It is dusk, house lights and streetlights are coming on, and you are walking down one of the many small lanes that characterize the Xintiandi area of Shanghai. The diffuse light of the lanterns glowers over the old houses, like a setting from a dream, bringing one back to Shanghai's boom years a century ago.
華燈初上的黃昏，走在上海人稱「弄堂」的小巷裡，迷離的燈光將大片老房子照映的如夢如幻，讓人懷想起上一個世紀的上海繁華。