(Overview)doyouknowwheretolookatChina's100yearhistory?Yes,it'sShanghai.Whataboutthe20-yearhistory?It'stheBund.TheBundisthewindowofShanghai,whichreflectsthefeaturesofChina'slargesteconomiccentercityandinternationalmodernmetropolis,aswellasthecharacteristicsofafamoushistoricalandculturalcity.ManyoverseasChineseandChineselovetocallShanghaiBundthefirstBayinAsia.Yes,sheisbeautiful.Pleasesee,fromnorthtosouth,sherisesfromthesouthofBaidubridgetoXinkaiRiver.Itisabout1800meterslong,withacurvedtrendlikeacrescentmoon,beautifulandpicturesque.
Accordingtorecords,theBundwasoriginallycalledYangziroadandHuangpubeachroad.In1945,inmemoryofDr.SunYatSen,itwasrenamedZhongshan,whichisstillusedtoday.TheBundusedtobeknownastheOrientalWallStreet.WiththerapiddevelopmentofurbanconstructioninShanghai,ithasmoremodernurbanflavor.In1995,itwasratedasoneofthe"tennewlandscapesofShanghaiinthe1990s",attractingtensofthousandsoftouristseveryday.
Ladiesandgentlemen:today,whenwearebathedinthesunshineofreformandopeningup,wecanenjoyalotofbeautifulscenerybywalkingontheBund.Firstofall,looktothewest,whichisoneofthesymbolsofShanghai-theWorldArchitectureExpo.Asweallknow,afterthefirstwar,Shanghaiwasturnedintoacommercialport.Atthattime,ShanghaigraduallybecametheplacewhereforeigncapitalwasmostconcentratedinChina,andvariouswesternstylebuildingswerealsobuiltalongtheBund.Alargenumberofbanks,clubsandnightclubsofwesterncountriesareconcentratedalongtheHuangpuRiver,whichreflectstheplunderandaggressionofWesterncolonizationonShanghai.AlthoughthetallbuildingsontheBundwerenotdesignedbyasingledesignerorbuiltinthesameera,theyhavealotincommon.Theywerethemostpopularstylesinthewestatthattime.Theyadoptedthewesternclassicalarchitecturalform.Thewholebuildinghasasolemnandmajesticmomentum,andthearchitecturaltoneisbasicallyunified.Inaddition,ontheeastside,peoplecanalsoseethebroadandmagnificentsceneryoftheHuangpuRiverfromtheobservationplatforminShanghai.Withthewindblowingontheriver,theriverisshimmering,andthewhiteseagullsareflyinghighandlow,youcanseetheportsceneryofbigcities.LookingfromafaratthemostnovelskyscrapersinPudong,thegrandmomentummakestheBundbeautiful.AsasymbolofShanghai,theBundintegratesriverlandscapeandarchitecturallandscape,andintegrateswesternclassicalcustomsandmodernChinesecivilization.Nowlet'shavealookatthemainbuildingsneartheBundfromsouthtonorth.