Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Non-Fiction 2017 | Page 9

Old Shanghai
Regents Primary School of Shenzhen, Wu, Jenny - 9
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century ago, Old Shanghai was a very special place for Chinese, it was the greatest city in
Asia, greater than Hong Kong and Tokyo. It was called “Paradise for Adventurers.”
Nowadays it is still a beautiful place, with rich and special looking old buildings, which is a
symbol of Shanghai’s ‘Long Tang’. Some people even think it is actually a way of life. People have pretty
decorations, clothing and accessories. The stores look amazing from outside and inside and there are
plenty of goods in low prices….
There is also the old style Chinese jazz, ‘Ye Lai Xiang,’ which once hit the world. Children movies
like ‘three Buddhist monks,’ ‘Frog finding mom’, and probably the most funny of all ‘San Mao Liu
Lang Ji.’ They all come from Shanghai Movie Maleing company. One of the famous and oldest theatre is
called ‘Shang Hai Guang Ming Theater.’
Old Shanghai was famous for Zhujiajiao, a water town with a 1700 years of history, which also
shows their culture. Today there are still a few famous buildings and plazas of historic value left. At that
time, Shanghai was in bad living condition, which meant conflicts and revolution.
Shanghai has changed a lot, skyscrapers and other architecture are evident. But still, there are traces
of the old Shanghai left in modern Shanghai.