Located in the southern part of Shanghai, the tourist city is built around Longhua Temple and together with Longhua Martyrs' Cemetery, it occupies an area of 31.17 hectares. The planned area for the tourist city is 8.47 hectares. The first phase of the project with an area of 4.22 hectares will be completed and opened to the public at the end of 1999. The buildings in the tourist city will be reproduction of the architecture of folk dwellings south of the Changjiang River, with black tiles and whitewashed walls, covered corridors around the Longhua Pagoda,
little alleyways and winding paths, shops in the city and streets through the shops. 


The tourist city, complete with the functions of sightseeing, shopping, catering, and amusement, facilities supplying tourist souvenirs, arts and crafts, folk collections, minority nationality ornaments, vegetarian food and tonic food, native and special products, different styles of Chinese food, special flavored snacks, an ideal place for rest and recreation, and cultural exhibition will soon be completed. Once completed, the tourist city will be a typical tourist attraction featured by Chinese Buddhist culture and folk custom south of the Changjiang River.