• It's tradition to ring in the New Year at Longhua Temple here, and CNNGo has a pretty lil' gallery of Shanghainese residents doing just that. [CNNGo]
• Our fair city was recently featured in National Geographic. Check out their article, named Shanghai Dreams, and see what you think about their tagline: China's global city tries to recapture the glories of its past - this time on its own terms." Right. [National Geographic]
• Disposable income for Shanghai residents rose by 8% this last year, which has allowed them to buy 196 air conditioners, 223 mobile phones and 123 computers per every 100 urban families in 2009. [Shanghai Daily]

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Continuing the fine Shanghaiist tradition of plagiarizing and plundering regurgitating Shanghai Daily stories, we bring you this article:

SHANGHAI named 83 folk arts as its first batch of city-level intangible culture heritage today as part of the city's efforts to protect and promote these "traditional treasures." more ›

Attendance falling at your local place of worship? Loyal herd looking elsewhere for spiritual direction? Have a carnival! That'll win 'em back. If only the Pope had thought of it ... like the Shanghai Xuhui District Tourist Bureau did. It's annual Longhua Temple Festival runs until May 7th, meaning you have one weekend left to catch all the fun. more ›

Sure, your wife/husband/partner might slap you, but assure them that this is not a fanciful excuse, because it could really happen to you. more ›

Tickets to Longhua Pagoda (second from the right in the Shanghaiist logo) are RMB 100 and proceeds will go toward the pagoda's renovation, which hopefully won't be made more of a necessity by all the tourists. To that end people wearing high heels won't be allowed inside (which eliminates a large chunk of female Chinese tourists). Leave your lighters and knives (and children shorter than 1.4 meters) at home, too -- a lot of the pagoda is made of wood. more ›

Acting as a tourist-in-your-own-city can be addictive. Having enjoyed our exploration of the Longhua Temple and Martyrs’ Memorial during the Spring Festival, we looked for another fresh expedition right on our doorstep. more ›

Two days into the Spring Festival and Shanghaiist has already developed “cabin fever”. While most of our friends and colleagues have left for Vietnam, Thailand, London, Sydney and Harbin respectively, we’re having to make do with a week in our apartment, listening to the distant (and not-so-distant) snap, crackle and pop of fireworks, and waiting for the latest cold spell to kick in. more ›