What is the specific time and place of Shanghai Tourism Festival?

Start date: September 13, 2008 End date: October 6, 2008 Event introduction: The 2008 Shanghai Tourism Festival plans to arrange 29 programs. Today we learned from the Municipal Tourism Commission that the 2008 Shanghai Tourism Festival plan has been initially released. This year's American Tourism Festival will last from September 13 to October 6. The theme of the opening parade was originally set as the World's Festival, the Movement of Flowers. In this year, in addition to traditional projects such as the opening ceremony parade and opening ceremony carnival, the American Tourism Festival will have 29 activities in total. In addition, the world's largest comprehensive balloon art carnival in the United States will also enter the menu to participate in the Shanghai Tourism Festival for the first time this year. According to reports, the American International Balloon Carnival that Amy landed in Shanghai for the first time was the Amy World Balloon Festival. It integrates every subcategory, activity and creative project of European and American balloon art, and is by far the largest comprehensive balloon art carnival in the world. The main activities of the 2008 Tourism Festival: 1. Opening Ceremony and Opening Parade: September 13, 19:30-21:30. Venue: Huaihai Road (Xizang Road-Shaanxi Road) Main content: After the brief opening ceremony, the music of the world's festival, flowers, will be held. 20 floats and more than 30 performance groups from home and abroad will be displayed to the masses. At the same time, fireworks will be set off from the top floors of relevant buildings along Huaihai Road. It is planned to build a main viewing platform in front of Shanghai Times Square on Huaihai Road, and build several viewing platforms in commercial buildings along Huaihai Road. Types of fireworks: medium and low altitude, mainly potted flowers. Actors and crew: about 3,000 people. 2. Opening carnival time: 21:00-23:30 on September 13th. Location: Century Plaza, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street. Main content: The opening carnival is a large-scale mass carnival held at Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street during the Tourism Festival. Inviting fashionable entertainment stars, the program integrates music and dance elements, and the stage interacts with the stage to share the dynamic. Audience capacity: 10,000 people. 3. Float Parade and Judging Grand Prix Time: September 14th - October 6th. Location: All districts and counties in the city, and plans to tour to surrounding cities. Number of floats: about 20. Parking location: TBD. Main content: In addition to participating in the opening ceremony, the Tourism Festival float parade will also perform with performance groups at 11 performance points across the city. Exhibitors will also conduct small consultation activities on site. 4. Huangpu River Float Parade Time: September 28th Location: Huangpu River Main content: Set up fixed fireworks display points on the Huangpu River and organize cruise ships to cruise the Huangpu River. Type of fireworks: combination of low-altitude potted flowers and hollow fireworks (time 20 minutes). 5. Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival and Shanghai Tourism Festival Closing Ceremony Time: September 30-October 6 Location: Century Park Main content: Firefighters from Russia, South Korea and other countries participated in this music and fireworks festival. Types of fireworks: medium and low-altitude potted flowers, Roman candles and some fireworks bombs. Number of people: about 25,000 people per game. 6. Shanghai Shopping Festival Time: September-October Location: City-wide Main content: Shanghai Shopping Festival combines Shanghai’s urban charm and consumer experience, and is divided into three stages: world style, Chinese love, and Shanghai charm. Through international famous product exhibitions, fashion brand marketing, gourmet food series, Chinese time-honored brand commercial and cultural exhibitions and other activities, visitors to Shanghai during the tourism festival can fully enjoy the fun and benefits of shopping. 7. Shanghai Tourism Ambassador Selection Time: July-September Main content: Through open, fair and impartial selection, the event provides a stage for young people living in Shanghai to showcase themselves and enhance communication. 8. Shanghai Tourist Souvenirs (Gifts) Expo Time: late September Location: To be determined Main content: Shanghai Tourist Souvenirs Expo and the 32nd Shanghai Gifts, Crafts and Household Products Exhibition have joined forces to create a larger gift and souvenir trading platform . 9. Nanjing Road Happy Week Time: September 14th - September 20th Location: Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street Main content: Arrange Chinese and foreign performance teams to conduct street parades with the theme of Mid-Autumn Carnival trip and cultural root-seeking trip

At the same time, activities such as old building photography competition, Chinese and foreign food gatherings, brand fashion shows, etc. will also be held. 10. Rose wedding time: October 5th Location: Huaihai Middle Road Main content: romantic blessing ceremony, grand float parade, grand wedding ceremony, sumptuous rose wedding banquet. With the attention and blessings of the whole city, the New Rose people ushered in the most important moment of happiness in their lives and started a new life. 11. Shanghai Oriental Style Week: September 19th - September 21st Location: Commercial Plaza along Huaihai Road, Huaihai Park, Jiuguang Department Store, etc. Main content: The event is divided into five venues, with the theme of Love Garden, Food Gathering, Scientific Life Hall, Infinite Dynamics, and Comprehensive Hall. It combines traditional Japanese culture to show the life elements of modern young people and strengthen Sino-Japanese cultural and artistic exchanges. 12. Amy International Balloon Carnival Time: September 14th - October 5th Location: Luwan District Main content: Amy American International Balloon Carnival is the Amy World Balloon Festival. It integrates every subcategory, activity and creative project of European and American balloon art, and is by far the largest comprehensive balloon art carnival in the world. 13. The 7th German Week: September 18th - September 30th, Location: Shanghai Times Square. Main content: Using art and cars, it displays German classic cars, exhibits German contemporary art, holds a variety of German style performances and German beer garden activities, allowing citizens and tourists to experience Germany up close.

