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Events Calendar Shanghai

Events Calendar Shanghai. January 2012. Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) 2012- the Year of the Dragon.

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Events Calendar Shanghai

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  1. Events Calendar Shanghai January 2012

  2. Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)2012- the Year of the Dragon Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. In China, people may take weeks of vacation from work to prepare for and celebrate the New Year. Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. Those born in dragon years are innovative, brave, and passionate. Salvador Dali, John Lennon, and Mary-Louise Parker were all born in the year of the dragon. At Chinese New Year celebrations people wear red clothes, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children "lucky money" in red envelopes. Red symbolizes fire, which according to legend can drive away bad luck. The fireworks that shower the festivities are rooted in a similar ancient custom. Long ago, people in China lit bamboo stalks, believing that the crackling flames would frighten evil spirits.

  3. Chinese New Year’s Eve New Year Cleaning On the days before the New Year, Chinese families give their houses a thorough cleaning. But traditionally, this practice is done on  New Year Eve. The dust and dirt are traditionally associated with "old" in Chinese culture, so cleaning the houses and sweeping the dust mean to bid farewell to the past new and usher in the new year. New Year’s Eve Feast The New Year's Feast is "a must" banquet with all the family members getting together. People from north and south have different sayings about the food they eat on this special day. Southern Chinese eat “Niangao" (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this special day, because a homophone of "Niangao", means "higher and higher every year". In northern China, a traditional dish for the feast is "Jiaozi" or dumplings which are shaped like a crescent moon. Watching CCTV New Year Gala-The annual CCTV New Year Gala begins at 8:00 and lasts for 4 hours to the beginning of the New Year. Shousui-Staying up late Shousui means to stay up late on New Year's Eve. After the Feast, families sit together and watch CCTV Gala to wait for the New Year's arrival.

  4. Chinese New Year’s Eve Waiting for the First Bell Ringing of Chinese New Year The first ringing bell is a symbol of Chinese New Year. Chinese people like to go to large squares where there are huge bells set up on New Year's Eve. As the New Year approaches they count down and celebrate together. Legend says that the ringing of huge bells can drive all the bad luck away and bring fortune to them. In recent years, some people have begun going to mountain temples to wait for the first ringing of a bell. Hanshan Temple in Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu Province is very famous for its first ringing of the bell to herald Chinese New Year. Waiting for the First Bell Ringing is now beginning to be adopted by the ex-pat community here, which is evidenced by the number of  foreigners going to Hanshan Temple to celebrate Chinese New Year.

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  6. Longhua Bell Toll to Greet the New Year 2012 • Date: • Dec. 31st, 2011 22:00 • Venue: Longhua Temple • Ticket Price(RMB): • 518, 200 Yuan • (Why the strange price? 5-1-8 spoken in Mandarin almost sounds like “I want to be rich!” -Ed.) • Booking Office: • No. 272 Fengxian Road • Booking Hotline: • 62172426, 62173055 Back

  7. 2102 Richard Clayderman • Date: Jan. 1st, 2012 19:30 • Venue: Shanghai Big Stage (Shanghai Indoor Stadium) • Ticket Price(RMB): 1280,880,680, 580, 380, 280, 180Yuan • Booking Oline: http://tickets.com.cn/products_6863.html • Booking Hotline： 021-51863979 / 400-600-108 Back

  8. 2012 New Year's Concert by Langlang Date: Jan. 3rd, 2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Concert Hall Ticket Price(RMB): 2012, 1680, 1280, 880, 580, 380, 280, 180 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

  9. Comedians Workshop: The Last One(Introduction) This show basic on the Chinese traditional opera--Xiangsheng. Xiangsheng originally referred to mimicing other people's words and deeds, then become “like the sound”. Xiangsheng originated in North China's folk hip-hop opera, already popular in the Ming Dynasty. It developed through the Qing Dynasty until the early Republican era, as the acts gradually changed from one person alone to a single-part ventriloquist, the name followed along with it, graduating into a type of stand-up comedy, then gradually developed into many types of stand-up comedy, comic dialogue, comic monologues group, all integrated into one. While truly funny, it has become a traditional way of poking fun at society, and, after years of development, eventually has become the favorite of audiences. The show combines Eastern and Western traditional comic theater, bringing to light an innovative way of thinking and performing to produce an entirely new comic style. Next

