愚谷村(Village
Yugu)风情
Now
there’s a brand new scenic spot where you can spend a day or two to feel the
Shanghai culture. Jing’an Temple Neighborhood(静安寺街道) now
release a new tour route crossing some traditional Shanghai Long tang
1 . Visitors can feel the original Shanghai lifestyle within touch…
On No.303，Huashan Rd you
can pay a visit to the former residence of Cai Yuanpei 2 ; In Yu garden3,
you can enjoy the masterpiece Newspaper
selling song composed the by Nie’er4. Or even visit the
newspaper boy’s home (the real one, not the one portrayed by Nie’er in the song
!) Enjoy the Shanghai-style
construction and feel the culture...Shanghai Long tang is a good choice for you!
吸引外国朋友
The
Majority building style here in Jing’an Temple neighborhood are villa, modern
Long tang,high-class commercial housing, etc. This is what we called Shanghai
Style. And this tour route actually offers the foreign visitors a chance to “be
a Shanghainese for a day...it’s really a big success.
When
Foreigners come visit the Long tang, they can see both the Shanghai-featured
construction and the local life of Long tang residents, e.g. making wonton,
singing Chinese opera and folk songs, knitting woolen sweater, etc. This
fantastic tour impresses a lot of foreigners that they bring more of their
friends to visit here
Note
1.
Long tang(弄堂): a traditional Shanghai style building
for inhabitation
 弄堂 |
2.
Cai Yuanpei: Chinese 蔡元培, Wade-Giles: Ts'ai Yüan-p'ei, Courtesy name: Hèqīng (鶴卿);Sobriquet: "Lone Citizen" (孑民 Jiémín) (January 11, 1868 – March 5, 1940) was a Chinese educator
and the chancellor of the Peking University, known for his critical evaluation
of the Chinese culture that led to the influential May Fourth Movement. In his
thinking, Cai was heavily influenced by Anarchism.
 蔡元培 |
3.
Yu
Garden: (Simplified Chinese: 豫园; Traditional Chinese: 豫園; Pinyin: Yùyuán), located in the center of the Old City in Shanghai,
China, is considered one of the most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the
region.
4.
Nie er: (traditional Chinese: 聶耳; simplified Chinese: 聂耳; pinyin: Niè ěr) (born as Nie Shouxin (traditional Chinese:
聶守信; simplified Chinese: 聂守信; pinyin: Niè Shǒuxīn) Courtesy
name Ziyi (traditional Chinese: 子義 or 子藝; simplified Chinese: 子义 or 紫艺; pinyin: Zǐ Yì), (February
14, 1912—July 17, 1935) was a Chinese composer. He is known for composing the
national anthem of the People's Republic of China, the March of the
Volunteers. In numerous Shanghai magazines he went by the English name
"George Njal"
 聂耳 |