Air burns with Sun Music Festival sounds

The Labor Day weekend air was once again filled with the sound of music. The Sun Music Festival, near Dishui Lake in Lingang and the fresh air of the East China Sea, was arguably the best since its inauguration.

An audience gathered on the big lawn of Lakeside Park to see performances by veteran David Tao, nursing student-turned-pop sensation Mao Buyi, One Million Star winner Yoga Lin and independent Shanghai singer Isabelle Huang.

Other artists and bands on the stage included Huzi & Edo, Kawa, Mr Miss, Nocturnes and NZBZ.

Unmanned convenient stores and food vendors were also on hand to treat visitors to thirstquenching beverages and tasty snacks.

The two-day event, set on the picturesque waterfront, was part of Lingang’s efforts to integrate culture with local resources, entertainment and tourism programs in keeping with the port town’s characteristics. A future intelligent manufacturing center will never miss a combination of culture and technology.

At the Labor Day music festival this year, four Bingo Boxes provided customers hundreds of snacks. All a shopper needed to do was to scan the QR code to enter, pick items, scan the barcode to pay and leave.

Not far from the lakeside lawns was a sponge city exhibition center. The neighborhood service center and the leisure square next door have been renovated to become a sponge park.

Rainwater is allowed to penetrate through the pavement, ditch and be collected to serve the greenery in the park. The specially designed rooftop and parking spaces are also good rainwater collection points. Even the fitness trail in the park is water penetrable.

The Lingang Contemporary Art Museum also offered four exhibitions during the Labor Day holiday, featuring the latest art forms and technologies, as well as applications of new media, digital photography and installations.