The famous writer, Lu Xun (lǔ xùn 鲁迅), was born in a small city south of Shanghai called Shaoxing in 1881. This man with humble origins, came to be recognized as one of the greatest twentieth century Chinese writers. The main focus of Lu Xun's work was to describe the lives of the poorer people in Chinese society in a plain style of prose. Known as the "father of modern Chinese literature" because of his role in developing the modern style of Chinese prose as well as in helping simplify the Chinese script, Lu Xun was a prolific (duō chǎn de 多产的) writer who translated science-fiction novels into Chinese just as easily as he penned scathing critiques of Confucianism (rú jiào 儒教) and the alternately submissive and arrogant Chinese character. Extolled as a political revolutionary (Mao Zedong penned an inscription on Lu Xun's tomb which lies at the north end of the park), Lu Xun was himself deliberately never a member of the Communist party. One can only imagine what his scathing (xī lì de 犀利的) pen would have had to say about China's current headlong (cāng cù di 仓促地) rush into capitalism.

Sun Yat-Sen (sūn zhōng shān 孙中山) definitely has a few memorial museums, Mausoleum Parks, and former residences in China, as he has been such a great hero to the People of Republic China. The former residence of Sun Yet-Sen in Shanghai is an important memento (jì niàn pǐn 纪念品) of Sun Sun Yet-Sen. He stayed in there from 1918 to 1924.

Shanghai Song Ching Ling (sòng qìng líng 宋庆龄) is the former residence of Soong Ching Ling's life long-term local and State activities in the important places. In the main building was built in the early 1920s, the National Government in 1948 this house under the Soong Ching Ling living. Soong Ching Ling in 1949 here gladly accepted the invitation of the Communist Party of China, attended the Chinese People's Political Consultative the north, participation in the formulation of major policies the founding of the PRC, and was elected vice chairman of the Central People's Government. She was here for a variety of State, the regular meetings and entertained visiting dignitaries from various countries, actively promote exchanges between Chinese and foreign, the maintenance of international justice. She created a new culture of maternal and child welfare services in China and foreign publications are also in the brewing here, planning. 1981 after the death of Soong Ching Ling in Beijing, here in Shanghai as the home of her opening to the outside world for future generations viewing. 2001 approved by the State Council as a key national heritage conservation units.

Situated in West Nanjing Road (nán jīng lù 南京路) in People's Square, Shanghai Art Museum has 12 exhibition halls, covering more than 5,000 square meters. The building itself is a charming area to walk around as it used to be the club house of Shanghai's Race Club built in the 1930's.

It was renovated as a museum in March 2000 and interestingly during the process some distinctly Chinese features were added to this British style building. These are the wooden structures which you can see next to the front gate. They're a feature of traditional Chinese architecture in palaces and temples. The structure is held together through hammering together wooden joins and not a single piece of metal bolts or screws are used.