Another place I personally prefered to stay at most weekend is Bund, especially at evening.(Lighting time 19:00~21:00)

Look the crown shape building! It is the Westin Hotel!

If come to Shanghai, Xintiandi should not be missed, which located at the cross of Huaihai Rd and Fuxing Rd. There u will visit the shops, restaurants and bars built from Shikumen housing - Shanghai unique and traditional architecture. A totally different mood with Beijing Sanlitun.

See my pic about the traditional Shanghai resident architecture, and now is rare.

I've posted the time schedule for Sunrise at http://community.travelchinaguide.com/mtip.asp?u=Daisy&i=0,7

In fact, to remember the simple period of time just will be OK!
Spring: 5:00 - 6:00 am
Summer: 4:30 - 5:20 am
Autumn: 5:00 - 5:20 am
Winter: 5:30 - 6:00 am

This should be much easier than the former one, ah? ^)^

April - Oct is the best time for climbing the Mt. Huashan. And also the crowded period, especially during the Golden One-Week Holiday of May Day and National Day.
And each lunar 15th of March (should be about May 4th in Gregorian calendar), the Pilgrimage Day, there will be held grand temple fair and celebration.

Huashan is a breathtakingly impressive mountain range just outside of city. I started climbing the mountain at around midnight, about 22:00 pm. It well took me about 5 hours to get to the apex. To catch the special and wonderful time of the sunrise, I think the long tiring work deserves!!. At several thousand feet above sea level and sharp cliffs on all sides, sunrise on top of Huashan beats sunrise on a beach any day of the week !!