Shanghai Film Park – Raise yourself to stardom

Shanghai Film Park located in Songjiang District China is the ideal place for film enthusiasts and sightseers. The vast area would take a person into another world beyond imagination. This destination is popularly known as the Chedun Film Studio. This extensive recreational area lets any visitor wander around the sets and gain a deep insight on how things happen in the movie world.
These premises give you the rare chance of hiding away from the urban chaos and taking a stroll around the places where your favourite movies and television programmes were created. It confers on one the experience of an older and calmer version of Shanghai. The setting lets visitors see a picture of former architecture and costumes and how people behaved in the past.
These iconic premises take one back to the 1920’s, the beginning of the last century. The Nanjing Road, Sincere Department Store, The Moller Villa, The Old Song, Xujahui Catholic Church and the train in the setting takes tourists to a black and white period. One would notice that even the telephone booth would take visitors away to a far away era.
This massive area is filled with all kinds of shooting equipment which is quite an impressive sight. This place is known to be packed with traditional houses, buildings and streets. It’s designed like a typical old fashioned film studio. Tourists would be amazed to see huge stages, costume and prop warehouses, film libraries and screening rooms. If the tourists are lucky enough you might even have the chance of getting a glimpse of your favorite actor working on the sets.
This area is filled with wax figures of Zhou Xuan, Ruan Lingyu, Shanguan Yunzhu, Gong Li and many other famous film stars. There are so many memorable scenes of such great classics like ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Great President’. The Majestic Church is a very popular site in the film park and appears in many Chinese television shows. The Nanjing Lu set appears in the film ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’.
Visiting this place would definitely be a great experience to imagine how early Shanghai must have been. Also getting the rare chance of meeting your favorite actors would be amazing. Another exciting event would be the martial arts show displayed daily at the entrance of “a Lotte Tea House”.
So visit this wonderful place in this city to relive the past of China. You can choose a comfortable Shanghai hotel for your stay. The Peninsula Shanghai would be an ideal hotel out of the Shanghai luxury hotels.

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