Shanghai is a city offering infinite possibilities for enjoying beauty, culture and lifestyle. It's a modern and lively metropolis with a vast range of sights and entertainment to delight its visitors. The mild climate makes it possible to visit and enjoy Shanghai at almost any time of the year.
Here are a few heads up on what you can do in Shanghai while learning Chinese with us in 2010
Shanghai World Expo
This year, the biggest event in Shanghai is World Expo which is held from May 1st to Oct 31st. It is the biggest exposition of any kind in world history, with 192 countries and 50 International organizations having confirmed participation. 70 million visitors are expected from both inland and abroad to attend this world event. More than 20,000 cultural shows are held during the Expo.
MandarinRocks gives FREE Expo admission ticket when you enroll in any intensive Chinese course with lodging during Expo period for 4 weeks or above and encourages everyone to take this golden opportunity to see the world in Shanghai.
visit official website en.expo2010.com
2010 Shanghai Public Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations
New Year's Holiday - held on January 1st and 2nd is a national holiday and celebrated throughout the city, with lion and dragon dances at the Longhua Temple
Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) - falls according to the traditional Chinese calendar (entire week starting on February 14th in 2010) and is celebrated with dragon dances, lots of red decorations and visits to kin, relatives and friends.
Lantern Festival – the 15th day of Chinese new year, based at the Yu Yuan Gardens and featuring locals walking around nearby streets, carrying illuminated paper lanterns.
Longhua Temple Fair – held in March, goes back over 300 years, when the laughing Buddha was born under the Longhua tree, preached Buddhism and saved people from worldly sufferings
Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival - held over one week in April, a traditional and grand festival promoting Chinese national culture and fostering friendship with people from all over the world
Dragon Boat Festival - is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and commemorates the national hero Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the 3rd century BC to protest against the corrupt emperor.
Shanghai International Music Festival - mid-May, lasting around one week and featuring a range of music-related events and well-attended concerts.
Shanghai Film Festival – held in June 12th to 20th, the Chinese film industry is gaining more and more attention from filmmakers home and abroad, and several international stars have attended this event in the past.
Shanghai Tourism Festival – September, a huge urban tourist celebration with the theme of 'Walking into Happiness and Joy', featuring a parade along either East Nanjing Road or Central Huaihai Road.
National Day Holiday – the first week of October, a national holiday commemorating the founding of the People's Republic of China, the golden week for travelling and shopping.
Shanghai International Arts Festival– early December, month-long celebrations featuring a range of exhibitions, dancing, acrobatics, concerts and operatic performances.
2010 Shanghai Sports Events
F1 Chinese Grand Prix 2010 –April 16th to 18th, Schumacher returns to Shanghai! A glitzy extravaganza featuring the roar and excitement of F1
IAAF Golden Grand Prix (Diamond League) 2010 –May 23rd, one day competition among world’s best track and field athletes.
Shanghai Masters Snookers Tournament 2010–Sep 6th to 12th- featuring the top 32 players in the world
Tennis Masters Series Shanghai 2010-Oct 9th-17th, week-long event and the season finale, featuring the top eight male players
HSBC Cup" Golf World Championship 2010-Nov 4th-7th, winner of four of the world’s leading tours vie for the “champion of champion”.
Shanghai Marathon 2010 – November, attracting runners from across China and the rest of the world. Around 18,000 participants take part each year and the route is lined with thousands of spectators who eagerly cheer the runners on
The Ride of Your Life
Here are a few heads up on what you can do in Shanghai while learning Chinese with us in 2010 While this was a metaphor of devastating insight into the up-and-down nature of human fortunes that nobody had ever considered before, Keating’s Axiom will this year double as a fine piece of advice for the thrill-seekers of Shanghai because at this moment, as we live and breathe, a 1,200-meter-long, 33-meter-high wooden rollercoaster has just been constructed at the Happy Valley theme park in Songjiang District. Screeeam!
The big dipper is just one of 10 major amusement rides in the 86-hectare park, which is the largest in the eastern China region. The park also contains a ‘space shuttle’ that sends riders 60 meters into the sky in two seconds flat, plus “modern leisure facilities” and a 4,500-seat theater.
Also being developed in the Sheshan National Travel Resort is the 210-hectare Chenshan National Botanical Park, which will feature more than 25,000 species of plants, the first phase of which will open to the public later this year.
Think it couldn’t possibly get any better? Back up. Not to be outdone in the carnival stakes, Mickey and his mob are muscling in on the action with a Disneyland theme park open in Pudong in 2013!.
MandarinRocks also organizes various activities such as cultural workshops, shows and performances, excursions on a regular basis to make your stay fulfilling and memorable.
Well, do as little or as much as you want in Shanghai - it doesn't really matter as just being here is an experience in itself.
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