Day 236: Chenghuangmiao for gifts

第236天:城隍庙挑礼物
(Post kindly trans­lated into Chinese by Susie. Thank you!)

People shop­ping at Chenghuangmiao.

We’ll be do­ing Secret Santa at the Christmas party, so yes­ter­day a cou­ple of us went and got gifts for our per­sons at Chénghuángmiào. The place is bet­ter known to tourists as Yuyuan Garden, which is ac­tu­ally right next to Chenghuangmiao.

我们准备在圣诞晚会上搞一个互赠礼物的小游戏 (Secret Santa), 所以昨天我和一个朋友去城隍庙挑礼物.来这的游客一般都认为这里就是“豫园”, 其实, 豫园和城隍庙正好紧邻, 就在旁边.

Since it’s a tourist spot, there’s lots of weird stuff you wouldn’t nor­mally find in shop­ping malls. It also means in­flated prices, so best to bring along a lo­cal who can haggle.

既然是一个旅游景点, 在这里, 你自然可以发现很多稀奇古怪的玩意, 是在很多大型购物中心都无法买到的; 当然, 这里的东西价格相对也是比较昂贵的, 因此, 最好带上一个本地人能帮你杀价.

What is this? Cow face fla­vored soup? No thanks.

Baozi served as bev­er­ages?? Cute.

Because of all the Western in­flu­ence in Shanghai, I’m guess­ing there’s more Christmas here than any­where else in Mainland China. This bubble-​​peeing ro­bot thing was in front of a mall by People’s Square.

由于上海受到了各种西方文化的影响, 所以比起中国内地的其他城市, 上海更会让你感觉到浓浓的圣诞气息.

Maybe a lit­tle too much Christmas in Shanghai.

I’m gonna visit Yiwu in Zhejiang Province to­mor­row. Back on Wednesday.

明天我去义乌. 星期三回来.