24th April, 2011 (late posting, I know!)
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| Pudong Flower Market |
I had fully intended to write about my recent Beijing trip, but I had an unexpected adventure in Shanghai, so Beijing will have to wait a bit longer.
This morning after I went to the local market, I decided to look for some plants and seeds for our upcoming unit about plants. I had heard there is a flower market in Pudong, so after a bit of research, off I went!
The place was not at all what I expected, having thought it would sort of garden-center-ish. It was a long strip with little cubicles of shops, some with plants, seeds, jade, small pieces of furniture, seeds, containers and vases, picture framing, fish, birds, dogs and kittens and much, much more!
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| Fighting crickets |
I had heard about the fighting crickets and this is the first place I have seen them. The little red-rimmed rings you can see in the photo are plugs of food that the keepers plug in from below so they don’t lose the crickets!
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| Bird cages |
The bird cages are very traditional (and quite lovely), made of bamboo and had china water containers. There were also stray chickens on the ground eating any stray bits of food that came their way!
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| Fish to buy. Dinner or pets??? |
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| A unique pet! |
The next thing to catch my eye were these worm things in a round fishbowl. Upon investigation (and investigation is quite hard here because they hit you up to buy as soon as you take a second glance!), I decided they were silkworms. The silkworms are interesting, but at a garden / pet bazaar? Names? How about Bonnie or Silkie? Tweed? Spinner? How would you tell one pet silkworm from the other?
What cracked me up the most were the “doggie fashions”. This is popular here and almost all dogs have “clothes” and sometimes even shoes! (Although I had never seen them hanging on hangars to purchase until now.) So have a close look at these little numbers for the well-dressed dog!
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| What the best-dressed dog wears! |
My post about Beijing will come to you very soon!
xxx,
Shanghai Suz
Hey cool Suz. Add this to my list of adventures when I come to Shanghai. We have a lovely flower market near our home here but I haven't managed to find a place with all these things together.
ReplyDeleteReally great!! Thanks for sharing.
It was not at all what I expected, but unusual and eclectic. Do you need doggie fashions or silkworm pets??????
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