Fuxing Park

Fuxing Park offers an out-of-the-ordinary facet of Shanghai, a facet that stands in sharp contrast to the hustle and bustle of this great metropolis. Here it is not unusual to find old women in their 60s and 70s, dressed in their characteristic old-school Chinese garb – or even in pyjamas – belting out Chinese opera, while the younger generation,  middle-aged women, dance to the accompaniment of melodies that were popular in the 1970s, Mao-era suited men take caged birds for a stroll, and small children try their best to fly kites.