Weng Shihui/Shanghai Daily news

Tennis anyone?
Minhang District will host the ATP Tour season-ending Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai 2005, featuring the top eight male players in the world. The tournament will be held from November 13 to 20. Taking advantage of publicity for the Masters Cup, the district will roll out the Minhang Community Culture Festival in October and November.
It marks the fourth year of the festival, a 41-day event including 1.5 million participants.
A series of community activities will be held under different themes all around the district.
One of the festival organizers said it will display Chinese community culture, enhance the district's reputation as well as introduce it to the international audience.
As a prelude to the festival, some other activities will take place. This includes a calligraphy, painting and photography exhibition; a trivia contest about the Tennis Masters Cup; a dancing festival in Qibao Town and a poetry festival in Jiangchuan Community.
The most exciting event may be the opening ceremony of the Minhang Community Culture Festival, which will be held on October 16 in Qizhong Stadium. The theme will be "Passionate Minhang."
Also taking place is a Tap Dancing Contest, where groups from 13 communities in Minhang will compete on October 23 in Gumei Square. Each group will perform three programs.
One of Minhang's tap dance team won second prize in the amateur group at the First Tap Dance Championship Contest in Shanghai last year.
The Digital Video Filmmaking Contest invites amateur directors to make a short film and enter it for judging. Digital video filmmakers are encouraged to find inspiration through community activities.
The exhibition hall at Qizhong Stadium will display Chinese art including paper-cutting, masks, feather painting, straw painting.
The grand opening along with the international tennis event will provide visitors an opportunity to experience the community's culture and development.
During the eight-day tennis extravaganza, spectators at the tournament will see glimpses of Minhang's culture during interludes between tennis matches.
Specially built for the Masters Cup, the 15,000-seat Qizhong Stadium may likely impress tennis fans. The stadium has an eight-piece roof in the shape of a blooming magnolia flower.
Audiences may enjoy an abundance of artwork on display, as well as dance, singing and acrobatics performances between the matches.
The programs will also include foreign culture performances. Artists from both East Asia and Europe will participate in the festival. An organizer said that specific details were not yet available.