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Calendar for Shanghai. September 2011. The 2 most important festivals - Double Ninth Festival -. According to the Iching, nine is the yang number. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a double nine and has too much yang - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Calendar for Shanghai
September 2011
The 2 most important festivals - Double Ninth Festival -
According to the Iching, nine is the yang number. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a double nine and has
too much yang This is believed to be dangerous. Hence, the day is also called
"Double Yang Festival”. To protect against the danger, it is customary to climb a high
mountain, drink chrysanthemum wine, and wear the zhuyu plant, cornus officinalis.
Both chrysanthemum and zhuyu are considered to have cleansing qualities and are used on other occasions to air out houses and cure illnesses.
The 2 most important festivals - Mid-autumn “Moon Festival” -
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the chinese calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is at its fullest and roundest.
The traditional food of this festival is the moon cake, of which there are many different varieties. This Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar and is a legal holiday in several countries.
Traditionally on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, eat moon cakes and pomelos under the moon together.
There are additional cultural or regional customs accompanying the celebration.
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Concert Show & Theater Sport Festival Exhibition
Drama “Rhinoceros in Love”
This contemporary, energetic and popular
production dusted with dark romance unveils the extremes people go to for
love.
Date: Sept. 1th – Sept. 4th, 19.30
Venue: Shanghai Grand Theater – Drama
Theater
Ticket price:150 - 380 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Drama “Nacked marriage”
Date: Sept. 2th – Sept. 3th, 19.30
Venue: People Theater,663 Jiujiang Road
Ticket price:80 - 200 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Peking Opera “The red haired galloping”
Enjoy this very special form of traditional
Chinese theater which combines music,
vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.
Date: Sept. 2nd, 19.15
Venue: Yi Fu Theater
Ticket price:30 – 220 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Drama “The Doppelganger”
It is the very romantic story of young
lovers consummating their love without
Parental approval.
Date:
Sept. 3nd – Sept. 6th, 19.15
Venue:
Shanghai Oriental Art center – Opera Hall
Ticket price:
180 - 880Yuan
Booking:
62172426 or
office 272 Fengxian Road
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Drama “Sleuth”
This drama revolves around two men
vying for the same woman.
Date: Sept. 8th – Oct 2nd, 19.30 (except mondays)
Venue: Dramatic Art Center at Arts
Theater
Ticket price:80 - 200 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Double Ninth Festival
People believed that climbing mountains
on 9.9 would dispel bad luck. Therefore,
every year double ninth festival organises
a climbing competition at Oriental Pearl.
Date:
Sept. 9th
Venue:
Oriental Pearl: climbing competition
Festival activities:
Burn paper clothes, climbing mountains,
drinking chrysanthemum wine
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Albert Ballet “Carmen & fumbling towards ecstasy”
Enjoy a fusion of ideas and of concepts…
A mix between ballet and pop music.
Date: Sept. 9th, 19.30
Venue: Shanghai Dancing Theater
Ticket price:100 – 500 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Guyi Garden Bamboo Festival
Get insights into Shanghai’s ancient
gardening and the fascination with Lotus.
Date: Sep. 10th
Venue: Guyi Garden (Jiading District)
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Tourism Festival- Big opening parade -
Rickly festooned floats and performers
from China and other parts of the world
will parade through the city in glittery costumes, followed by cheering
spectators.
Date: Sep. 10th , evening
Venue: Huaihai Middle Road(Tibet South Road – Shaanxi South Road)
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Jiuzi folkloric games contest
Seek cultural immersion by watching
Shanghai’s traditional games.
Date: Sep. 11th
Venue: Jiuzi Park
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Nanjing Road carnival week
During the festival, the whole Nanjing
Road is a big party. Edgy ethnic performances by troupes from
different countries are definitely worth a
Visit.
Date: Sep. 11th – Sept. 16th
Venue: Pedestrian Street, Nanjing Road
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Mid-autumn “Moon Festival”
Full moon is a symbol for peace -this day seems to be propitious.
Date: Sept. 12th
Venue: Guilin Park, 128 Guilin RoadBotanic Garden
Festival activities: See traditional costumes, taste
sweet wine, play Tang Dynasty games, eat
the famous moon cake
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Jazz Stars series concert
Date: Sept. 14th, 19.30
Venue: Shanghai Concert Hall –
Multifunctional Hall
Ticket price:50 – 80 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Yang Jie’s vocal recital
Date: Sept. 17th, 19.30
Venue: People Theater,663 Jiujiang Road
Ticket price:100 - 580 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Exhibition “Life in cities” by Michael Wolf
Enjoy a variety of photos showing the
different faces of China and Hong Kong.
Date: Sept. 18th – Oct. 31th , 10am-6pm
Venue: M97 Gallery, 97 Moganshan Road
Ticket price:Free entry
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Drama“ Thirteen”Date: Sept. 20th – Oct. 9, 19.30
Venue: Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center – Studio D6
Ticket price:120 - 300 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Piano recital by Gloria Campanerio (Italy)
Date: Sept. 23th, 19.45
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Center – Performance Hall
Ticket price:60 - 300 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Kunqu Opera “Peony pavilion”
This life-affirming legend of love and Resurrection has even been
proclaimed as ’’a masterpiece of the oral and
intangible heritage of humanity’’ by the
UNESCO.
Date: Sept. 24th, 18.30
Venue: Zhu Jiajiao Kenzhi Garden
Ticket price:180 – 1500 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Peking Opera “The legend of the white
snake”Enjoy this very special form of
traditional chinese theater which combines
music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.
Date: Sept. 25th, 19.15
Venue: Yi Ru Theatre
Ticket price:30 – 380 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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“Circle and Circle “Portrait concert of Tan Dun
Date: Sept. 27th, 19.15
Venue: He Luting Concert Hall 50,20 Fenyang Road
Ticket price:50 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Cruiser’s parade on Huangpu
Over 20 festooned boats parade in formation on the Huangpu river, treating passengers on board to a breathtaking city view.
Date: Sep. 28th, evening
Venue: Huangpu river,Pudong or Bund
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Opera “Kiss me Kate”
This production is called a play within an play. The interior play is a musical
version of Shakespear’s ’’The taming of the
shrew ’’. The musical won several Tony Awards
and Many other important Awards.
Date: Sept. 29th – Oct. 3th, 19.30
Venue: People Theater
Ticket price:180 – 800 Yuan
Booking:62172426 or office 272 Fengxian Road
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Shanghai kites party
The kite-flying set will surely be into
the international kites competition and kites display. Don’t miss this unique event.
Date: Sep. 30th – Oct. 6th
Venue: Haiwan travel zone
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12th Music firecrackers Festival
Pyrotechnics aces create a dream world with the late night din of firecrackers explosions which is
spruced up by music.
Date: Sep. 30th – Oct. 6th, evening
Venue: Century Park
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