Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Non-Fiction 2017 | Page 2

My Family From Shanghai
Bradbury School, Yeoh, Aiden – 6
M
y family is from Shanghai and we are going to tell you about the historical changes in Shanghai
since my great great grandpa moved to Shanghai.
My great great grandpa was born in 1897 in Jiangsu Wujin and he opened his own luggage workshop.
He moved to Shanghai in 1909 and Pudong was like a plain river with canoes. It was just farmland.
When I came back to Shanghai, Pudong is full of skyscrapers.
Great grandpa was born in 1923 in Shanghai and he worked for the government. Great grandpa used to
go to the Lyceum Theatre and the Grand World. The Grand World was one of the most famous and
largest amusement parks at that time. It is kind like Disneyland for me today.
My grandpa was born in 1950 in Shanghai and he worked for his own textiles business. Grandpa used to
work at the Shanghai Mansion. It used to be called the Broadway mansion. Shanghai Mansion used to be
the tallest building at 78 meters and the tallest in Shanghai is now the Shanghai Tower at 635 meters. It is
about nine times the height of Shanghai Mansion!
My mummy was born in Shanghai as well in 1980. She used to play at the People’s Park playground
which used to be a race course.
I was born in Hong Kong in 2010. When I go to Shanghai I go to the Golden Temple, I eat yummy
xiaolong bao, and I go to see great grandpa and grandpa.