A special themed performance of the “Shanghai Spring” 8th International Accordion Culture and Art Week took place on April 2 in the arrival hall of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport’s Terminal 2.
The event offered a musical journey blending traditional Shanghai tunes and contemporary pop music to passengers arriving in the city.
At 3pm, the beautiful melody of “Hawthorn Tree” slowly filled the arrival hall, giving international travelers an immediate sense of Shanghai’s artistic and humanistic warmth.
“I didn’t expect to see such a wonderful flash mob performance right after returning home. This performance is original and helps bring public culture more closely into daily life,” said a passenger surnamed Chu, a local resident returning to Shanghai from a business trip.
The musical journey used accordion performances to showcase the inclusive and open character of Shanghai-style culture, enriching the city’s public tourism services through art.
Moldovan accordionist Lev Solomonovich, one of the invited guests of the accordion festival, said that although he had only been in Shanghai for four days, his performances during that time had given him an unforgettable artistic experience, allowing him to feel the city’s rich cultural atmosphere.
In addition to the music flash mob, Changning District’s culture and tourism authorities broke the traditional mold of tourism promotion by teaming up with the Shanghai Tourist Information & Service Center to offer intangible cultural heritage displays and hands-on experiences. Inside the center, crafts such as Shanghai silk embroidery, Shanghai paper-cutting, Shanghai-style embroidered ball making and egg carving attracted the attention of both domestic and international visitors. Several representative inheritors of these items were present to introduce and teach their skills in person.