  10. Comedians Workshop: The Last One Date: Jan. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2012 19:15 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Ary Center - Opear Hall Ticket Price(RMB): 680, 580, 480, 380, 280, 180, 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

  11. Dance "Footprints of Africa" • Date: • Jan. 7th, 8th, 2012 19:15 • Venue: Shanghai Grand Theatre • -Lyric Theatre • Ticket Price(RMB): • 1080, 880, 680, 480, 380, 280, 180Yuan • Booking Office: • No. 272 Fengxian Road • Booking Hotline: • 62172426, 62173055 Back

  12. The Russian Bell TollsConductor: Zhang Guoyong Bass-Baritone: Shenyang Date: Jan. 8th, 2012 19:30 Venue:Shanghai Oriental Art Center Concert Hall Ticket Price: 480,240,160,90,60Yuan Booking Online: http://tickets.com.cn/en/product.asp?id=6497 Booking Hotline: 400-820-1585 Introduction: Rachmaninov considered The Bells his best work. It’s based on E. A. Poe’s poem of the four colors of the bell. Tchaikovsky’s popular Slav March and arias from Russian operas sung by Shenyang, winner of the 2007 Cardiff competition, conducted by Zhang Guoyong, a pupil of Rozhdestvensky, make a perfect night of Russian music. Back

  13. Grimm's Fairy Tales music drama "Little Red Riding Hood" Date: Jan. 11st, 2012 10:15,13:30 Venue:Shanghai Theater junior partner Ticket Price: 60Yuan Booking Online: http://tickets.com.cn/products_7517.html Booking Hotline: 400-820-1585 Back

  14. Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center drama "New Dragon Inn" Date: Jan. 11st---15th, 2012 19:15 Venue:Shanghai Theatre Academy Ticket Price: 700,520, 380,280,180,100Yuan Booking Online: http://tickets.com.cn/products_6427.html Booking Hotline: 400-820-1585 Background: This story happend in middle of Ming Dynasty in Chinese history. Back

  15. Zhang Hang 2012 Shanghai Concert Date: Jan. 17th, 2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Grand Stage (Shanghai Gymnasium) Ticket Price: 1200, 800, 500, 300, 100 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Zhanghang is a Chinese pop singer. In the early 1980s he was one of the first mainland China pop singers. His lyrics feature delicate sincere lines, strong and warm. His rise to pop music fame has had a profound impact on Chinese pop music. Back

  16. Eifman Ballet, Saint Petersburg Date: Jan. 13th, 2012 19:15 Venue:Shanghai Grand Theatre -Lyric Theatre Ticket Price: 1080, 800, 600, 400, 200 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

  17. Shanghai Cross-talk by Zhou Libo(Introduction) Haipai Qingkou, is essentially a performance with the nature of speech, a "wisdom of the performances," and it is original by Zhou Libo. It mainly consists in a humorous inventory of current events, rather than the traditional song and dance comic, but with a twist; the performance relies heavily on knowledge of the structure of language. Haipai Qingkou is based in Shanghai local language. The performer’s ability to recall and recreate witty remarks, done under the premise of an entertaining singing style, with a fresh manifestation of wisdom, spreads a happy way of thinking and humorous attitude toward life. Next

  18. Shanghai Cross-talk by Zhou Libo • Date: • Jan. 25th, 2012 14:30/26th, 2012 19:30 • Venue: Shanghai International • Gymnastic Center • Ticket Price: • 680, 580, 480, 380, 280, 180 Yuan • Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road • Booking Hotline: • 62172426, 62173055 Back

  19. Argentina Tango Date: Jan. 25th, 26th, 2012 19:15 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center -Opera Hall Ticket Price: 680, 580, 380, 280, 180, 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

  20. "Dragon - Spring Festival" 2012 Chinese New Year Cultural Show Date: Jan. 27th, 28th, 2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai East Art Center Ticket Price: 580, 480, 380, 280, 180, 80 Yuan Booking Oline: http://tickets.com.cn/products_7417.html Booking Hotline: 400-820-1585 Back

  21. Happy Chinese New Year Everybody and Enjoy your time in China!Guo Nian Hao!(过年好！）

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