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C4鈥?Jing鈥檃n Tuesday 29 May 2018鈥?Shanghai Daily
Moments of May
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1. Vertical marathon Shanghai, held from May 18 to 20. 4. Tea rituals 90s are on display in an exhibition that
British fencer Richard Kruse, who runs through June 25.
More than 600 runners challenged Nearly 200 students from 40 primary
the 270-meter-high Wheelock Plaza, won the European Fencing Champion- and middle schools across Shanghai The memorabilia includes tin toys,
the highest building in Shanghai鈥檚 Puxi ships in 2006, won the men鈥檚 top prize, have been participating in a competi- pencil boxes and video game series.
area, in the 2018 International Tower while Russian fencer Inna Deriglazova, tion related to tea rituals, in the run-up
Running Grand Prix held on May 13. who won gold medal at the 2016 Olym- to the 2018 Shanghai International Tea 鈥淲e collected these items from more
pics, won the women鈥檚 championship. Culture Tourism Festival to be held than 30 people, including a woman
They included students, retired June 1-4 in the Shanghai Exhibition from Ukraine who said her childhood
workers, foreigners living in Shanghai Jing鈥檃n has produced several great Center. toys were mostly made in China,鈥?said
and professional vertical marathon fencers of its own, like Wang Lei, who curator Zhu Yuxiang. 鈥淢any visitors
runners. won gold in the men鈥檚 2006 World Fenc- More than 200 stalls will feature at will be nostalgic to see items they, too,
ing Championships, and Zhong Weiping the event, offering an array of teas, once used.鈥? Ou Jiajing, one of the top vertical who took gold in the women鈥檚 event at ranging from black tea from Sri Lanka
runners in China, won the men鈥檚 cham- the same competition. to white tea from China鈥檚 Fujian Prov- The exhibition is on the fifth floor
pionship by climbing the stairs of the ince. Tea sets in Chinese laquerware at 771 Huaian Road. It is open from
58-story building in 7 minutes, 3 sec- In recent years, top fencers visiting and cast-iron teapots from Japan will 8:30am to 6pm, Mondays through Sun-
onds. Zhang Huiji, 51, won the women鈥檚 Shanghai for competitions have given also be on display. days. Admission is free.
championship, clocking 8 minutes, 43 lessons to elementary and middle-
seconds. school students in Jing鈥檃n to promote 鈥淭ea planted in the high mountains 6. Town on the go
the sport. in Shouning in Fujian Province will be
The sport of vertical running was introduced to Shanghai,鈥?said Zeng The Jing鈥檃nsi subdistrict has been hon-
first held in the Empire State Building 3. Jazz festival Lianyu, executive of Daning Inter- ored as one of China鈥檚 鈥淕o Towns鈥?for
in New York in 1978. It subsequently national Tea City. 鈥淎nd as a modern its promotion of the game in the com-
gained popularity around the world, Musicians and artists from more touch, we will have robots serving tea munity for years.
arriving in China only about five years than 20 countries presented free street to visitors.鈥?ago. shows along Nanjing Road W. and in On May 14, the subdistrict announced
local shopping malls during the JZ Chinese and Japanese styles of tea it will strengthen that relationship. It
Today, nearly 300 skyscrapers around Spring festival held from April 30 to ceremonies will be presented by mas- will cooperate with Shanghai鈥檚 board
the world have been registered as quali- May 2. In Jing鈥檃n Park, jazz lovers were ters of the art from both countries. game authority to give go lessons to
fied venues for the competitions. treated to outdoor concerts. They will wear traditional costumes. residents and hold a variety of go-relat-
ed activities among local white-collar
2. En garde! A variety of interactive activities were 5. Childhood memories workers.
held to celebrate the 100th anniversary
More than 300 fencers from around of jazz in Shanghai. Handicrafts were Nearly 100 toys and stationery items The same day, veteran go master
the world competed in the three-day sold at a fair, and people were invited to used by people born in the 1980s and Chang Hao appeared at the Jing鈥檃nsi
Westgate Mall Fencing Grand Prix join in some of the musical activities. Cultural Activities Center and played
the game with aficionados there.
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