Shanghai Acrobatics Show

One of the things that I have planned to do while traveling in Shanghai was to go to an acrobatics show. Before embarking on the trip, I read from Lonely Planet Shanghai tour book that there are two different places where one can go to a Chinese acrobatics show. Based on the recommendations from Lonely Planet, the one held at Shanghai Centre Theatre (in the Jia'n Dictrict) seemed a good choice.  One day after visiting the Jia'n Temple in the same District, we walked to the Shanghai Centre Theatre to buy tickets for the show.

Admission fee wasn't very cheap - it's RMB280 each person. But the seats were extremely good  - we were sitting on the second row right in the middle of the auditorium!  There were only slight worries.... just in case an acrobat failed to do some parts and fell right onto us?

Too many worries, LOL, because the acrobats gave such a wonderful performance. And the most important thing was - none of them did fall onto us! LOL

The show started at 7:30pm and ended at 9pm. Personally, I think the show was simply amazing! Incredibly worth the money and an evening watching such a great arcobatics show!


This photo of Shanghai Centre Theatre is courtesy of TripAdvisor




This is the beginning of the show we watched. Was it good? 

(I have been trying to upload the video onto my blog but I still couldn't do it.  Click the following weblink on Youtube to have a look if you wish.)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAjBroNmePM



Shanghai trip 2011 - to be continued!  

Hello Shanghai!

Just came back from a trip in Shanghai, China 。
This is my first time to Shanghai and it really has impressed me a lot.  In the past, when people talked about Shanghai, my impression was: many Shanghaiese people liked to compete with us (in Hong Kong); they thought that they were developing fast, and could very soon replace Hong Kong.  Probably because of these negative feelings, I were not very eager to travel to Shanghai.

Well, but the fact is, I should not be so subjective , because this trip to Shanghai has totally changed my feeling for Shanghai!  Shanghai is really a beautiful and diversified big city. It has long history, traditional structures (like the ones in Yuyuan Garden, or otherwise called the Old Town), modern Pudong financial district (one of China's economic powerhouse), advanced infrastructure (the well-built subway system and high-speed/bullet trains); and the easily accessible, charming and tranquil canal towns near to Shanghai.  All these have made my trip to Shanghai such a rewarding travel experience!

蒲東新區的東方明珠塔 (Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Pudong District)



徐匯區的龍華寺 (Longhua Temple in Xujiahui District)

Let me start recording my trip to Shanghai!!

Shanghai trip 2011 - to be continued!