Enjoy Xuhui like this during the Dragon Boat Festival, full of music, drama, ancient charm and elegance
This year's Dragon Boat Festival coincides with the eighth "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day". Xuhui will hold more than 100 events in museums, theaters, business districts, green spaces and communities with the theme of "Huixue, Expo, Fun and Fun". Activities provide multi-dimensional and diversified content to start a holiday full of music, drama, ancient charm and elegance.
In Xuhui, the first cup of the "Hui Cui Special Tune" during the Dragon Boat Festival is a listenable "Le Yun Special Tune". The Hengfu Music Street deep in Wutong is one of the areas with the richest music culture, the most concentrated music talents, and the most intensive music performances in Shanghai. With the infiltration of history and the development of the times, the "never-ending music district" has become Xuhui's business card. The Shanghai Opera Center and various theaters, also located in the Hengfu Scenic Area and Longhua Scenic Area, have become a gathering place for Xuhui’s intangible cultural heritage resources that can be listened to. The first cup of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, let’s “listen together”.
Every afternoon from June 8th to 10th, No. 8 Hengshan Road will host the Hengfu Music Street themed event "Enjoy Shanghai and Enjoy the Dragon Boat Festival". The elegance and sophistication brought by Jiangnan Sizhu, the classic folk music performed by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and the joyful and fashionable jazz presented by JZCLUB, either solo or in ensembles, will be mixed together to create a "pop-up and slow enjoyment" music-themed event on the Hengba Water Tower stage. At the event site, intangible cultural heritage projects such as Yue Opera character makeup experience, learning to make rice dumplings, pick up sachets, and make buckles were arranged accordingly to celebrate the traditional festival with tourists at home and abroad and the surrounding communities. Xuhui’s digital entertainment industry representative Eagle Point Network brings tabletop curling and integrates the IP of “Arknights” into offline game scenes; the large-space “Chinese Culture” exploration project “Qin Chao Awakening Immersive Exploration Experience” presents “Qin Chao Awakens and Enjoys It” The "Zong Dumpling" activity combines Chinese-style handmade DIY with NPC to create a Chinese-style garden experience.
During the same period, the Wanping Theater 2024 Intangible Cultural Heritage Garden Party will also extend from the performing arts space to the outdoor square, launching six series of dozens of intangible cultural heritage themed activities including opera performances, opera salons, opera experiences, and opera markets.
The second cup of "Hui Cui Special Blend" is the readable "Renewal Special Blend". Xuhui is the birthplace of Shanghai-style culture, from the Institute of Housing Science and Technology for architectural conservation research, to the "345 Workshop" for training on repair techniques, to the full-chain layout of the revitalization and utilization of Hengfu style, to the famous "Wu'an Ancient Town", "Xujiahuiyuan" and "Art West Coast", there are endless examples of success. On June 8, the Old House Art Center at No. 393 Wukang Road will hold a reading event for the new book "Opening the Old House", sharing the exquisite details of the restoration process with the author in a unique "on-the-spot" way.
In Hengfu District, Wu'an District, Xujiahuiyuan and West Bank Binjiang, citizens and tourists can check out four recreational routes during the Dragon Boat Festival - the Hengfu route featuring music, the Wu'an route integrating the century-old Wukang Building and immersive AR, and the Wu'an route featuring immersive AR. The Shanghai-style Xujiahuiyuan route starts from Xujiahui Academy, and the West Coast route takes industrial heritage as its perspective. Xuhui will also cooperate with the internationally renowned travel brand GrayLine to integrate activities in various neighborhoods of Xuhui into the itinerary of inbound tourists.
In addition to the above-mentioned special theme activities, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, citizens and tourists can also experience mulan soup and realgar at the Huang Daopo Memorial Hall; in the ancient Longhua area, the "picnic plan" on the lawn of Longhua Club will bring a pleasant sense of relaxation and achieve urban success. The little joys of life. The Long Museum’s “Flower Sky” special exhibition, a night tour of Heng Fusi’s former residence, a lecture on finding the story of the International Library of China, a video appreciation of Xuhui’s Shanghai-style intangible cultural heritage, and a Dragon Boat Festival tabletop competition for game fans, etc. During the short three-day holiday, Xuhui's various cultural venues and urban spaces focused on themes such as exhibitions, entertainment, markets, aesthetic education, performing arts, and micro-photography, offering long festival menus to tourists of all ages, turning traditional festivals into Z The trend festival and fashion festival for generations.