Introduction of Shanghai Children's Palace |
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The main body of the Children's Palace in Shanghai was a private villa of an English merchant in old Shanghai. It was started to build in 1918 and lasted 6 years, so it was completed in 1924. Most of its construction materials are qualified marbles carried from Europe, so it is also called the Marble Mansion. |
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The Children's Palace in Shanghai is located at No. 64, west Yan An road in Shanghai. It is a palace construction of European type and it is an outstanding perfect works in 20s in the 20th century. |
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The Shanghai Children's Palace offers talented children after-school-education for gifted children. It was first built in 1953 by Song Qingling ( Madam Sun Yatsen). Children attend a wide selection of extracurricular activities like music, dance, art, model making, science, technology and computer science. The palace holds many art performances and science and technology contests very year, and which interests many kids. Shanghai Children's Palace Children Palace is in fact a kind of spare time school, but kids don't learn the same knowledge as they do in schools. There are lots of programs in the palace, such as piano, painting, calligraphy, dancing and computer. Children can take part in one or two programs in light of their own interests. All the children ranging from 5 to 14 years old, can go to the palace when they can pass a simple examination and pay a small sum of money one term. The palace is in fact a part of China's social welfare because the government offers some financial support to the palace. It also have some donations from all works of life. You can find this kind of palace in many large and medium-sized cities in China. They have assist the country in training many gifted children into sport world champion and musicians. It is worth to drop in if you come Shanghai. |





