Shanghai Museum, established in 1952, houses over 120,000 pieces of ancient Chinese art. The permanent exhibits in Shanghai cover bronze, sculptures, pottery, ceramics, calligraphy, paintings, seals, furniture, jades, ancient coins, and minority costumes. The specialty of Shanghai Museum is the ancient bronze ware collection. The wide collection and neat presentation bring visitors back to 2000BC.

Shanghai Grand Theatre in the peoples square has stopped performance after its Gala Concert "See You Soon". The theatre, after running 15 years from 1998, will go on a full-scale renovation in 2013. The theatre is opened to public for a 10-day free visit since this week. On March 5th, nearly 10,000 Shanghai citizens went to see the Grand Theatre before its temporary farewell.

Besides walking, reading, exercising, friends meeting, public dancing, what could you do in a park at weekend? Match-making! Peoples park is known for its match-making corner at every weekend. Hundreds of eager parents come to the park in the Peoples Square, looking for a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. Paper have been hung all over the park, with brief self introduction and criteria for the other half.

YongAn department store is located in the middle of Nanjing East Pedestrian Road. There is a stage for classic tunes on the second floor. You can often see people dancing on the shopping street with the music. The visitors and shoppers would stop to watch, or join freely if they like.

There are many sculptures in the city if you pay attention. Some are together displayed in the park, e.g. Jing'an sculpture park. Some show you a vivid local life, e.g. families shopping on the Nanjing east road and xiaolongbao dumpling in the old town bazaar. Now there is a sculpture exhibition in the Peoples Square (by the Peoples Park). Statue works by Yunnan artists are displayed in the open space for any visitor.