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Holiday activities
(eastday.com)
Updated: 2005-01-25 10:05 Several local parks have plenty of activities ranging from ice
sculptures to bullfights planned for those who decide to stay in the city over
the coming Spring Festival.
More than 100 ice sculptures decorated with
colorful lights will be brought to the city from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province,
and go on display near Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium on February 6 for three
months.
The sculptures will be placed in a specially designed sealed hall
set up near the stadium, which will cover an area of 1,500 square
meters.
Visitors will also be able to view Siberian tigers walking
leisurely in ice cages, or sit on ice sleighs pulled by dogs.
Waist drum
dancers from Ansai, Shaanxi Province will show off their skills at the Oriental
Pearl TV Tower square during the festival.
Dancers with a red drum tied
to their waist hold a drumstick wrapped in red silk, and beat the drum
rhythmically while dancing. At the climax of the dance, they will beat the drums
while jumping into the air, uttering the sound "hai hai" excitedly to express
their happiness and passion for the start of a new year.
Other types of
folk performances, such Sichuan Opera, dances featuring the elements of Mogao
Grottoes sculptures in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, as well as acrobatics and folk
comedies, will be on show.
Visitors to the Heping Park can watch
bullfights from Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, which is a traditional festivity
there and less bloody than its Spanish equivalent.
Corridas aged two to
six years old will fight against each other. Cockfights will be held before and
in between the bullfights.
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