Shang Simla

Shang Simla

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Shang Simla Shang Simla, China is home to people that value discipline, peace, and clarity of mind over all else. While there, adventurers are encouraged to visit the Academy to learn the Martial Arts skill, then head to the Scholar's Garden for introspective meditation. If you're lucky, you may even catch one of Shang Simla's famous fireworks shows! Name Shang Simla Game(s) The Sims 3: World Adventures Onomatology

Shang Simla is a pre-made destination sub-neighborhood added to The Sims 3 in The Sims 3: World Adventures, along with Champs Les Sims and Al Simhara.

Description

Shang Simla is a peaceful community set near a mountainous area of China near the Great Wall. It was founded by a group of monks with an ethos of discipline and Martial Arts. It is full of colorful flora, such as Chinese elms and cherry trees, growing on deep green hills. The town is named after Shang Ri-La and it is based on a mountainous town in Shaanxi or Shanxi, most likely Xi'an, but features the Forbidden City in the middle, which is based off the real Forbidden City in Beijing. This sub-hood features activities and items that compliment Chinese culture and architecture. Shang Simla is the hub for training in the Martial Arts skill introduced in World Adventures. Sims can also explore landmark tombs and hidden tombs throughout this neighborhood, there are numerous adventures to be had. There are numerous pre-made families in Shang Simla, although they all unfortunately lack description texts. Description text on some objects introduced in World Adventures expand on the lore of Shang Simla, depicting characters such as painter Han Shin.

A trip to Shang Simla costs §1300 for the first Sim and §1000 for each additional Sim, making it the cheapest vacation destination.

Features

• Sims will bow to each other when greeting, instead of shaking hands.
• Sims who live here all have the inheritable Asian Culture hidden trait. This makes Sims eat with chopsticks.
• Players' Sims can compete in a Shang Simla exclusive Martial Arts competition, calling opponents similar to the ranked chess competition.
• Lots here make liberal use of the new pagoda roof style.

Exclusive Items

• National dishes include Stir Fry and Egg Rolls, new recipes for the Cooking skill.
• Fireworks. Going to Map Mode after setting one off will enable the player to see the display.
• Bake Fortune Cookies with Fortune Factory Fortune Cookie Maker (§1,900) and read the fortune inside as a Sim eats it. Get moodlets if the fortune is good or bad.
• Martial Arts like the Sheng Hai Training Dummy and the Board Breaker.
• Tomb survival items like the Shower-in-a-Can and dried food.
• Cheap cameras for developing the Photography skill.
• Books that are exclusive to Shang Simla, including Martial Arts skill books.

Lots

The Forbidden City

Residential lots

• The Jade House (Hong family)
• The Orchid House (Shang Simla) (Hua family)
• The Pomegranate House (Kim family)
• The Green Fern House (Louie family)
• The Laurel House (Lu family)
• The Hydrangea House (MinShen household)
• The Bamboo House (Pei family)
• The Rose House (Su family)
• The Lilac House (Wang family)
• The Narcissus House (XioZhi household)
• The Peach Blossom House (Yao family)
• The Citron House (Yat Sen family)
• The Maple Tree House (Yuan family)

Community lots

Abandoned Barn Camps Peony, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Lotus Emperor's Plaza Han's Orchard

Hot Springs Phoenix Academy Scholar’s Garden Shang Simla Base Camp

The Temple Heaven

Tombs

See also: Adventure/Shang Simla

Shang Simla contains a variety of tomb lots as well as tomb puzzles on non-tomb lots. This is only a listing of tomb lots, not puzzles or non-tomb lot tombs.

Visible

• The Dragon's Maw
• Dragon Springs
• Halls of the Lost Army
• Resolute Fist Retreat
• The Temple of Heaven
• The Terracotta Army

Hidden

• Crane Master Martial Arts Park
• East, North, South, and West Towers
• Han's Barn
• Market Caverns
• Dong Huo's Treasure Trove
• Hot Springs Cave

Families

All Sims among these families have the hidden Asian Culture trait. NPCs generated in Shang Simla do not have this trait, instead they have the hidden trait connected to their job (e.g. Pizza Appreciator for Pizza Delivery), and other Sims such as Explorers have no hidden traits at all.

Hong family Difficulty: Chen Hong, Shing Hong Hua family Difficulty: Zhang Hua, Lin Hua, Bebe Hua Kim family 20 Dragon Watch Difficulty: 3 Ho Sung Kim, Hui Young Kim, Sun Young Kim Louie family 60 South Shang Simla Hills Difficulty: 1 Bao Louie Lu family 81 South Shang Simla Hills Difficulty: 4 Jiang Lu, Jiannan Lu, Liu Lu, Wang Lu MinShen household Difficulty: Biyu Shen, Adaeze Min Pei family 87 South Shang Simla Hills Difficulty: Ai Pei, Gao Pei, Liu Pei, Wei Pei

Su family 40 South Shang Simla Hills Difficulty: 2 Shen Su, Zhan Su Wang family 73 South Shang Simla Hills Difficulty: 2 Deng Wang, Maya Wang XioZhi household 70 South Shang Simla Hills Difficulty: 3 Wu Xio, Sima Zhi, Lu Zhi Yao family Difficulty: 1 Lee Yao Yat Sen family Difficulty: Abi Yat Sen, Liang Yat Sen Yuan family Difficulty: Li Yuan, Xi Yuan, Lu Yuan, Ziyi Yuan

NPCs

• Dong Huo (Mummy)

Deceased Sims

• Chen Zuoyi (Drowning)
• Jing Hua (Starvation)
• Liu Shih (Old Age)
• Sun Wen (Fire)

Trivia

• Although Shang Simla is located in China, it has features borrowed from other cultures—most notably the usage of Japanese torii gates and bonsai trees and one of the pre-made families, the Kim family, is Korean.

Gallery

Images

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  Shang Simla from the balcony at the top of The Temple of Heaven

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  Shang Simla Waterfall

Videos

• The music of Shang Simla

  The music of Shang Simla

• The Sims 3 World Adventures - China Trailer

  The Sims 3 World Adventures - China Trailer