2021 Shanghai Folklore and Culture Festival time - location - activity schedule

The 9th Shanghai Folklore and Culture Festival in 2021 will be held on April 30-May 5 in Sanlintang Old Street, the theme of this event is "Keeping the Folklore, Renewing the National Tide", Shanghai Folklore and Culture Festival during the event is colorful with many projects and wonderful performances, come to know more about it below!

2021 Shanghai Folklore and Culture Festival and Sanlintang Sacred Temple

Time: April 30, 2021 - May 5

Location: Sanlintang Old Street (Pudong New Area, Sanlin Town, Sanxin Road and Sanlin Road intersection about 150 meters to the south)

Tickets: free

2021 Ninth Shanghai Folklore and Culture Festival and Sanlintang Sacred Temple on April 30 - May 5 Sanlintang Sacred Temple. 30 - May 5 Sanlintang Old Street held, May Day holiday, into the Sanlintang ancient town, enjoy the beauty of the scenery, taste the food, taste folklore!

This year's Shanghai Folklore and Culture Festival takes the theme of "Keeping watch over the folklore, renewing the national tide" as its main theme, and "vigorously carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and promote the cultural exchanges in the Yangtze River Delta region" as its main theme, and actively explores the "associations and organizations". The theme of the festival is "vigorously carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture and promote cultural exchanges in the Yangtze River Delta region", actively explore the mechanism of "associations, towns and cultures" to organize the festival, gather and display the folklore of Shanghai's ancient towns and the charm of Jiangnan culture, and create a platform for cultural exchanges and people's experience of the "Folklore View Garden and Non-Heritage Carnival", which will be a folklore and cultural event and a festival for the public, and help build a cultural brand for the new era of Shanghai. The whole event will be held in Shanghai in the new era.

The whole Shanghai Folk Culture Festival is very rich in activities during the festival, with a temple fair, non-heritage display, folklore show, art exhibitions, street performances, folk lanterns, and other projects, the main activities of the area are located in the old street of Sanlintang and Chongfu Taoist temple.

Shanghai Folk Culture Festival activities

1. Street performance

There are dragons and lions marching on the street, Sanlin folk style show, etc., which will be staged in turn during the whole festival.

2. Water Stage Performances

(1) Time: April 30 - May 5 (13:30-15:00)

(2) Location: Sanlin Old Street Water Stage

(3) Arrangements:

(1) April 30 - May 5 (13:30-15:00)

(2) Location: Sanlin Old Street Water Stage

(3) Arrangements:

April 30, afternoon session of the ancient town

May 1-4 morning session on campus

May 1-5 non-heritage session, Yangtze River Delta session

3. Traditional Dragon Boat Show

(1) Time: April 30 - May 4 morning

(2)Place: Sanlintang Harbor (Sanxin Road - Changqing Road river section)

4. Non-heritage Exhibition

During the event at the old street of Sanlintang, the main focus will be on non-heritage cultural creations.

A folk culture business bazaar will be held simultaneously in Jingyao Foreshore, Yifeng Times Square and other business districts.

5. Art Exhibition

Time: April 30-May 5

Folklore Photography Exhibition (Pudong New Area Photographers Association)

Location: Wenmingli, Sanlintang Old Street

Haikai Bonsai Exhibition

Location: South Bank Promenade, Sanlin Old Street

Haikai Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition

Location: Wenchang Pavilion, Sanlin Old Street

6. Folk Lantern Exhibition

Time: April 26th - May 5th

Location: Riverbank, Sanlintang Old Street

Sanlin Old Street

Sanlin Township of Pudong has been rumored to have a history of nearly 1,000 years. A lot of footage from CCTV's "Tongue-tied China 2" was taken from here, and the Shanghai local cuisine recommended in the movie was so fresh and affordable that it attracted tourists from all over the world, making it an almost overnight sensation.

Sanlin Old Street is built on Sanlinpu. It is an old street, but most of it has been rebuilt and reconstructed. Sanlin Pu through the town, the south bank of the street, only the Shanglin Art Museum, a newly opened tea house and a few restaurants. The entire old street is on the north bank, east-west, most of the houses are brick and wood structure of two-story buildings, white walls and tiles, roofs than shoulder to shoulder, lined up along the river. A street, numerous stores, intermingled with deep houses, pavilions and theaters. Three or four rustic and graceful stone bridges cross Sanlinpu, leaving clear reflections on the water.