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C2-3 Jing’an Tuesday 24 September 2019 Shanghai Daily

Tea culture and wine and beer fests Celebrating wine
highlighted activities during the

2019 Jing’an Autumn Urban Festival The other major activity of
in the past month. The annual the 2019 Jing’an Autumn Urban
festival taps the district’s cultural Festival was the 7th Shanghai
International Sparkling Wine
and tourism resources, promoting Festival and Wine Carnival, held
in the entrance square of Jing’an
its role of turning Shanghai into an Park on Nanjing Road W. on Sep-
tember 13-15. Nearly 300 wines
international metropolis. The month from more than 10 countries
long festival also featured a photo were available for free tasting.
The event began on the Mid-Au-
exhibition, a tour of back lanes and tumn Festival, a day for friends
and families to gather together
comedy performances. Some of the to enjoy food and drink, songs
and dances and riddle guessing,
activities dovetailed with the ongoing and to gaze at the full harvest
2019 Shanghai Tourism Festival. moon.
Blessed with decent weather,
organizers arranged poetry read- Visitors sample wines at the 7th Shanghai International Sparkling
Wine Festival and Wine Carnival. — TI Gong
(Ma Yue) ings on September 14, harking
back to the tradition of ancient
scholars who enjoyed poetry and this is like a heaven for us,” Liu wine sold in the Chinese market
wine under the full moon. told Shanghai Daily, saying she is imported from abroad.
Sparkling wines have been really likes Chilean sparkling Wine-tasting competitions
promoted as a fashionable choice wine. “Red wine from Chile is were held during the festival,
by the festival since it began in quite common, but Chilean spar- with wine connoisseurs from
2013. kling wines are not seen here home and abroad sharing
Liu Jiaru and her sister spent very often. They taste smooth their knowledge with visitors.
nearly two hours at the carnival and fruity.” Flamenco dance and fashion
on September 13. According to the organizers, shows also featured during the
“Both of us are wine lovers, so about 95 percent of the sparkling three-day event.

Other activities

A visitor photographs part of a traditional tea ceremony presented at the 26th Shanghai International Tea Culture and Tourism Festival. Tea culture was among a host of heritages
highlighted at the event. — Ti Gong

Urban festival pUlls oUt all the stops

Tea and tourism

The 26th Shanghai Interna- According to Huang, the most dessert, and invited visitors to The annual tourism
tional Tea Culture and Tourism frequently consumed teas in China taste it. festival began with
Festival, held at the Shanghai Ex- are green tea, black tea, white tea, The tea city runs a school for a parade of floats.
hibition Center on September 5-8, brick tea, Oolong tea and yellow tea. flower arrangement, which teach- — Ti Gong
marked the start of urban festival However, public knowledge about es both Chinese and Japanese
activities. yellow tea is relatively limited, styles. Beer drinkers also had their
Near 200 companies doing busi- compared with other varieties. Students brought some of
ness in tea, tourism and innovative “Yellow tea is good for the their works as decoration for the venue at the 9th Shibei Beer Festi-
val, held in Shibei High-Tech Park
cultural industries from around health, especially for people with exhibition. Tea makers from a in the northern part of Jing’an
the country were invited to attend, stomach problems,” said Huang. poverty-stricken area of Hunan
along with tea companies from Sri “It tastes similar to Pu’er tea, but Province also participated in the on September 16-21. Light shows,
magic shows and band perfor-
Lanka and Australia. is milder.” exhibition.
Both traditional and new tea Daning Tea City, located on Organizers set aside a section mances provided entertainment,
products and tea sets were on Gonghexin Road, is a complex for Sanjiang County, part of the with barbecues and seafood
display. situated near 30 tea shops and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous choices available to accompany
Lao Shu Cha She, or Old Tree Tea- organizations involved with tea Region. Representatives from the the beer.
house, a member of Jing’an-based culture. It has always been a major Dong ethnic group, who live there, The Jing’an International Com-
Daning Tea City, demonstrated tea- exhibitor at the festival, according brought agricultural products, edy Festival visited shopping
making procedures to visitors. The to manager Ye Yingchun. tea and handcrafts to Shanghai malls and neighborhoods in the
teahouse brought a new variety of “Apart from tea culture, Daning and presented dance and song district on September 12-15. Co-
yellow tea from central China’s Tea City is involved in promoting performances. medians from home and abroad
Hunan Province to the festival an array of traditions, like floral Luo Ruqin, a Sanjiang County performed, and there were inter- Laughter reigns at the international comedy festival. — Ti Gong
this year. arrangement, clothing of the Han official, told Shanghai Daily that active performances tailored for
The teahouse is constantly devel- ethnic group, incense, ink-stone it was the first time the ethnic children. Changsheng, who was one of the Shanghai residents, with our
oping new ways to enhance visitor and the making of silver tea pots,” minority had participated in the On September 22, residents and earliest leaders of the Commu- rare collection taking them back
understanding of classic Chinese he said. “Each of our members has Shanghai Tea Culture and Tourism tourists were invited to a tour of nist Party of China. to older times,” said Wang Na, a
tea cultures. its own specialty.” Festival. back lanes along Yuyuan Road in A photo exhibition from Jiefang Daily reporter who was
“People create the culture and The tea city hosted several cross- “We want to promote Sanjiang as a Jing’an District. Jiefang Daily was held at Plaza in charge of the event. “The pho-
etiquette for tea,” said the owner cultural activities at its booth tourist destination,” Luo said. “Sanji- A 2-kilometer route cov- 66. It contained photos taken by tos area gives a vivid illustration
of Lao Shu Cha She, who gave his during the festival. ang tea is picked from high-altitude ered some historical sites and the paper’s photographers over of how rapidly the city and daily
surname as Huang. “We are more For example, women wearing mountains, ensuring its quality. buildings. the past seven decades. Most had lifestyles have changed since
than happy to share our knowl- traditional Han clothing showed Our tea oil is as healthy as olive oil They included the Paramount never been published before. the founding of the People’s Re-
edge of tea with the public.” how to make wagashi, a Japanese and can be used for cooking.” and the former residence of Liu “The exhibition is a gift for public of China.”