidoscope of sights, sounds and smells, from the breeze gently buffeting the curtains of a tearoom to the haunting melodies musicians play in ancient instruments.The street is a repository of history dating back to AD 239, when the Puti Temple was built here and a town was gradually formed around it. During the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Gui Youguang, a famous scholar, moved here from Kunshan in Jiangsu Province. Gui gave lectures, which attracted many ...
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