The official end of the 15 day Chinese New Year holiday is the Lantern Festival. So when one wants to see the most Chinese decorations & people out & about for the holiday in Shanghai you go to Yu Yuan Gardens. When we told our driver that we wanted to go to Yu Yuan he kind of looked at us and said...oh, bu hao (meaning not good), traffic, people...and we said "Yes that's exactly why we want to go!" And it did not disappoint...every lane had different lanterns hanging, there were decorations (compliments of Pepsi Cola!) in all of the squares and major decorations in the ponds & gardens. And of course the last night of the new year ended with what other than...more fireworks! Happy Year of the Snake to all!
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| Tea House in the middle of the Gardens |
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| The 'kitchen' for some very good street food...how often do you think they clean this?? |
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