The Bund, also called the Zhongshan Road, is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. It starts from the Baidu Bridge, which is at the connecting point of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek, to the East Jinling Road and winds a 1500 meters (less than one mile) length.
Walking along the Bund, which is at the west shore of the Huangpu River, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower can be seen on the opposite side and also the Jin Mao Tower. Being one of the Top Ten Shanghai Attractions, the Bund is a really beautiful and special place which is worth visiting. The newly-built Flood Control Bank takes the function of preventing the oversize flood; the square with the statue of Marshal Chen Yi is an open air podium which gives new views of the Shanghai Plaza Culture; the Cenotaph which stands on the man-made island is a monument of people's heroes; the riverside greenbelt, the Electronic Waterfall Bell, and the Great Mural Carving are all representatives of the Bund. The most famous and attractive sight which is at the west side of the Bund are the 52 various buildings of different architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance. The Bund was the centre of Shanghai's politics, economy and culture hundreds of years ago, consulates of most countries and many banks, businesses and newspaper offices were settled there, and that's why we have these art-like buildings. Although they were not designed by the same person or built in the same period, the architectural pattern is similar.

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外灘位於上海市中心黃浦區的黃浦江畔，它是上海的風景線，周圍還有位於黃浦江對岸浦東的東方明珠、金茂大廈等地標景觀，是去上海觀光遊客的必到之地。外灘自1943年起又名為中山東一路，全長約1.5公里。它南起延安東路，北至蘇州河上的外白渡橋，東臨黃浦江，西面是由哥特式、羅馬式、巴羅克式、中西合壁式等52幢風格迥異的古典復興大樓所組成的舊上海時期的金融中心、外貿機構的集中帶，被譽為“萬國建築博覽群”。近年來上海外灘天幕的後方又被新建的許多摩天大樓改變了不少。濱江作為一種城市資源優勢，因上海市中心的濱江可供開發土地資源稀缺和供需矛盾加劇的雙重趨勢下而更顯稀貴。南外灘的風華絕代、北外灘的後起之秀、東外灘的處女地開發與外灘源將逐漸融為一體，彰顯“浦江第一灣”的磅礴氣勢，承載大上海浦西濱江復興的偉大歷史使命。

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