【正文】 in China. ? In 1846, British consulate moved to here, the junction of Suzhou Creek and Huangpu River。 ? Entrance: relief depicting Confucius tour to various states (gone) Bank of China, Shanghai Branch ? physical feature ? Entrance steps: 9 stone steps show infinite wealth of the bank ? Underground treasury: theft proofing, fireproofing and waterproofing。 ? Appeal to those who have feelings of nostalgia, for it plays the music of tunes from the past。 Peace Hotel ? physical feature ? Interior D233。 ? One of its pendulums weighs 2,000 kilograms。 Quarried, cut and polished and moved here。 The main streets running westeast all start at the Bund。 1500meter stretch along the Huangpu River。幾百年來，纖夫的足跡就在黃浦江灘踩出一條曲折多彎的小道，人們稱之“纖道”，這纖道就是外灘最早的路了。里黃浦的河灘叫作“里黃浦灘”，又稱“里灘”，外黃浦的灘地就叫作“外黃浦灘”，又稱“黃浦灘”或“外灘”。 ? Path for visitors to take picture, seek pleasure and relax, peek locals’ daily life。 Its business involved custom duties and salt tax ? 1921 order of a new office building。 Function: western treaty powers in charge of the collection of customs duties Customs House ? History 1927 New customs house was constructed Cost: 43 million taels of silver Architecture style: Eclectic bination of European classic and renaissance。 ? Post 1949 Reopened as Peace Hotel in 1956 and acmodated guests from all over the world。 ? Revolving door。 Foundation was solidly laid and concrete piles were punched down underground to the depth of 50 meters on both sides. ? After the foundation work was done: Victor Sassoon, who was the one of the biggest taxpayers in the international Concession, pelled the authority not to issue construction permit. He opposed the new establishment to exceed the height of his pyramidstyle building spire. ? Thereafter: 17 stories, 30 centimeters lower than its neighboring building, Peace hotel Bank of China, Shanghai Branch ? physical feature ? Structure: two parts Eastern part: iron and steel framework。 ? In August 1875: a floating bridge was built several meters away and free for all people。 ? Completion： On May 27, 1994。 ? Divides city into west and east two parts, Puxi and Pudong。 ? Buildings on East river side city’ s development。 ? 102 berths and 97 buoys on the river。 As river was silted up in its upper reaches, Huangxie hired thousands of laborers to dredge the channel and direct its course into the East China Sea. ? Huangpu River: In the Southern Song Dynasty, people began to call it Huangpu River ? Chun Shen River: Huangxie was conferred the title” Lord Chun Shen” Huangpu River ? River’ s feature ? Mother river of shanghai ? River rises from Dianshan Lake in the west suburb of Shanghai and joins the Yangtze River at Wusong Mouth in the east。 60 feet (18 meter) wide and located at the confluence of the Suzhou Creek and Huangpu River。 part of eaves decorated with arched stones。 ? Entertained many VIPs including the former US president Mr. Cater and Mr. Reagan。 ? Roof: Part of the roof on the eastern side is in a cone shape and covered with copper。 ? Minute hand measures meters。 (4 of only 6 in the world and still two in the Louvre in Paris) 1 meter in diameter and 6 meters in length。 Brief IntroductionLayout Functions Skylines 沿江建筑輪廓線 In the day: “ Gallery of World Architecture, best tourist attractions of Shanghai In the night: “ A giant Crystal Palace” : Outlined with beautiful artistic lights Brief IntroductionLayout Functions Traffic hub 交通樞紐 P7.