My stroll in Hongkou District Shanghai (Lu Xun Park)

Lu Xun Park is located right beside the Hongkou Football Stadium at North Sichuan Road. Although the park is named after the famous Chinese writer Lu Xun,Lu Xun Park might be the most vividly living park in Shanghai. Not for tourists, totally serves the local communities needs. It also reminded me of the parks back in 1980s where my parents usually took me to for holidays.

First there is usually a holiday market.

Holiday Market in Lu Xun Park

And what kind of stuffs they sell? Here comes a pearl stand.

Pearl Stand in Lu Xun Park

And Chinese calligraphy!

Chinese calligraphy stand in Lu Xun Park

And the most popular, of course, BOOKs!

Book stand in Lu Xun Park

Books were grouped by price. All discounted. Look those were 19RMB.

Book stand in Lu Xun Park

And street portrait artist as well.

Street portraits in Lu Xun Park

Got dirty shoes. No worry. Get it clean for a few bucks (RMB).

Shoe cleaning in Lu Xun Park

Amazing thing about Lu Xun Park is there are so many musicians around you. People playing here are purely for joy, entertaining themselves and the others. The two gentlemen were playing Chinese flute.

Playing Chinese flute in Lu Xun Park

Fan of Karaoke? You might been to Party World or Haoledi in Shanghai to sing with your friends. Why not try in Lu Xun Park. I found most public Karaokes in Lu Xun Park. It is like performing a small concert to the public! And don’t worry, if you do sing well. You get lots of applause!

Karaoke in Lu Xun Park

There is another one….

Karaoke in Lu Xun Park

And another one….

Karaoke in Lu Xun Park

And another one….

Karaoke in Lu Xun Park

Look at those professional Karaoke equipments.

Karaoke equipments in Lu Xun Park

You do need to pay to sing, 1RMB per song or even less. Look at this guy below, he didn’t pay anything because he sang so well and attracted so many audiences. So the owner waived his fee.