【正文】 e new bund. on your left hand side arethe magnificent buildings and spacious zhongshan road known as the worldarchitecture expo. on your right hand side are the sparkling huangpu river andpudong lujia financial and trade zone with bright future. in front of you is anew and unique sightseeing area. the buildings, zhongshan road, sightseeingarea, huangpu river and lujiazui are like the staff in the music score, whilethe industrious shanghai people are like strings of inter symbol, forming thelatest and most beautiful movement. wele to all the guests.in short, it used to be a grassy wasteland outside the old city ofshanghai.although these buildings with european renaissance style are not designedby the same designer or built in the same era, their architectural style is soharmonious and unified that it seems to be natural. from the the bund road tothe outer white road bridge, the length of the arc is only kilometers, androw upon row of 52 buildings of different styles, including english, french,ancient greek, etc. at that time, many foreign banks, associations andconsulates gathered here, known as wall street in the east, forming ahistorical miniature of the semi colonial and semi feudal society in oldshanghai.please see, dongfeng hotel on the new bund used to be a very famousbritish club. it is a typical british classical building. the building is 6stories high (including basement). there is a lookout pavilion at the north andsouth ends of the roof. the interior decoration is very gorgeous. the firstfloor bar used to be proud of its bar, which is the longest in theeast. now kfc is located in the bar.before the new bund 12, it was the famous hsbc bank. the building wasbuilt in 1923, which is an antique greek style dome building. the building is arectangular building close to square, with five stories high and a halfspherical top layer. there are seven stories at the top of the building and asteel frame structure. the interior of the building is decorated with variousreception rooms in the united states, britain, france, russia and japan. thisbuilding was once regarded by the british as one of the most exquisite buildingsfrom the suez canal to the bering strait in the far east.the building next to hsbc is the shanghai customs building, a 19thcenturyretro building, built in 1927, which is rare in the world today. the clock onthe top of the building can be seen all around. it plays a short tune every 15minutes. the sound of the bell is melodious and deep, with a sound of 10 li.after wilson, the british designer, the hsbc building and the customsbuilding are affectionately called sister buildings in shanghai, and they arestill one of the important symbols of shanghai.the two buildings at the entrance of nanjing east road are called peacehotel. the south facing building was built in 1906. it was called huizhong hotelat that time. it is the earliest existing hotel in shanghai. it can be used as ahistorical building, belonging to the renaissance of british culture. thebiggest feature of the building is that the facade is made of red brick withwaist line and white wall brick with veneer. from a distance, it looks solemnand elegant with unique style, which is a rare masterpiece.these buildings on the bund are the crystallization of the industriouswisdom of the chinese working people, and also reflect the plunder and invasionof shanghai by the western colonist