Polar bears and giraffes enjoy special moon cakes as Shanghai celebrates in the traditional way

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• Traditional Chinese music performed at Chenshan Botanical Garden during holidays

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• Chenshan Botanical Garden Autumn Landscape

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• Chenshan Botanical Garden Autumn Landscape

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Traditional Chinese cultural activities are held at tourist attractions in the city to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on Tuesday.

In Xuhui District, people are invited to guess riddles at Guilin Park and the Flower Art Gallery, according to the Xuhui District Culture and Tourism Bureau.

Guilin Park, a classic Jiangnan-style garden built in 1931, is known for its dense woods of over 1,000 osmanthus of 23 varieties.

In Metro City in Xujiahui area, a crystal ball with a diameter of 41.2 meters is illuminated, featuring Tangyun Rabbit, the mascot of the Xuhui District Mid-Autumn Festival.

Han-style dances are performed in Metro City and while a single afternoon tea pass, Normandie Apartments ice cream, a Huangpu River cruise, and discount coupons for shops from Hengfu Historical and Cultural Zone (Hengshan-Fuxing Road) are available at the Wukang Road Tourist Information Center as part of the celebrations.

These activities are also part of this year’s Shanghai Tourism Festival.

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• Hanfu show at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park

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• Polar bears have fun moon cake To Haichang Ocean Park.

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• Unmanned Drone Light and Shadow Show at Haichang Ocean Park

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At Chenshan Botanical Garden in Songjiang District, a traditional Chinese-style garden party is held, allowing visitors to experience the glamor of our intangible cultural heritage.

Traditional music such as khoomei, or throat singing, Jiangnan sizhu (string and wind music), guqin (a plucked seven-string instrument similar to the zither), and guzheng (a traditional Chinese 21-string musical instrument) is played in the garden.

The polar bears at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park in Pudong New Area are treated with a special moon cake that delights their taste buds. Half a meter in diameter, the moon cake is stuffed with fish, tomato, carrot and nuts, immediately catching the attention of polar bears Pi Zu and Ya Tou.

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• A girl feeds a giraffe moon cake at Shanghai Wildlife Park.

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• Children do moon cakes for animals at Shanghai Animal Park.

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• A lemur loves moon cake at the Shanghai Animal Park.

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• An elephant is ready to eat moon cake.

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• Animal moon cakes at Shanghai animal park

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An unmanned light and shadow show is held at the Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park during the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, illuminating the night sky with festival elements related to its mythology such as rabbits and Chang’e. . Nearly 500 drones are in the spotlight.

A hanfu, the traditional costume of the Han Chinese people, the show is also part of the celebrations.

At Shanghai Animal Park, kids used mashed pumpkin, peanuts, red dates, and shiny privet leaves to bake moon cakes for animals like giraffe, lemur, elephant, and lemur. hippopotamus.