Qipao (also named as chipao, cheongsam or mandarin gown) refers to the traditional style dress for Chinese women. It was originated from the Manchuria female dress and developed in 1920s Shanghai. Shanghai movie stars and upper class women created the fashion of modern Qipao, which continues to nowadays. The dress is often very tight to shape the female figure. It also has a high cut on the sides to require women walking slowly and elegantly.

Shanghai Tourism Festival this year will start from tomorrow, September 15th. Visitors may feel the tourism festival already, as mascots, brochures, promotions and advertisement can be seen all over the city. The float parade, river cruise parade, group wedding ceremony, music fireworks go on as usual. A lot of the tourist spots are offering half-price discount during the 17th - 23rd, including Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower, World Financial Centre Observatory, Shanghai Urban Planning Centre, Shanghai Wild Animal Zoo, ZhuJiaJiao water town...

Shanghai is no doubt the financial hub of China. The financial bull on the bund is now witnessing the city's growth. The statue was designed by Arturo Di Modica, the same artist of charging bull on the Wall Street. It has been a new photo attraction for tourists since 2010. Watch out for your naughty kids. The recent news has it that a little kid was trapped for 20 minutes by putting his arm into the mouth of the bull.