Editor’s Pick

Yang Yang

As Lewis Hamilton continued his dom-inance at the Shanghai International Circuit, winning the 2019 Formula Chinese Grand Prix in what was the

1,000 race in F1 history, Jiading as an auto city is embracing its 2019 Shanghai Auto Culture Festival.

The annual auto festival will last till May 26 presenting activities such as a karting carni-val, auto industry tour, auto exhibition and caravan and camping fair.

The karting carnival, running until May 6 at the Shanghai circuit, will give fans the experi-ence of acceleration, rushing and drifting on Asia’s most challenging karting tracks.

Visitors will have access to the Volkswagen 3rd Plant in Anting Town through May on an auto industry tour during which they will see how cars are assembled.

An auto exhibition at the Shanghai Auto Mu-seum will feature around 100 vintage cars.

The 9th Shanghai International Road Trip and Recreational Vehicle Camping Show will be at the Shanghai Automobile Exhibition Center from May 18 to 20. Besides a display of caravans, modified cars and yachts, the show will present an auto summit, camping life experience and food carnival.

The auto culture festival will end with a Fer-rari racing carnival from May 24 to 26 at the Shanghai circuit.

Auto festival tearing up the circuit

Event

Wisteria Blossom

Over 100 plants at the Jiading Wis-teria Garden are in full bloom. Their colors range from purple to white. The 10,000-square-meter wiste-ria park came into being thanks to Michio Fujimoto, the former mayor of Wake Town in Japan’s Okayama Prefecture. It was built in September 1997 to mark the 10th anniversary of friendly exchanges between Jiading and Wake and opened to the public in May 1999. It was China’s first wisteria-themed park and attracts around 500,000 visitors during the months of April and May. Date: April-MayAdmission: FreeAddress: 45 Bole Rd

博乐路45号

Stage

Performances at Shanghai Poly Grand Theater

Folk Song Concert •

An Laining, a former tax man-ager at PwC, will hold a folk song concert with his band at Shanghai Poly Grand Theater on May 4. As an adolescent, An listened to music by Nirvana, Guns n’ Roses and the Rolling Stones and formed his own rock band. Today he is a singer whose songs are most often about life’s ups and downs, bitter-ness and bliss, current situations and memories.

Date: May 4, 7:30pmTickets: 80-180 yuan

Magic of Harmonic Recital •

Founded in late 2012, Magic of Harmonic has won many awards including the Asia Pacific Harmonic Festival quintet award and Huaxia

Harmonic Festival ensemble award. Since it was established, it has put on hundreds of perfor-mances in styles ranging from classical, pop and jazz to folk, background music and original works. Its fans range from young children to the elderly. The May 12 performance will include classics such as “The Barber of Seville,” “Canon in D” and “Love Me Tonight.”Date: May 12, 2pmTickets: 30 yuan

Poly Grand Theater Tel: 5951-3300Address: 159 Baiyin Rd

白银路159号

Film

‘Dumbo’

Highway Tel: 6992-7666 ext 818

沪宜公路1082号

• Jiangqiao Wanda Cinema

Address: 3/F Jiangqiao Wanda Plaza, 49, Lane 1075, Jinshajiang Rd W.Tel: 3127-5666

金沙江西路1075弄49号

Exhibition

Folk Art GalleryThe Wutong Culture and Arts Center was the first folk art gallery in Jiading when it opened in 2011. Inside the center, a ceramic art gallery provides professional kilns for visitors and artists to create their own artworks. Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday,10am-4pm (By appointment)Admission: FreeTel: 3955-7512E-mail: shwtart@sina.cnAddress: 258 Jinyuan No. 4 Rd, Jiangqiao Town

金园四路258号

A History Of TeapotsA good teapot matters in the preparation of a good cup of tea. A zisha, or purple clay, teapot is not just a pot, but also art. Shanghai-

style teapot artist Xu Sihai founded the Sihai Teapot Museum in 1993 in a seven-story building in Jiading. The museum houses more than 300 exquisite teapots from as far back as the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). There is also a tearoom for visitors on the first floor with tables and chairs made in the Qing Dy-nasty (1644-1911). The exhibition halls on the second to fifth floors are decorated with wood carvings. Apart from teapots, visitors can see ceramic artworks collected by Xu over the past 30 years. Date: Tuesday-Sunday, 9:30am-3:30pmTel: 5918-5220, 5919-0517E-mail: 97080010@qq.comAddress: 1978 Cao’an Highway

曹安公路1978号

Finding Inner PeaceShanghai Xiangdong Buddha Statue Art Museum has five exhibi-tion halls featuring Buddha statues in different sizes and materials. With a collection of more than 1,000 pieces, the museum shows the history and development of Buddha statues over the past 1,500 years, from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 AD) to the Republic of China (1912-1949). The designer has kept the original fea-tures of the factory building while bringing in elements of Buddhism to create a space where visitors can find contemporary art, history,

culture, exhibits and architecture combining well together. Date: Daily, 9am-4:30pm(Note: Please call 6013-2577 for reservation)Tel: 6996-8885, 6996-8100Tickets: 60 yuanAddress: 4500 Huyi Highway

沪宜公路4500号

Beauty Of CeramicsA rare collection of ceramic artworks from private collectors with more than 5,000 pieces is on display at the Furen Ceramics Museum, ranging from vessels to statues. The museum was set up by Ding Furen, a Shanghainese collector, and the items reflect more than 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture. Among the pieces is what the museum con-siders its greatest treasure — a set of Molin plates and tableware for weddings modeled on the Em-peror Tongzhi (1856-1875) style. The plates were made by Qiu Xile from Jingdezhen over 20 years. On the plates are 165 master-pieces from 84 calligraphers from the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316 AD) to the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Opening hours: Daily, 9am-12pm (Except holidays)Tel: 138-0163-5899 Venue: Furen Ceramics MuseumAddress: 58 Weiwu Rd

南翔镇纬五路58号

Holt was once a circus star, but he went off to war and when he returned the experience had changed him terribly. Circus owner Max Medici hires him to take care of Dumbo, a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him the laughing stock of the struggling circus troupe. But when Holt’s children discover that Dumbo can fly, silver-tongued entrepreneur VA Vandevere and acrobat Colette Marchant swoop in to make the little elephant a star.Starring: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito

‘Avengers: endgame’After the devastating events of “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’s actions and restore order to the universe.Starring: Brie Larson, Scarlett Johansson and Karen Gillan

Where to watch:• Jiading CinemaAddress: 149 Chengzhong Rd, Jiading TownTel: 5953-1306Website: www.jiadingcinema.com (online ticket reservation available)

嘉定镇城中路149号

• Dadi Digital Cinema Address: 4/F, Robinsons Shop-ping Mall, 138 Chengzhong Rd, Jiading Town Tel: 5992-9821 Website: http://cinema.hipiao.com/dadi_jiading (online ticket reserva-tion available)

嘉定镇城中路138号

• Nanxiang Bingo International Cinema Address: 1/F, Bldg 5, 1082 Huyi

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