By:Zheng Qian |
From:english.eastday.com | 2021-03-17 09:31
The 250-meter-long South Yunnan Road in Shanghai, one of Shanghai’s last remaining downtown food streets which emerged in the 1940s,is counting down to its closure date due to the ongoing urban renewal campaign. Many citizens are lamenting the demise of the city’s most authentic traditional roadside flavors.
A woman takes a photo of the time-tested restaurants on South Yunnan Road before their closure at the end of this year.
Diners on Shanghai’s South Yunnan Road queue in front of a Xiaojinling restaurant, famous for its salted duck.
By:Wu Qiong |
From:english.eastday.com | 2021-01-06 17:13
Architecture is the root of a city and the architectural heritage in modern Shanghai reflects the unique diversity of the city’s culture. An ongoing special exhibition in Minhang Museum has been recalling memories of centuries ago.
Themed “Renovation of Shanghai: Architectural Heritage in Modern Times”, the exhibition, attracting many architecture fans, displays 86 pieces of architectural heritage from different times across Shanghai. Among them, 48 are original pieces.
Pictured above is a restored model of “Panlong Zaojing” (Coiled Dragon Caisson Ceiling) in Shanghai’s Merchant Shipping Hall. In Chinese architecture, a caisson ceiling is in the upper part of the room and in the shape of an umbrella cover. Supported by delicate and interlocking “dougong brackets”, it symbolizes the sublime of the heaven. A caisson ceiling is usually decorated with colorful paintings and reliefs.