The Bund

The Bund

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The bund, extending for 1.5km on the shore of the Huangpu River, is an emblem of Shang Hai. The area centres on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement.The Bund usually refers to the buildings and wharves on this section of the road, as well as some adjacent areas. There are 52 tall buildings of various heights tower over the river along the western side of the Bund, looking like a museum of modern world architecture. This is where the new meets the old. The government have well preserved the old buildings there. There is also a war momentum to remember the people who died in the three wars in china - the opium war, the civil war and the world war two. this momentum allowed me to remember those people who sacrifice for China. You can see Shanghai's skyline, including the 'Beer opener' building. The original design was a circular aperture at the top of the building, but was replaced by a trapezium when the initial design began facing protests from some Chinese, who considered it too similar to the rising sun design of the Japanese flag. Japan inflicted upon China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and WWII. The total death toll as a direct result of Japanese military action in China is around 20,000,000. This caused the Chinese to have an unfavorable behavior towards anything that reminds them of that.