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Dancers kick off month of art festival events

Metro | Culture and history
2009-10-19

ETHNIC dance drama "Wang Zhaojun" launched the 11th Shanghai International Arts Festival in a blaze of color last night at Oriental Art Center. The moving story from Hubei Song and Dance Theater about a legendary...

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Historic show

Metro | Culture and history
2009-10-1

SHANGHAI Archives yesterday launched an exhibition featuring the history and highlights of the People's Republic of China. More than 300 items, including documentaries, pictures and videos, are on display. Admission...

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Fungus first

Metro | Culture and history
2009-9-25

THE Shanghai Mushroom Museum, the first of its kind in the nation, opened in Fengxian District yesterday. Visitors can see many different varieties, including the huge and rare lingzhi. A mushroom farm is beside...

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Folk dance and culture show tours to Fengxian

Metro | Culture and history
2009-9-22

CHINESE traditional arts such as folk dances and songs, handicrafts such as papercuts, and performances on the guqin stringed instrument will be the highlights of a show staged in Fengxian District from the end of...

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Dali gallery set for city

Metro | Culture and history
2009-9-4

SHANGHAI is expected to become the fourth city in the world to have a Salvador Dali Museum next year, with increasingly more locals showing interest in the Spaniard's artworks. The museum planner is working with...

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Authors find the write stuff in Shanghai

Metro | Culture and history
2009-9-3

FIVE overseas writers have been invited to live in Shanghai for a two-month writing project and cultural exchange. They are Tash Aw, British writer of "The Harmony Silk Factory," Norwegian novelist Ragnar Hovland,...

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Relic park to unveil rare slice of city's history

Metro | Culture and history
2009-9-3

CONSTRUCTION on the Guangfulin relic park in a key archeological site in Songjiang District has begun. The park is expected to be finished by the end of next year, district government officials said yesterday. The...

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Historic repairs move step closer

Metro | Culture and history
2009-9-1

EXTERIOR repairs to the national heritage architecture, No.1 on the Bund, or the Asiatic Petroleum Building, were completed yesterday, said Shanghai Construction Group, the project operator. The renovation work...

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Book festival proves to be true best-seller

Metro | Culture and history
2009-8-20

THE city's annual book fair was wrapped up yesterday, with both sales and visitors increasing from last year. More than 240,000 people - about 20,000 more than last year - visited the week-long Sixth Shanghai...

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Ancient wall in modern hotel seen as a solution

Metro | Culture and history
2009-8-18

PART of an ancient city wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) will be kept in the lobby of a hotel under construction in downtown Huangpu District as a balance between modernization and preservation, city officials...

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Diplomat's book

Metro | Culture and history
2009-8-17

THE memoir of Chai Zemin, the first Chinese ambassador to the United States after the normalization of Sino-US relations in 1979, was launched at Shanghai's Fudan University at the weekend. The book details Chai's...

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Cherie Blair at book fair

Metro | Culture and history
2009-7-31

FORMER British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie and renowned Japanese writer Watanabe Junichi will attend the annual Shanghai Book Fair, which runs from August 13 to 19. Under the banner "I love reading,...

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Longtang settlement to undergo makeover

Metro | Culture and history
2009-7-3

JING'AN Villa, a 77-year-old neighborhood in downtown Jing'an District, will be restored to its original condition by the end of this year, the district government has said. The district will restore facades,...

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Late save: historic building stands tall

Metro | Culture and history
2009-7-3

THE century-old Shanghai Rowing Club has been saved from demolition thanks to a strong petition by architectural experts, Huangpu District officials said yesterday. The original - and passed - design plan, which...

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Renovation begins for luxury business zone in historic villas

Metro | Culture and history
2009-6-24

DOWNTOWN Luwan District will renovate a zone containing historic buildings into a luxury office and commercial area, district officials said yesterday. The zone, consisting of more than 50 protected villas, mostly...