Traditions of Shanghai
14 traditions tied to Shanghai.
🇦🇴 Luanda, Angola and 4 moreKizomba
A close, slow couple dance from Angola, named after a Kimbundu word for partyPerformance
🇨🇳 Beijing, China and 2 moreChinese opera戲曲 / 戏曲 (xìqǔ)
A sung, danced and acrobatic theatre from China, in over a hundred regional stylesPerformance
🇹🇼 Yilan, Taiwan and 4 moreTaiwanese opera歌仔戲
A Taiwanese theatrical art of Hokkien balladry, stylized staging, and expressive song.Performance
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreMid-Autumn Festival中秋節
An annual harvest festival celebrating family reunions, full moons and mooncakesFestival · Sweets given and shared
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China and 1 moreJiaozi餃子
Crescent Chinese dumplings filled with meat or vegetables, eaten for fortune and feastsTable custom · Breakfast
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China and 1 moreCheongsam旗袍 (qípáo), 長衫 (chángshān)
A fitted one-piece Chinese dress with a high collar and side slits, worn since the 1920sDress
🇨🇳 Beijing, ChinaHanfu漢服
The dress of the Han Chinese, named for the Han dynasty and worn again todayDress
🇨🇳 Shanghai, ChinaTangzhuang唐裝 (traditional), 唐装 (simplified)
A Chinese jacket with a Mandarin collar, worn for formal occasions and holidaysDress
🇨🇳 Ningbo, China and 2 moreMahjong麻將
A tile game from China, played by two to four people at a tableGame
🇨🇳 Beijing, China and 1 morePeking opera京剧 / 京劇 (Jīngjù)
China's main opera form: song, dance and acrobatics tell the story on a bare stagePerformance
🇨🇳 China and 2 moreCantonese opera粵劇
One of the major forms of Chinese opera, sung in Cantonese in southern ChinaPerformance
🇨🇳 Nanjing, China and 4 moreSingles' Day光棍节
A day for people without a partner that grew into the world's biggest shopping eventFestival
🇨🇳 Shanghai, ChinaSeal carving篆刻
The Chinese craft of engraving characters and personal emblems into stone stamping sealsCraft
🇨🇳 ChinaTraditional Chinese wedding dress
The ceremonial bridal garments worn in Han Chinese marriage ceremoniesDress
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cheongsam: Jacklee ., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jiaozi: Bioniclepluslotr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mid-Autumn Festival: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kizomba: Obe Images, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chinese opera: https://www.flickr.com/photos/univers-finder/, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hanfu: Anonymous Song Chinese artist after the original by Gu Hongzhong, Public domain, source
- Taiwanese opera: Sean Chiu, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tangzhuang: Gobierno de Chile, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mahjong: yui*, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Peking opera: Art Poskanzer, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cantonese opera: Roland Tanglao, CC BY 2.0, source
- Singles' Day: Chrionexfleckeri1350, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Seal carving: Cyclohexane233, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Traditional Chinese wedding dress: Tunere, CC BY-SA 4.0, source