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Photo: Moon Gate Doorway

A traditional Chinese circular moon gate acts as a doorway to a building in Yuyuan Gardens Shanghai East China.
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Photo: Shanghai Moon Gate

A traditional Chinese circular moon gate acts as a doorway to a building in Yuyuan Gardens Shanghai East China.
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Photo: Shanghai Aerial View

Aerial view of Shanghai taken from the new World Financial Center in Shanghai.
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Photo: Aerial View of Shanghai

Aerial view of Shanghai taken from the new World Financial Center in Shanghai.
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Photo: World Financial Center Shanghai

The new World Financial Center and the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai.
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Photo: World Financial Center and Jin Mao

The new World Financial Center and the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai.
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Photo: Hangzhou Fountain

The nightly music and light display at West Lake in Hangzhou East China.
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Photo: Shanghai Oriental Pearl

A boat cruises past the Oriental Pearl building on the Huangpu River in Shanghai.
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Photo: Moon Gate

From Wikipedia a moon gate is a circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway and a traditional architectural element in Chinese gardens. Moon Gates have many different spiritual meanings for every piece of tile on the gate and on the shape of it. The sloping roofs of the gate represent the half moon of the Chinese Summers and the tips of the tiles of the roof have talisman on the ends of them. Chinese Gardens are often used as a display of class and beauty in many different Western Cultures. Often the Moon Gate is mistakenly thought to be a Japanese architectural structure even though the Japanese discovered Moon Gates when they went into China. The purpose of these gates is to serve as a very inviting entrance into gardens of the rich upper class in China. The gates were originally only found in the gardens of wealthy Chinese nobles. This moon gate is in Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai.
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Photo: Oriental Pearl in Shanghai

A boat cruises past the Oriental Pearl building on the Huangpu River in Shanghai.
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Photo: Shanghai Garden Moon Gate

Photo: Temple and Moon Gate

A traditional temple and moon gate found at Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai. From Wikipedia a moon gate is a circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway and a traditional architectural element in Chinese gardens. Moon Gates have many different spiritual meanings for every piece of tile on the gate and on the shape of it. The sloping roofs of the gate represent the half moon of the Chinese Summers and the tips of the tiles of the roof have talisman on the ends of them. Chinese Gardens are often used as a display of class and beauty in many different Western Cultures. Often the Moon Gate is mistakenly thought to be a Japanese architectural structure even though the Japanese discovered Moon Gates when they went into China. The purpose of these gates is to serve as a very inviting entrance into gardens of the rich upper class in China. The gates were originally only found in the gardens of wealthy Chinese nobles. This moon gate is in Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai.
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Photo: Chinese Teahouse

A traditional Chinese teahouse in Yuyuan Gardens ShanghaiChina.
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Photo: Chinese Restaurant and Teahouse

A traditional Chinese restaurant and teahouse in Yuyuan Gardens ShanghaiChina.
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Photo: Chinese Scenic Teahouse

A traditional Chinese teahouse in Shanghai with a colourful river display in front.
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