Occupying a space area of 31.17 hectares and located in the southern part of Shanghai, Longhua Tourist City contains a number of scenic spots and well known buildings, among which the most famous are Longhua Temple, Longhua Pagoda and Longhua Martyrs' Mausoleum. Almost all the buildings in the City are designed in the architectural style of the folk dwellings to the south of the Yangtze River, featuring black tiles, white-washed walls, covered corridors, little alleyways and winding paths.

Shanghai Longhua Tourist City is a very comprehensive relaxing center, with a richly colorful variety of shops, facilities and restaurants in it, able to meet tourists' demands for sightseeing, amusement, shopping and catering. Those shops supply all kinds of artware, folk collections, tourist souvenirs, ornaments of minorities, etc., while those restaurants and eateries offer different styles of Chinese cuisine, including vegetarian diet, tonic food, special flavored snacks, etc.