Popular for its contemporary architecture and affluent in its drapery of historical culture, Shanghai is by far one of the most interesting cities to visit. One of these historical references is the China Tobacco Museum located in the Yangpu District. The China Tobacco Museum is an interesting granite building just opposite to the Shanghai Cigarette Factory that contains the really amazing artifacts from the history of tobacco in China.
The China Tobacco Museum has five floors. The first three levels are the exhibition areas that exhibit monuments, artifacts and photographs from tobacco development, the tobacco industry, tobacco management and agriculture, trade, historical references of the smoking culture and there is also a smoking control hall. These exhibition halls are quiet interesting to walk through as many cultural relics and documents from the Hakkas and stilt houses of the Dai people have been saved and well kept for many years. Visitors can also learn and understand how the tobacco industry is developed in China and learn how this impacted on the tobacco import and export trade throughout history and current times. Some of the various smoking sets are very impressive and made with close precision.
On the higher levels at the China Tobacco Museum have many lecture halls, an information resource database and tourist guide systems for visitors to use. There is also a tobacco bar for tourists who want to experience smoking in the Chinese way, and also a tea house for those who do not. Admission to the China Tobacco Museum is 10 Yuan per person and the museum is only opened on Tuesdays and Thursday from 9:00am to 4:00pm, so be sure to add this to your travel itinerary and make travel arrangements. Transportation such as buses, trains and taxis to the China Tobacco Museum can be readily accessible.