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There are also shopping
facilities and Moganshan art shops. If you like to stay
longer have a look for the local real estate agent they
might still have one of the old villas for sale.
Now Moganshan slowly wakes up as
a luxurious retreat for Shanghai residents in this mixed
culture of Chinese and western holiday village at the
mountain. Weekend vacationers take new energy in the lush
greenery, clean water, fresh air a great nature spot.
A real attraction are the old villas foreigners once built,
many of which are still empty, partly overgrown by bamboo
looking more like enchanted castles.
Also, the former Moganshan church
perched on the mountain is heavily overgrown, now serves as
storage and carpentry workshop.
A old stone paths with steep
climbs offers a good history walk
through Moganshan. Almost every house has a story to tell.
There is the real estate of Victor Major a Russians. His daughter
married in the old church of 1922 the Russian Consul-General
of the northern Chinese city of Harbin.
A other Moganshan villa remember to other foreigners who found refuge in the greens
mountains, such as German, English and French among others.
Some Moganshan villas are hotels now and other show who is living there now, gorgeous
extensions show the wealth of today's Chinese residents.
Chinese legends tell in around
500 BC, one of China’s great sword smith Ganjiang came to
the mountains. He came here to cast a pair of special swords
on the request of the Emperor of Wu. Ganjiang's wife was
called Moye, this morphed into Mogan Mountains.
At the entrance to Moganshan a entrance fee of 10 dollars is
collected.
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