{"id":1961,"date":"2014-01-18T14:23:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T14:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setcourseforchina.wordpress.com\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2014-01-18T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T14:23:56","slug":"perusing-the-peoples-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/?p=1961","title":{"rendered":"Perusing the People&#8217;s Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The People&#8217;s Park in Shanghai is a green space located in the heart of the city.\u00a0 Even on a Thursday morning, the park is packed with locals enjoying the space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2044.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1966\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2044.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2045.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1968\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2045.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The women singing and performing are not doing it for money or attention.\u00a0 When walking through a public park in China, I noticed just how different it is than an American park.\u00a0 These performers are doing it because they wanted to&#8211; no one asked or accepted any money.\u00a0 It is a free and open area for them to practice and perform.<\/p>\n<p>There was also some serious Mahjong games going on too!\u00a0 My Dad looked on at the excitement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2048.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1977\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2048.jpg\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many beautiful areas are tucked away inside Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2049.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1981\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2049.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2046.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1983\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2046.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On one side of the park was a government building with a dried fountain outside.\u00a0 Many school children were playing and running across it because it made a great obstacle course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2059.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1987\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2059.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then out of the blue, the fountain turned on! Thank goodness no one was running on it otherwise they would have gotten soaked.\u00a0 Turning on the fountain did attract a curious crowd!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2069.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1993\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2069.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, my Dad and I visited the Bund.\u00a0 The Bund is a section of Shanghai which still reflects it&#8217;s French colonizers.\u00a0 Through the building facades and windy streets, the Bund district is like walking through France itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2073.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-2001\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2073.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are in the Bund and look across the Huangpu River, you can see the futuristic skyline of Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2091.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-2005\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2091.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was also beautiful to see at night too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-2008\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2111.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I like taking pictures at night like this because you can play! I&#8217;ll leave you with two of my favorites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2101.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-2012\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2101.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/01\/dscf2103.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-2014\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf2103.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks Shanghai for a great time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The People&#8217;s Park in Shanghai is a green space located in the heart of the city.\u00a0 Even on a Thursday morning, the park is packed with locals enjoying the space.\u00a0 The women singing and performing are not doing it for money or attention.\u00a0 When walking through a public park in China, I noticed just how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}