Shanghai is a vibrant city. It is called the Magic City. It is home to unique cultures from across the country. The food is amazing and there are many high rise buildings. Here, I would like to share with you a guide to eating, drinking and having fun in Shanghai for a day.
As a scholar, I also stayed in Shanghai for a period of time. During this period, I gained a lot of insights. I felt that this nationalized metropolis gave people a sense of mystery at the bottom.
In the early morning, when the sunshine is still quiet and soft, there is also an elegant side to an ordinary city. A sanitation worker at the corner of Macau Road leaned on the handle of a trolley and chatted with Roubaozi. Grandpa’s bicycle basket contains fresh vegetables he just bought.
At this time, the subway has not yet turned into a sardine can full of office workers, and early risers are still rushing.
Tianzi Square is a very stylish old Shanghai hutong. The old Shikumen is well-preserved, and there are creative shops and cafes everywhere. Most of the shops are decorated in a retro literary style. Everything is very small and narrow. The products are crowded on the wooden shelves, and the alleys are crowded with people.
Of course, today’s Tianzifang is no longer a real alley. It has turned into a commercial tourist destination. It is said that if you have really been to Shanghai's hutongs, you may know more about them when you go to other places in Shanghai. Because the lanes in Shanghai are the most authentic and open spaces in Shanghai, the people who live here, even the beauties of Shanghai, dress at home and don’t care about wearing home slippers to get mail.
Shanghai is so big, but there are people everywhere. Maybe I'm ignorant, but when I first saw Zara and HM on Nanjing Road, they were crowded like a clearance supermarket, and Starbucks and Haagen-Dazs were crowded like my dad's milk tea shop. I was shocked by the sight before me. There are always people queuing up in front of various Internet celebrity shops, but the order is orderly, even in places without fences. Some people say that Shanghai is a city that respects the rules of the game. You only need to run errands when doing things, no need to laugh. When you're in line to buy something, it's your turn. The HR interviewer cares about work ability and not about favors. If you do your best, you will live a comfortable life.
On the road, I will pay attention to the trees on both sides of the road. I always feel that this is a factor that cannot be ignored. People will have different feelings when walking in different cities.
In the French Concession, there are too many roads suitable for walking, and quiet French plane trees stand beside the streets. People can't help but think of the romantic meaning given to it by Zhang Ailing's novels, those old buildings that exude a sense of history. Every dusk and early morning, a silent movie of the old days will be staged.
The Huaihai Road described by Chen in "The Romance of Shanghai" was very interesting, so I came here with full interest that night. I don’t have a sharp eye as a writer, and I can’t find the experience she talks about even if I’ve been through it myself. However, this road is originally a commercial street. As I walked, I found that the layout was very similar to Jiefang West Road in Haikou.
Snacks are the soul of a city. Green balls from Xinghualou, fresh meat mooncakes from Guangming Village, Nanxiang steamed buns from Chenghuang Temple, and ruby ??milk cubes. Some of the delicacies passed down by word of mouth are already time-honored in Shanghai, and in today’s magic city of various delicacies It cannot be established for a long time, and the color, taste and price are all good. Going out always brings many surprises to the taste buds, such as green dumplings, fresh meat mooncakes, and glutinous rice balls in the school cafeteria. I only heard about and tried it after coming to Shanghai.
When I was a kid, Yang’s lotus root cakes left a deep impression on me. "This is a very troublesome dish. I have to put the fresh meat into two lotus roots bit by bit, dip it in cornstarch and egg white, and fry it in a frying pan until golden brown." I ate it at a local restaurant on Huaihai Road that day . It's very fresh and new, as if something has been on my mind for a long time.
The night scene in the downtown area is very dreamy and always gives me an unreal feeling. For a long time, when I walked on the brightly lit streets, I would be blinded by its colorful light.
People are willing to overlook the entire city from a high place. I once stopped in the observation halls on the 118th floor of the World Financial Center Building and the 88th floor of the Jin Mao Tower, watching the Oriental Pearl Tower changing color under my feet. The lights of roads and traffic criss-crossed into a network of light, but the starry sky above me was cold. There is a small place nearby, as dim as the starry sky, with faintly visible rows of neat houses with short outlines, as eye-catching as the black burnt spots on the surface of an omelette.
I later learned that it was the legendary shantytown - the residents there were in the city center, surrounded by countless skyscrapers, but their daily lives were inseparable from emptying toilets. The world is Different, but it's unusual. Later I found a very appropriate word to describe it, yuppies coexist. This is also the truest evaluation of Shanghai in my mind.