Fair showcases Wuxi, the 'Little Shanghai'
Shot by Lu Feiran. Edited by Lu Feiran. Subtitles by Lu Feiran.
Clay figurines, embroideries, dumplings ... the Wuxi Tourism Week launched over the weekend has brought its folk arts and cuisine to Shanghai.
Folk artists dress in hanfu at Wuxi Tourism Week to promote its culture.
The city in neighboring Jiangsu Province is nicknamed "Little Shanghai" because of its developed commerce and industry, but it also possesses rich tourist resources.
Turtle Head Isle, or Yuantouzhu, has one of the largest cherry blossom orchards in the country; the hundred-old Liyuan Garden is a fine example of traditional Jiangnan-style gardens; while Donglin Academy is an epitome of ancient Chinese education history.
The Turtle Head Isle of Wuxi is a major destination in the country to view cherry blossoms.
The thousand-year-old Donglin Academy was once a center of enlightenment in China.
At the festival, folk artists showed off their skills and displayed souvenirs that tourists can buy in Wuxi.
The most-known souvenir is probably the "Da Ah Fu," clay figurines that are usually in the images of children that represent happiness and auspiciousness.
An artist makes "Da Ah Fu" figurines at Wuxi Tourism Week. Apart from traditional images of children, more types, such as spotty dogs, have been developed thorough the years.
Meanwhile, an exhibition titled "Picturesque Jiangnan" is now open at the Momingxuan Art Space in Huangpu District to display oil, traditional Chinese and print paintings of nine Wuxi artists. The exhibition will last until next Friday.
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"A Red Shoe" by Wang Menghan, one of the artworks displayed at the "Picturesque Jiangnan" exhibition.
