Qingpu Tourism Festival gears up for the National Day Holiday
The 2023 Shanghai Qingpu Culture and Tourism Festival kicked off on Monday.
Qingpu District is cooking up a culture and tourism feast with nearly 100 offline activities scheduled, unveiling the autumn splendor of the district with abundant tourist attractions and offering an ideal leisure option to residents and tourists for the upcoming National Day holiday.
During the 2023 Shanghai Qingpu Culture and Tourism Festival running through the end of October, people are invited to enjoy a foray into art, exceptional cuisine and a tour through its villages.
A night park lifestyle and music festival is being held at Oriental Green Land, which will be illuminated and turned into a dreamlike fairytale land at night.
Camping activities will be held as well.
A flower culture tourism festival at Huaxin Town is presenting a fantastic floral landscape, while the Jinze Town Jiangnan Culture and Lifestyle Season will unveil the glamour of the ancient town in Jiangnan (regions in the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River).
Shanghai Daguanyuan (Grandview Garden) will host a variety of activities celebrating traditional Chinese culture and gufeng (ancient Chinese style), replicating the life depicted in "A Dream of Red Mansions," one of the four great Chinese classic novels by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
A camping bazaar in Qingpu
Activities will also include immersive art events in Zhujiajiao, a jiaobai (wild rice shoots) festival in Liantang Town, the Pandong music session, part of 2023 World Music Asia at Panlong Tiandi, and an autumn flower exhibition at Xunmengyuan Park.
In Zhujiajiao, more than 120 immersive performances will be held with immersive art installations.
For gourmets, a Jiangnan food festival at hotels, restaurants and minsu (Chinese version of B&B) across the district will tempt diners with authentic Jiangnan flavors.
The gourmet delights merging fine dining and local flavors will be cooked up by local and Michelin chefs together.
Malls across Qingpu such as the Bailian Shopping Mall's outlets and Panlong Tiandi will offer deep discounts during the festival.
A culture and tourism bazaar, intangible cultural heritage display, and local folk song performances are also part of the festival.
Qingpu is home to an array of tourist attractions nestled along its dense rivers and lake networks, such as Zhujiajiao and Liantang ancient town, Shanghai Daguanyuan (Grandview Garden), Qingxi Country Park, and Shanghai Oriental Land.
Camping in Qingpu
Highlights of the festival
Fangxia Village Rustic Coffee Culture Festival
Time: late October
Venue: Zhaoxiang Town
Zhujiajiao Immersive Art Season
Time: late September and early October
Venue: Zhujiajiao Town
Traditional Chinese Opera Performing Week of Yangtze River Delta Region
Time: October 1-7
Venue: Qingpu District Culture Theater
Baihe Food Festival
Time: September 29 - October 6
Venue: Baihe Town
"Bordercrossing – Possibilities and Interactions" exhibition
Time: Through October 8
Venue: Yuz Museum at Panlong Tiandi
A music performance at the festival
