Musical bronze culture on show
IN ancient China, bronze artifacts were used at big events as well as at banquets. Most of the artifacts are wine and food vessels. But some were music instruments such as chime bells.
Symbols of beauty
TRADITIONAL Chinese paintings can be divided into three categories in terms of content: landscapes, flower and bird paintings. Depictions of flowers and birds account for more than half the number because flowers are traditionally regarded as symbols of well-being and goodness while birds represent beauty.
Events
Shanghai in a room The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre near People's Square started to receive the public last Friday in its trial opening. Place: 50 People's Boulevard Tel: 6318-4477 Blue Violet "Blue Violet" - a duo featuring singers C. Huff from the United States and Tracy Ashman from Britain - performs every day except Sundays at the new Bacchus bar/restaurant. Time: 8:30pm-12:15am Tel: 6415-5588 Place: Rear of the lobby of Regal Int'l East Asia Hotel, 516 Hengshan Road Young art The Eastlink is showing works of six young Chinese artists. The show ends on March 4. Time: 10:00am-6:30pm Tel: 6437-1255 Place: 70 Fuxing Road W. Health meet The first of a series of community health seminars, to cover women's health care, osteoporosis, hormone replacement therapy and psychosocial issues, organized by World Link Medical Centre. Time: 9:00am-12:30pm, March 8 Place: Meeting Rooms A&B, 6th floor, J C Mandarin Hotel, 1225 Nanjing Road W. Admission: 100 yuan ($12) for World Link members, and 120 yuan ($14.50 for non-members (Reservation is required.) Tel: 6466-1614 Children's drama Musical Drama "Rat Race" performed by expatriate children from Shanghai American School (Pudong), at the Holiday Inn Pudong Shanghai. Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm, March 15-16 Place: 899 Dongfang Road, Pudong Tel: 5830-6666 ext 70411 Admission: 50 yuan ($6) for adults and 25 yuan ($3) for children, including cocktail and pre-show snack. Sex culture Shanghai's only sex museum, opened by Liu Dalin, professor of Shanghai University, has a display of exhibits that reflect Chinese sex culture over the past 5,000 years. Time: 10am-9pm Tel: 6351-4381 Place: 479 Nanjing Road E. (next to Hotel Sofitel) Admission: 50 yuan Mardi Gras Bourbon Street will be marking the decadent New Orleans street festival Mardi Gras with a series of events running from Friday March 3 to the following Tuesday, March 7. Place: 191 Hengshan Road Tel: 6445-7556 Montrose wine club The Montrose Wine Club will meet at Harbour Plaza on March 8. A 100-yuan ticket buys all-you-can drink wine with snacks. The Montrose Wine Club meets regularly on the second Wednesday of each month at a local bar or restaurant. Time: 7pm-9pm Tel: 6270-1998 Place: 2635 Yan'an Road W Culture seminars The China International Intelligence Company is offering a series of lectures on traditional Chinese culture including lectures on Beijing opera on March 14 (1:30pm-3:30pm), tea culture on March 28 (1:30pm-3:00pm) and Shanghai religious architecture on April 11 (1:30pm-3:30pm) and Chinese embroidery art on April 25 (1:30pm-3:30pm). Venues vary. For more information please contact Jane Jian Email: ciic53@21cn.com Tel: 6427-2460, 6486-8282 ext 240 Fax: 6428-0719 East China Fair The East China Fair, fast becoming the national foreign trade fair in the region, will be staged at the Shanghaimart, Intex Shanghai from March 5-11. Place: Shanghaimart, 2299 Yan'an Road W. Tel: 6236-6888 Intex Shanghai, 88 Loushanguan Road, Tel: 6275-5800
Copyright 2000 by Shanghai Star. All rights reserved.