Xujiahui Park — Attraction in Shanghai

This is beautiful park in the heart of Xujiahui. It is very well maintained, like every park in Shanghai, but late spring and summer are my favourite times to visit. You can forget you're in the middle of the city when you're in this park. There are many trees, flowers, a lot of things for the children to see and explore, and a playground and several little waterfalls, too.

There is a basketball court on the east side where there is always a pick-up game going on and there are a pile of rocks that for some reason all of the children love to...

If you want to mingle, this is the place to go ... especially on a Sunday in good weather. While never claustrophobically crowded, it is alive with people doing everything from Tai Chi to impromptu Mozart concerts, from children playing in the "Squirrel Wonderland" to grannies dancing to be-bop jazz, from teens carefully courting to trying to get the best photo of the many feral cats in the park. Very relaxed atmosphere, you will stick out as a Westerner but are welcome, and...

A peaceful Park in the middle of all the hustle and bustle of City Life. Frequented by locals and tourists alike. ( Whilst exorbitant apartment complexes towers above the trees, circling it like the Great Wall of China. )

There are some carps in the greenish pond which sometimes gets so overpopulated that Park officers has to snatch off a few of them into a large tank to be escorted to another pond.

In comparison, the ducks and geese doesn't seem to have population issues...