Shanghainese (Shanghai dialect) is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the city of Shanghai, and the surrounding region. It is classified as a Sino-Tibetan language. Shanghainese, like other Wu dialects, is largely not mutually intelligible with other Chinese dialects such as Standard Mandarin, or even other sub-branches of the Wu language group.
 
Shanghainese is the [...]

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Date: The 9th day of the 9th lunar month
Activities: Eat Double Ninth Gao, moutain/hill climbing
Traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival took place on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month. It usually falls in October in the westerm calendar. The custom of ascending a height to avoid epidemics was passed down from [...]

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Date: 7th day of the 7th lunar month lunar month
Activities: In the past, girls would conduct a ceremony to beg Zhinu for wisdom, dexterity and a satisfying marriage in the future.
The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It originated from the Han [...]

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Date: 12th of the 3rd lunar month, usually around April 4th or 5th.
Activities: Cleaning ancestors’ graves and holding memorial ceremonies, spring outing, and flying kites
This is a time when ice and snow has gone and plants are beginning to grow again, and is a time for respect to ancestors. The graves of deceased relatives are [...]

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Date: 15th of the 8th lunar month
Activities: Dragon Boat racing, enjoying moonlight and eating moon cakes.
Probably the second most important festival in the Chinese calendar, Zhong qiu has ancient origins. Occurring on the 15th day of the 17th lunar month (usually some time around the end of September/start of October) the Mid-autumn festival celebrates the [...]

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Date: Date: 5th day of the 5th lunar month
Activities: Dragon Boat races and eating Zong Zi (pyramid shaped rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves
Originally a religious practice, it is now purely recreational. The Dragon Boat festival celebrates the death of the poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the 3rd Century BC as a [...]

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Date: 15th of the first lunar month
Activities: Lanterns expositions, garden parties, firework displays and folk dances.
The New Year celebrations ended on the 15th of the First Moon with the Lantern Festival. In the legend, the Jade Emperor in Heaven was so angered at a town for killing his favorite goose, that he decided to destroy [...]

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Date: The first day of a year in lunar calendar, usually between late Jan and early Feb
Activities: fireworks display, visiting and greeting, Yangke dancing, lion and dragon dancing, holding temple fairs and many other great folklore-inspection events.
Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and important. This was [...]

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