Page 22 - China 14 Day Sample Itinerary

This afternoon visit the Shanghai Museum, famous Explore the old Jewish ghetto of Shanghai and the for its ancient Chinese art as well as collections of Ohel Moshe Synagogue, founded in 1907 by Russian bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy. The Jews. Renamed the Jewish Refugee Memorial Hall, Museum’s collection is displayed over five floors, the synagogue is now a center for remembering covering a total area of over 420,000 sq. ft. The Shanghai's Jewish past. Walk the neighborhood building itself is designed in the shape of an ancient streets of the Hongkuo District, the former Jewish bronze cooking vessel called a ding. The building ghetto, where most of the refugees lived during has a round top and a square base, symbolizing the WWII. In nearby Huo Shan Park, you will see the ancient Chinese perception of the world as “round tablet dedicated to the memory of these refugees. sky, square earth”. At 6:15 PM be ready in the lobby of the Peninsula Also learn about the compelling history of the Hotel in preparation for your transfer to the Jewish community and their contribution to the Shanghai Center. The drive takes approximately 15- development of Shanghai. The First Wave of Jewish 20 minutes. settlers began to arrive in Shanghai in 1848, marked by the arrival of Sephardic Jews from Baghdad and Enjoy an acrobatic performance by the Shanghai Bombay. In 1887, the Baghdadi community Acrobatic Troupe at the Shanghai Center. These organized the Beth EI Synagogue, predecessor to the performers have earned a worldwide reputation for Ohel Rachel Synagogue. In the early 1900s, the their outstanding talent. The performance lasts from migration of thousands of Russian Jews fleeing the 7:15 PM – 9:00 PM. Return to the Peninsula Hotel at Russian Revolution marked the Second Wave. approximately 9:15 PM. During World War II, the city of Shanghai provided refuge to a Third Wave of Jews, when Shanghai Overnight: Peninsula Hotel – Deluxe Garden View became the "The Port of Last Resort" for thousands Room of Jews escaping Nazi tyranny. From 1938 on, some 20,000 Jewish refugees from Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe escaped to Shanghai, the only place in the world that did not require a visa to enter.