14. Nine Children Competition Time: September 14th Final Location: Jiuzi Park Main content: The Nine Children program is based on the old-fashioned folk fitness games in Shanghai in the 1950s and 1960s, including playing marbles, rolling wheels, building houses, and ringing bells. , core presses, tendon jumps, hunchbacks, knots, and circles. These games are familiar to old Shanghainese. 15. Little Master’s Happy Tour Time: Location to be determined: Main contents of the city: Organizing love 3+1; Little Master’s activities, looking for red footprints, cherishing the good life, Little Master’s Red Tour, Little Master’s interactive activities, etc. 16. Happy Music Laser Fireworks Show Time: October 2nd and 5th Location: Daning Lingshi Park Content: Fireworks workers from Portugal, France, Australia, Japan, Canada, and China will participate in the fireworks show and compete for the crown. Types of fireworks: Mainly a combination of medium and low-altitude potted flowers and some fireworks bombs. 17. The 8th Urban Forest Carnival Time: September 29th-October 5th (daytime) Location: *** Green Forest Park Main content: A green carnival centered around the two major theme areas of the carnival area and the competitive stage. Invitations from World performance groups from South America, Europe and other countries cooperate with domestic performance teams and tourists to create a green carnival stage full of passion and joy. 18. Yuyuan China Day: September 15th to October 8th. Venue: Yuyuan Mall. Main contents: highlight the impression of Shanghai and the characteristics of Yuyuan, display the long-standing Chinese ritual culture, and select and evaluate Shanghai impression gifts. Hold special folk custom exhibition activities to showcase local customs and tourism products, allowing tourists to feel the charm of traditional Chinese folk art. 19. Tang Yun Mid-Autumn Festival Garden Party Time: September 14th Location: Guilin Park Main content: Holding a national theme craft exhibition with the theme of Mid-Autumn Osmanthus fragrans; touring performances such as past scenery and mascot fun in Guilin Park; interaction between masters and tourists Make souvenirs; hold activities such as a classical game carnival and lantern riddle gallery, and launch osmanthus series and Mid-Autumn Festival snacks. 20. Guangxi Tour Time: September-October Location: Related attractions in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Main content: Use osmanthus as a medium to promote tourism regional linkage, strengthen the mutual transportation of tourists from the three places, and share marketing resources, thereby forming a new way to enhance the urban tourism image. ***Launched 7 tourism products with Osmanthus Scenic Area as the main content. 21. Sichuan North Road Happy Festival Time: late September Location: Sichuan North Road Commercial Street Main content: Holding a large-scale art garden lantern show in the golden autumn of Shanghai, China. Light of the Community q

22. Urban Coffee Culture Festival Time: September Location: Jing'an Park Main content: Promote coffee culture and coffee art through barista competitions and other activities, improve the quality of life, and combine coffee culture promotion , open-air coffee art exhibition, coffee DIY experience, etc. 23. International Jazz Fun Festival Time: September-October Location: Jing'an Park Main content: Holding outdoor music festival, 2008 Supreme Band Challenge, Shanghai International School student band performance, etc. It embodies the concept of bringing music to life and making life musical, and creates a music festival with international influence. 24. Jiading Fun Holidays: September 13th - October 7th Location: Jiading District Main content: Shanghai Confucius Activity Week, Anting Car Culture Tour Carnival Week, Shanghai Malu Grape Festival, Shanghai Nanxiang Xiaolong Cultural Exhibition, Shanghai Cao'an Trade City Shopping Festival, Huating People’s Harvest Festival, etc. 25. The 3rd Fengjing Water City Wedding, Five Moon Corners——, September 28, Location: Fengjing Ancient Town Main content: 20 newlyweds wearing wedding dresses boarded 20 wedding boats in the historical and cultural town of Fengjing Parading along the Hezhen River in Jinggu Town, accepting the best wishes from relatives and friends during the national wedding in Jiangnan Water City. 26. The 10th Zhujiajiao Ancient Town Tourism Festival will be held from the end of September to the beginning of October. Location: Zhujiajiao Town. Main content: opening ceremony gala, folk performances rich in water town style, visits to the fast boats under Fangsheng Bridge in Zhujiajiao, ancient town streets, land of plenty, etc. 27. The third National Drumming Competition will be held from September 29th to October 4th. Location: Eastern land. Main content: Percussion associations across the country will organize and select nearly 50 drum bands to compete on the same stage to showcase authentic Chinese drumming skills. At the same time, an international professional percussion band was invited to perform in the performance competition. The Shanghai Roots Cultural Tourism Festival on 28.6 will be held from September 20th to October 7th. Location: Songjiang District. Main content: A series of activities will be carried out around the theme of "asking about mountains, worshiping water, and seeking roots", including the opening ceremony, Shanghai's first golden wedding ceremony, food festival, car drifting competition, Double Ninth Festival climbing, Songjiang scenery photography competition, etc. 29. Shanghai Chongming Forest Tourism Festival: September 15-October 7 Location: Chongming Three Islands Main content: Chongming Young Singer Grand Prix, Forest Carnival series activities, Qianwei Village Farmhouse, Yingdong Village Fisherman Music, Changxing Island Citrus Culture Festival, Hengsha Island Autumn Rhythm and other farmhouse activities, as well as Chongming Golden Autumn collective wedding.