本書用圖片配以文字(英文)的方式,展現了外灘150年的滄桑巨變,值得海內外讀者閱讀與收藏。
Huangpu River is reputed as the ”Mother River”of Shanghai and has given birth to thd city’’s splendid modern history.The Bund occupies a cector at its west bank.
As the essence of Shanghai’’s over-a-hundred-year-history,the Bund in always the first priority to visitors.
The distinctive buildings along the Bund are of various styles and have won the reputation of ”the Architectrre Expo”.Renowned international banks stand side by side and constitute the
”Oriental Wall Street”.With its 10scenic spots that can be traced back to over a hundred yuars ago,such as”Moonlig-hy on the Bund”and ”the Lovers’’ Wall”,the Bund has now become a public
recreational area full of roman-ce.
The changes of Shanghai from a coastal village to an international cosmopolis have been vividly recorded by the Bund,which combines well the eastrn and western cultural essence and reflects a
timeless fascination.