Ever notice the golden columns on the Jing’an Temple subway station platform? As the number of Shanghai subway stations shot up over the past few years, station engineers strived to include unique features in each station’s (re-)design. Next time you pass through the station, take a second to appreciate Jing’an Temple’s unique, gold-colored columns and temple-themed exits.
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Zhangjiang Trolley Pic
With testing beginning this month and the grand opening in June, expect to hear more about the Zhangjiang trolley line in the coming weeks. Here’s a preview:
Also, a Tudou user has uploaded a couple dozen videos of the new trolleys resting in their Zhangjiang garage. You can find them here and here.
Line 2: Line of Love
二号线又称“爱”号线,在这一穿越上海几大CBD(中心商务区)的线路上,有多少可以让你和爱人越逛越浪漫的地方?今天为你搜罗。
Line 2, also known as the “Line of Love”, passes through several of Shanghai’s larger CBDs [which are full of young, eligible white-collars]. What spots along the Line are good for falling madly and deeply in love? Today, we collect them here for you:
The original post has more details, but here is is the barebones list:
- Zhangjiang High-Tech Park
- House of Flour: 535 Bibo Rd, Shanghai Legend 1F-105, Pudong
- University of Chinese Traditional Medicine Library: 1200 Cailun Road, Pudong
- Century Park
- Music Box Museum: 425 Diangxiang Rd, Oriental Arts Center 4F (RMB 50)
- Century Avenue
- Jiangxia Pool Hall: 188 Weifang Rd, Pudong
- Dongchang Rd
- Dongchang Road Ferry Station: Dongchang Rd and S Pudong Rd
- Lujiazui
- Fengmei Huachuan Japanese Purikura: Super Brand Mall 621, Pudong
- Banking Museum: 9 Pudong Avenue, Century Financial Tower 7F
- East Nanjing Road
- First Time I Saw You” Noodle House: M Jiangxi Rd and E Nanjing Rd
- China Great Theatre:704 Niuzhuang Rd, Huangpu
- Tom’s World at Baodaxiang: 673 E Nanjing Rd, Baodaxiang Children’s Department Store B1
- People’s Square
- Yifeng Model Shop: 457-459 W Nanjing Rd, Huangpu
- West Nanjing Road
- gz Coffee Shop: 1025 W Nanjing Rd, No 162
- Scream and Shout Labyrinth of Darkness: 2-68 W Nanjing Rd, New World Mall 10F
- Jing’an Temple
- Poplar Kids Republic Bookstore: 262 Yuyuan Rd
- Mr. Coffee: 121 Urumqi Rd
- Jiangsu Road
- WELOVE Hotel: 33 Wanghangdu Rd 4F
- Zhongshan Park
- Yidong Park Museum of Art: 780 Changning Rd, Gate 3 in Zhongshan Park
- Royal Garden Restaurant: 780 Changning Rd, Zhongshan Park
- Loushanguan Road
- Hongqiao Greenbelt Tearoom: 2238 W Yan’an Road, Changning
[Editor's note: Jodi and I held our wedding at the Royal Garden in Zhongshan Park.]




