Asian Adventure: Cathay Pacific B777-300ER Business Class San Francisco to Hong Kong
Asian Adventure: Cathay Pacific Lounge Review: The Cabin at HKG
Asian Adventure: Cathay Dragon A330-300 Business Class Hong Kong to Beijing
Asian Adventure: Regent Beijing Hotel
Asian Adventure: Beijing - Dongcheng District
Asian Adventure: Beijing - The Great Wall
Asian Adventure: Beijing - Run-ze Jade Garden
Asian Adventure: Beijing - The Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs
Asian Adventure: Beijing - The Legend of Kung Fu
Asian Adventure: Beijing - Tiananmen Square
Asian Adventure: Beijing - The Forbidden City
Asian Adventure: Beijing - Hutong Tour via Rickshaw, Tea Tasting, Flying to Xi’an
Asian Adventure: Hotel Shangri-La Xi’an
Asian Adventure: Xi’an - Qing Dynasty Terra Cotta Warriors
Asian Adventure: Xi’an - Tang Dynasty Dinner and Show
Asian Adventure: Xi’an Wrap-Up, Flying to Lhasa, Lhasa Home Visit
Asian Adventure: Shangri-La Hotel Lhasa
Asian Adventure: Lhasa - Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Market
Asian Adventure: Lhasa - Canggu Nunnery and Sera Monastery
Asian Adventure: Lhasa - Potala Palace
Asian Adventure: Leaving Lhasa and Flying to Chongqing
Asian Adventure: Viking Emerald
Asian Adventure: Shibaozhai Temple
Asian Adventure: Cruising the Three Gorges
Asian Adventure: Three Gorges Dam
Asian Adventure: Jingzhou City Walls Tour
Asian Adventure: Wuhan - Hubei Bells Performance and Provincial Museum
Asian Adventure: Shanghai - Shanghai Museum
Asian Adventure: Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai
Asian Adventure: Shanghai - Old Shanghai and Yuyan Gardens
Asian Adventure: The New Otani Tokyo Hotel
Asian Adventure: Tokyo - City Tour
Asian Adventure: Mt. Fuji and Hakone Tour Returning by Shinkansen
Asian Adventure: ANA Suites Lounge Review, Tokyo Narita
Asian Adventure: All Nippon Airways B777-300ER First Class Tokyo Narita to Houston
Our last morning on the boat was a Sunday and we were up early for our flight to Shanghai. The Wuhan airport still had that "new airport smell" and was just gorgeous. We especially loved how clean the restrooms were and that there were plenty of western-style pedestal toilets. If you weren't aware, many Asian toilets are little more than an elongated trough with a drain, though they do flush. But if you're not used to the squatting - or have a bad knee/leg - they're difficult to use!
We arrived in Shanghai mid-morning and went straight to the Shanghai Museum. Originally this tour was scheduled for Monday but like many museums worldwide, this one was closed on Mondays. Apparently this is quite a popular place as the line to get in was super-long. The group entrance moved much more quickly so I was glad we were able to use that one.
Founded in 1952, the museum moved to this location in 1996. It has four or five levels, over 120,000 pieces in its collection, eleven permanent galleries and three temporary ones:
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Bronze
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Sculpture
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Ceramics
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Jades
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Paintings
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Seals
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Numismatics
- Gallery of Chinese furniture in Ming and Qing dynasties
- Gallery of Arts and Crafts by Chinese Minorities
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| Atrium of the Shanghai Museum |
Here are a few of the things I found interesting:
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| Fishing canoe - Lanyu, Taiwan, 2nd half of the 20th century |
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| Jade Belt Plaque with Dragon Design - Yuan Dynasty ca 1271-1368 AD |
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| Stone Buddhist Stele - Northern Wei Dynasty ca 386-534 AD |
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| Green Glazed Pottery Dog - Eastern Han Dynasty ca 25-220 AD |
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| Gold Painted Wood Bodhisattva - Jin Dynasty ca 1115-1234 AD |
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| Jade model of a Mountain with Figures - Qing Dynasty ca 1644-1911 AD |
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| Leather Armor with Painted Motif - Qing Dynasty ca 1644-1911 AD |
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| Jade Ornament with White Cloud and Crane Design - Song Dynasty ca 960-1270 AD |
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| Painted Clay Bodhisattva - Song Dynasty ca 960-1270 AD |
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| Polychrome Glazed Camel - Sui Dynasty ca 581-618 AD |
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| Polychrome Glazed Pottery Horse - Tang Dynasty ca 618-907 AD |
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| Polychrome Glazed Statue of a Heavenly Guardian - Tang Dynasty ca 618-907 AD |
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| Silver-plated sheath and saber - 1st half of the 20th century |
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| Stone Bodhisattva (Enlightenment Being) - Tang Dynasty ca 618-907 AD |
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| Stone Buddha - Eastern Wei Dynasty ca 534-550 AD |
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| Stone Buddhist Stele - Northern Qi Dynasty ca 550-577 AD |
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| Stone Kasyapa (Buddhist Sage) - Song Dynasty ca 960-1270 AD |
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| Tibetan Gilt-Brass Figure of a Vajra Protector - Qing Dynasty 1655-1911AD |
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| Tiny Jade Dragon ca 475-221 BC |
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| Traditional Tibetan Outfit |
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| White Pottery Woman Blowing a Flute - Sui Dynasty ca 581-618 AD |
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| Wine Vessel shaped like an Ox - Qing Dynasty ca 1644-1911 AD |
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| Wooden Tujia Masks for Opera |
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