Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Non-Fiction 2017 | Page 5

New Tales of Old Shanghai
Korean International School, Mak, Matthew - 7
H
i everyone, welcome to read my story about Shanghai.
First off, we were going to Yu Yuan, an old Chinese style garden that has fish ponds and
corridors on it. It also has shopping area and restaurants where you can relax and eat.
Let’s talk about Shanghai food. Xiao Long Bao has meat and hot soup inside. When you eat it, be
careful not to burn your mouth! Its outlook is like a flower on the top!
Shanghai Noodle is also yummy! It is really my favourite. I can even see it in a fiction book called
“Mcdull’s Shanghai Noodles” Mcdull is a famous piggy and my favourite character.
Now for a fun restaurant at Tianzifang, you can call it the “Toilet Restaurant”. It has western and
Chinese foods. The seats there are NOT normal, they are toilets! The things to hold the foods are
NOT plates and cups, they are toilet and urine bowls! The food looks like poos and pee! Of course,
they are just pretend. They look disgusting. But, they are delicious!
After all that eating, let’s go to The Bund. Along The Bund, I saw lots of old western style buildings.
After that, we went to Peace Hotel. It was already evening. We were having a fine dinner there.
Now it’s almost the end of the day. We took a boat crossing the Huangpu River to our hotel in
Pudong. Good night!
Good morning everyone! Yesterday we looked over the Huangpu River. We saw lots of tall
skyscrapers. They look modern! Now we were going inside. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the
landmark of Shanghai. It has three balls. They are very eye catching because they are pink and red!
Inside the ball, you can see The Bund’s old buildings.
After that, we went to the Jin Mao Tower. The atrium is golden, grand and sparkling!
The next stop was Shanghai Tower. Wow! It is the second tallest building in the world! It is twisting
and looks like going up into the sky! It is 632 metres high and has 127 floors above the ground and 5
floors underground!
After the skyscrapers, it’s time to go to Nanjing Road for shopping. The buildings are old, western
style and have 3 to 5 floors only. The Nanjing Road has lots of shops, some are new, but some are old.
They are very different from the shopping malls in skyscrapers. There is no escalator and elevator inside.
Let’s have more fun! We went to the Shanghai Aquarium. We were now inside the ocean and saw
fishes above! Then, we went to the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel. The tunnel is for passenger train only. It
is amazing inside!
On my way back, I could see many big smiles on The Bund. They are aunties and uncles doing
physical exercise, dancing and practising Tai chi.
Shanghai is awesome! It is a place where new meets old, and East meets West. I LOVE Shanghai!