PRESERVE THE SHANGHAINESE CULTURE.
PRESERVE THE SHANGHAINESE CULTURE. Sometimes I ask myself where the hell all this culture goes... It seems the rapid development in Shanghai has occured too fast and too suddenly, putting to much effort on modernaization and turning a blind side on whats truly Shanghainese. Just the thing that the local dialect is slowly dying out makes me all sad inside, but at the same time it gives me willpower and desire, an inside wish and want to preserve what is perhaps the most magnificent part of this city.
The other day when I was taking my usual stroll down Hua Shan Lu, I spotted this small treasure trove full of vintage 30's objects from Shanghai (Shanghaitique, Rd No: 699). A lovely piece of a lovely culture, a culture that deserves more than hard-to-find-small-shops-you-never-hear-about, if you see what I mean. There should be a museum completely dedicated to the Shanghainese culture, more restaurants and cafés trying the preserve that old vintage feeling, a museum about Shikumen lanes, and fashion brands with influences and inspiration from old times. I know this is already being done to some degree, but it is not given its worthy attention.
Go Shanghainese!
The other day when I was taking my usual stroll down Hua Shan Lu, I spotted this small treasure trove full of vintage 30's objects from Shanghai (Shanghaitique, Rd No: 699). A lovely piece of a lovely culture, a culture that deserves more than hard-to-find-small-shops-you-never-hear-about, if you see what I mean. There should be a museum completely dedicated to the Shanghainese culture, more restaurants and cafés trying the preserve that old vintage feeling, a museum about Shikumen lanes, and fashion brands with influences and inspiration from old times. I know this is already being done to some degree, but it is not given its worthy attention.
Go Shanghainese!
baby you're a firework.
新年快乐。It's Chinese New Year times. For the "Western" New Year's Eve in 2010, the local Shanghai Government officialy prohibited fireworks and all sorts of "bling-bling in the skies" (Which came to a surprise for most foreigners living here, during the Expo opening the city was literally exploding by lightning). Proponents claim that this was purely a respectful act to honour those who died in the apartment fire in Shanghai one month earlier. However, when it comes to the Chinese New Year, the government will surely not save on the gunpowder... I can already hear explosions outside my window right now, and its not even dark outside yet!
The best thing about celebrating the Chinese New Year in Shanghai is that you'll never gonna need to buy any fireworks yourself. There will be enough. Trust me.
