Entertainment

Shanghai Tourist Festival

Time: September 21-27
Venue: Shanghai Municipality
What's on : Large-scale colorful float parade, concerts in the open, Sino-foreign exchanges in tea-related culture, international symposium on tourism, cultural and art show at the Red Chamber. Tourists can also choose to participate in the Program titled " Be a Shanghai Citizen for One Day", root-seeking tour of Shanghai, night cruise on the Huangpu River, etc. Shopping and tasting food are yet another important part of the festival.

Senior Citizens' Jazz Band

The Senior Citizens' Jazz Band, which performances every night at Peace Hotel, is composed of veteran musicians with more than half century's experience. The mellow sentiment of the music, and the sentimental aura of the bar in which the concerts are held, never fail to instill a touch of nostalgia into the hearts of the concert goers.

Shanghai Acrobatics Opening

Time: 19:30 (the show lasts eighty minutes)
Venue: Lanxing Grand Theater 57 Maoming Road, Shanghai 200020
What's on: A traditional repertoire kept by the shanghai Acrobatics Troupe. Each show is adjusted according to the demand of the audience, and acrobatics are enlivened by comic shows and traditional folk-lore entertainment.

Address: 218-226 Guangdong Road, Shanghai 200002
Tel: (021) 63214697, 63212864

Duoyunxuan Studio

Address: 422 Nanjing Road East Shanghai 200001
Tel: (021) 63207505
Business line: Calligraphy and paintings, watercolor wood-block printing, seal carvings, and calligraphic scriptures.
Services: foreign currency conversion, international delivery and mailing services, carving seals and signatures, and the mounting of paintings and calligraphic works.

Shanghai Friendship Store

Address: 40 Beijing Road East, Shagnhai 200002
Tel: (021) 63294600
Business line: Cigarettes, tea, traditional Chinese and Western pharmaceuticals, jewelries and antiques, Traditional Chinese stationery, paintings and calligraphy, ivory, fade and wooden carvings, pottery, carpets and rugs, enamelware, silks and woollen fabrics, embroidered garments and table cloths, leather clothes, cashemere products, etc., totaling more than 20,000 products in more fifty-odd varieties.

Shoppers' Nanjing Road

The five-kilometer-long Nanjing Road, the busiest and most prosperous shoppping street in Shanghai, accommodates an average of one million shoppers and visitors every day. Nos. 1 and 10 Department Stores, Shanghai's largest of their kind, are situated there along with the largest food store. The other commercial giants include the Shanghai Fashion Company, Hualian Shopping Tower, New World Co. Ltd., and luxury Goods Store. The road is also lined on both sides with a good assortment of specialty shops, more than sixty restaurants in varying culinary styles, and recreational and entertainment centers. No.1 Yaohan Co. Ltd. Address; 501 Zhangyang Road Lujiazhui Finance and Trade Zone Shanghai 200120 No. 1 Yaohan Co. Ltd., a multi-functional establishment complete with shops, entertainment centers, restaurants and offices is by far Asia's largest international shopping center. The building stands 99.9 meters tall and covers a total floor-space of 144,837 square meters.

Jingjiang Disheng Mall
Address: 400 Changle Road Shanghai 200020
Tel: (021) 6472 7663
The mall sells top-of -the-line commodities including brand-name garments, luxury wristwatches, writing instruments, and cigarette lighter.

Arts and Crafts Exhibitions
Address: 1000 Central Yenan Road, Shanghai 200040
Tel: (021) 62470827, 62474781
Business Line: Situated in the Shanghai Exhibition Center, the Arts and Crafts and Exhibitions and Fairs Company is by China's largest shopping center of arts and crafts and tourist souvenirs.

Friendship Mall

Address: 6 Zunyi Road South Shanghai 200050
Tel: (021) 6270000
With a total floor-space of more than 20,000 square meters, the Friendship Mall is a modern commercial center which sells nearly 40,000 commodities. It is fast emerging as a trend-setter in Shanghai. American barbecue, Italian pizza, and Chaozhou cuisine are featured in the restaurants situated on the fourth floor.