On October 25, students from Class 3-1 of Intensive Chinese Program ventured into the historic cultural area of Hengshan Road and Fuxing Road, visiting the "Century Music Street" for an engaging social practice activity. They explored Shanghai's unique charm and experienced the endless allure of music.

The first stop was the Shanghai Symphony Museum. This is the first museum dedicated to symphonic music in China, where people can explore the development of Western symphonic music since the late 1870s. During the visit, students interacted with exhibits and listened to the sounds of various instruments in the orchestra, including strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. They also experienced a holographic projection of a small symphonic performance, gaining insights into the collision and fusion of Eastern and Western cultures in music.

Next, the students visited the Blackstone Apartment, which was once hailed as "the best apartment in China" a century ago and has now been revitalized as the "M+ Blackstone Music Theme Street." Here, Students walked into Happiness Collection, a modern composite bookstore that combines inspiration and aesthetics, to read books about music, experience vinyl records and other cultural and creative products, and feel the powerful vitality of music.

The last stop was the Museum for Oriental Musical Instrument, founded by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Students saw a variety of exquisite Chinese musical instruments, such as the Dong Pipa, Fishing Drums, etc. Many of them were surprised to find traditional musical instruments from their own countries, such as the Korean Tooth Zither and the Indonesian Gamelan.

During the activity, students conducted research on topics such as the comparison of Chinese and foreign musical instruments, music and architecture, historical changes in music, and music and life, and presented the results of their practice in the form of compositions and videos.

Social practice activity is an extension of Chinese class, taking students into various aspects of life in Chinese society, applying Chinese in real-life context, and gaining language progress and cultural insights.