Author Archives: Pushpitha Wijesinghe

Bund Tourist Tunnel- Ride Like no Other

A visit to Shanghai could be memorable for many reasons, but perhaps the best memory that could be created is at The Bund promenade in the evening, while gazing across the river at Pu Dong. Pu Dong is placed towards the east of the Huangpu River. Although a few years back it was covered in marsh, today it is a reminder of how far China has developed, and is replete with sky scrapers, and modernistic …

Chinese Spring Festival

Dragon Boat Festival, an event like no other

The Dragon Boat Festival, known traditionally as the Duanwu Festival, is a popularly celebrated event in the regions of China and other Asian nations. Various names are used to denote the festival in the different countries, but the theme of the festival is similar. In China the festival is also known as the Double Fifth, as it falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar-based Chinese calendar. The traditional festivities associated …