Sun jiawei/Shanghai Daily news
This year's tourism festival activities organized by Huangpu District will
include a history lesson as well as the traditional activities, including an
opening parade and music performances along the Nanjing Road Pedestrian
Mall.
The bund Branch of the Shanghai Municipal Archives will put nearly 100
documentaries about the city's past and historical figures, and exhibit over 600
old articles of the city, which haven't been displayed before, from September 18
to October 6.
Clocks made during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), or imported
from abroad at that time, which were collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing,
will be exhibited in Yuyuan Garden from September 28 to November 10.
Nine
traditional games that were often played years ago will be performed by senior
citizens in front of the Shanghai Concert Hall on September 24.
The opening
parade for the Shanghai Tourism Festival will begin at 7pm, September 17, on the
newly renovated Century Square on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall. Bands and
dancing groups from more than 10 countries will join the parade, which is to
last until midnight.