But the fact is that there is no evidence for any sexual relationship whatsoever between my mother and Yu Dafu other than a few lines of ambiguous poetry, some street corner gossip, and the fervid imagination of critics, novelists, and filmmakers. The many critics who have derived a degree of fame by purporting to know the truth about Yu Dafu and my mother will perhaps assume that the present essay is merely a loving daughter’s effort to clear her mother’s name. Yet there never was such an affair all the “evidence” for the alleged affair is culled from the poems themselves and the spurious testimonies of a handful of “friends” and “witnesses.” My mother is repeatedly represented as having had some grand love affair with Yu Dafu-a representation that Yu Dafu, if he did not actively encourage, did nothing to clarify. ) Indeed, my mother’s reputation has largely been consumed and transformed by her role as Yu Dafu’s “lover,” becoming a chapter in the mythical trajectory of the career of this great poet. (Some annotators in Chinese call the cycle “Miscellaneous Poems of Separation and Chaos”. Hu Yuzhi, rather than Yu Dafu himself, likely supplied the title for this cycle of poems. There are hardly places near the Bund that sell cocktails for 68 yuan ($10) a glass," said Carson Xie, head bartender of The Nest and the winner of the 2014 Bacardi Legacy Cocktail Competition.One such woman is my mother, Li Xiaoyin ( 李晓音), the alleged inspiration of the first seven of the eleven “Miscellaneous Poems of Chaos and Separation” ( 乱离杂诗) composed while Yu Dafu was exiled in Sumatra in 1942. It’s got a great party atmosphere and you can have a meal and enjoy good cocktails for affordable prices. "I think the success of The Nest has to do with it having a good mix of everything. The Nest is backed by Shanghai’s MUSE Group and Vodka brand Grey Goose. The place also ramps up the party atmosphere after 11pm with pulsating electronic music. Unlike Yao’s cozy enclave or Gokan’s secretive cocktail hideout, The Nest is a modern-chic, one-stop destination that serves cocktails and Nordic-inspired food created by award-winning bartenders and chefs. Yao, the most recent winner of the Chivas Masters China competition, believes that the renaissance hit its peak in 2014, the year that Union, Speak Low and a host of other popular destinations like The Nest came about. However, this will soon change as more cocktail bars open and provide people with greater exposure to this culture." Cocktails still rank the lowest as most locals don’t see it as a serious drink. "In China, baijiu is still the most popular drink on the dinner table as it a tradition that has been passed down for generations. Some of them are opened by famous global bartenders and national bartending champions," said Yeang. There were only a handful of craft cocktail bars available then but if you look at the situation now, you can find at least 20 good bars in the city. "In 2012, the cocktail scene had just begun to boom. Many industry experts said that Shanghai’s cocktail renaissance took place in 2012, the year Yeang opened Yuan Cocktail and Oyster Lounge along North Xiangyang Road in Xuhui district. However, he noted that the cocktail culture in Shanghai only started around the early 1990s when expatriates opened a slew of bars and nightclubs in the former French Concession. The food and drinks off erings at The Union Trading Company.Īccording to Vance Yeang, a sommelier who has opened two cocktail bars in Shanghai, the Shanghainese are no strangers to foreign spirits which cocktails are made of, thanks to the Western influences in the city since after the first Opium War in 1842.
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