Strolling in Shanghai

Today, I walked with my husband along the footpath by the Suzhou River on Shunyi Road. Crossing the Suzhou River from Huazheng Bridge, we entered the campus of East China University of Political Science and Law, which was once St. John's University. It is a place full of historical vicissitudes, beauty, and uniqueness. Pictures one to eight are campus scenery. St. John's University, also known as St. John's or Yueda, was founded in 1879 and was originally named St. John's College. In 1881, it became the first school in China to teach entirely in English. It started offering university courses in 1892 and was upgraded to a university in 1905, becoming the first modern higher education institution in China. From the campus avenue in picture eight, where the mottled sunlight is scattered, you exit the gate of East China University of Political Science and Law, and opposite is Zhongshan Park, which is also full of historical and modern charm. Pictures nine to fourteen are Zhongshan Park scenery. Zhongshan Park, originally named Zhaofeng Park, is located at No. 780 Changning Road (near Dingxi Road), Changning District, Shanghai. It was established by the British Zhaofeng in Shanghai in 1914 and was the most famous park in Shanghai at the time. The park mainly adopts the British-style natural gardening style, integrates the essence of Chinese garden art, combines Chinese and Western styles, and is unique. It is the oldest park in Shanghai that has best preserved its original landscape style. Picture fifteen is the Dragon's Dream. Letting the horse run freely, the scenes of the past are vivid in my mind: the image of my grandson running and laughing on the grass of the Huazheng campus; us learning to dig malan heads with a 92-year-old stranger on the grass; the three-year-old referee at the college basketball game, holding up a small scissors hand to indicate two points valid, has grown into a handsome guy. Haha! The past is beautiful, the present life is warm, the future is worth looking forward to, everything is as desired.