RAS Shanghai – 7/12/13 – Walking Tour through Jiading Old Town with Kate Baker

RAS Shanghai – 7/12/13 – Walking Tour through Jiading Old Town with Kate Baker

On Saturday December 7, Kate Baker, author of “Beyond the Concessions:  Six Walks Exploring Shanghai’s Other Districts” will lead us through the Confucius Temple, Imperial Examination Museum, and Huilongtan Park, weather permitting.  We will meet at 10:00 in the Jiading Information Center for coffee/tea and a 15 minute talk about the history of Jiading.  We will then proceed to the temple, museum and the center of Old Jiading.  Lunch at 12:30-1:00 will be held at the Jiading Hotel.  It is a Chinese buffet which will be freshly cooked for us

You can stay for as short as 3 hours or spend the whole day. Jiading is a 40 minute metro trip from Jiangsu station or can be reached by car or taxi in about an hour.  If you have a copy of “Beyond the Concessions”, it will be useful to bring it along.

Jiading History: A prosperous town in the thirteenth century, Jiading was a commercial town rich with trade in cotton and other goods.  The literary class produced many Imperial Examination scholars who in turn enriched the town with culture in the form of classical gardens, bamboo carving, painting, calligraphy, and poetry.  A gracious restoration of the town’s historical relics began in the 1980s and continues to this day.

Cost: RMB 100 includes lunch.  

 

Spaces are limited so RSVP is required!

Please RSVP by December 5 to adhocstudygroup@royalasiaticsociety.org.cn

 

Address of Jiading Information Center:  68 Shaxia Lu, Jiading Old Town

上海嘉定沙霞路68号。

Information Center Phone:021-59912999