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Shanghai, China
5 customs and traditions in Shanghai — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
The stone-gate terraces where most of the city lived for a century — laundry on poles, communal kitchens, doors open.
Tai chi, ballroom dancing, water calligraphy and choirs from about six.
The fitted dress that became the city's symbol, still made to measure in South Bund fabric market.
Local storytelling in the Wu dialect, performed with pipa and sanxian in teahouses.
Gongfu service is a genuine art. It is also the vehicle for the city's best-known fraud.
