City celebrates its intangible cultural heritage
2024-12-31 to 2025-02-16
2024-12-31 to 2025-02-16
Children enjoy the fun of making things.
Visitors take a stroll through the bazaar.
From mouthwatering delicacies to folk cultural performances and displays, a culinary delight serves as the prologue to Shanghai's celebration of the New Year, the Spring Festival and its intangible cultural heritage gems.
With UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently inscribing China's Spring Festival on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the upcoming celebration in 2025 will officially usher in the first "intangible cultural heritage-version Spring Festival."
An intangible cultural heritage-themed bazaar highlighting Shanghai's food culture opened in Hongkou District on Tuesday, featuring traditional delicacies, Spring Festival-related flavors, intangible cultural heritage crafts, folk activities, and New Year interactive experiences.
It opened the first chapter of Shanghai's year-round celebration of its intangible cultural heritage treasure.
At the market, people will find Shanghai's iconic White Rabbit candies loved by generations of locals, baizhanji (sliced cold chicken), a classic specialty dish, cakes by time-honored food brand Shendacheng, and Shanghai Shikumen yellow wine, as well as nianhuo (Spring Festival goods) such as walnut meat, dried beef and marinated dried tofu, among others.
The bazaar attracts both tourists and residents.
The bazaar features the city's time-honored brands.
They will also sip tea from the century-old Shanghai teahouse Wang Yu Tai and can choose souvenirs recommended by the city's cultural and tourism authorities.
Shanghai's intangible cultural heritage inheritors will perform calligraphy, paper-cutting, and rubbing, focusing on Spring Festival's folk customs, at the bazaar. In addition to the New Year's market, there are also performances such as fish lantern parades and pingtan (an art form renowned for its soulful storytelling and singing in the Suzhou dialect).
The market lasts from New Year's Eve to January 2. After the market, a rich series of guochao (China-chic) activities will be held through February 16, celebrating the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, involving more than 200 events such as exhibitions, markets, workshops, and performances.
"The Divine Snake" Shanghai-style Lantern Festival, Guochao Style Parade · Song and Dance Music Integration, traditional music concerts, dragon and lion dances, sachet DIY, and making Shanghai-style dim sum, are on the list.
Shanghai souvenirs featured at the bazaar.
If you go:
Opening hours: 10am-10pm, through January 2 (bazaar), through February 16 (other activities)
Venue: The INLET
Address: Intersection of Sichuan Rd N. and Wujin Road, Hongkou District
四川北路武进路口