Beijing has a lot of attractions that are worth visiting, thus TCT suggests you to spend days to stay in Beijing. Shanghai has less attractions than Beijing, 3 days are enough for a Shanghai tour. More Readings: Shanghai Activities. Another representative of Beijing Culture in residential is the courtyard Siheyuan and Beijing hutong. Courtyard is the name of ancient residential buildings in Beijing, and hutong is referred to alley or lane in residential areas.
Beijing is a northern city, with northern eating habbits. Local people like to eat dumplings and noodles. The Noodles with Soybean Paste is one of the specialty of Beijing. Tourists must have a try when travel to Beijing. In Beijing streets, you could see lots of Beijing local food and snacks, like Dou zhi. Private Yuyuan Garden and various of water town are two big parts of Shanghai culture and also Jiangnan culture. The famous Yuyuan Garden once was belonged to the rich built with Jiangnan style.
Water town is made due to its landscape, especially in Jiangnan area. Shikumen is old Shanghai residential buildings, and Longtang is referred to old alleys in shikumen buildings. As a modern city, Shanghai welcomes fashion from all over the world, which also makes it a shopping paradise, and are inclined to construct high-rise buildings and big shopping malls. In the Bund, tourists could see the prosperity of Shanghai from those giant-like buildings standing in Lujiazui.
People could buy fashionable and expansive things, and also cheap things in Shanghai, since shanghai has been one of the biggest export and import cities. Shanghai is a southern city and a part of Jiangnan area, and local people love sweet-tasted food, and exquisite desserts. Still, the stereotypes of each city draw certain crowds, leaving Beijing a bit more hipster and Shanghai a bit more yuppie.
Beijing expats have a reputation of speaking better Chinese than Shanghai expats. This is partly due to the fact that Beijing attracts those who have already learned the language and to the fact that its harder to get by in Beijing without knowing the local tongue. So many people in Shanghai know English that its hard for Shanghai expats to motivate themselves to break past the phrasebook basics. Shanghaiers, both the locals and the expats , are said to be stuck up.
Perhaps its because Shanghaiers know their city offers an incredibly comfortable life for anyone with a steady job.
Beijing expats are better integrated into the local life than Shanghai expats, who tend to stay in their bubble. Shanghai expats are more cocktail-oriented , with the Aperol spritz being a particular local favorite. One point of pride Beijing expats have is their local food scene. The Michelin Guide came to Shanghai in , and since then, high end and other international restaurants keep popping up, to the point that the city can gastronomically compete with places like New York and Singapore.
For Beijing, that means the hutong , or alley streets built as early as the Yuan dynasty. In Shanghai are the charming lilong , or lanes, filled with terrace houses from the early 20th century.
We and our partners use cookies to better understand your needs, improve performance and provide you with personalised content and advertisements. To allow us to provide a better and more tailored experience please click "OK". Sign Up. Travel Guides. Both cities have an abundance of shopping malls and plazas and streets. Nearby trips : both cities have a number of attractions for day trips or longer.
Compared to its western counterparts, living in Beijing and Shanghai can actually be pretty affordable. The cost of living in Shanghai is slightly more expensive than the cost of living for Shanghai.
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