- Shanghai solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse in the twenty-first century, and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132.
“On the 22
nd of July, the breakfast at Shanghai hotels and in other Chinese cities too, will be served between 9.00 am and 9.30 am with a candle placed on the elegant table. It’s not romance at all… A big part of the Chinese people and tourists as well will have breakfast in the dark because of the complete eclipse that will last for 6 minutes, for the first time in 500 years.
Bookings to China have recently increased, as this opportunity of seeing an eclipse will not take place before 20
th of March 2043.
Wang Sichaw, from Purple Mountain Observatory in the Chinese Sciences Academy said that Chinese in South West China as well as in the South and in the East like in Tibet and Hiunan and Guangzhou will see the eclipse as well as most of Shanghai residents and some of Beijing.
And in Shanghai, JW Marriott Shanghai have added the eclipse to its marketing initiatives to attract interested people from within the country and abroad to watch, as the iconic and futuristic Tomorrow Square building in the heart of the city, host to the majestic JW Marriott Hotel, will provide the clearest viewing of this unmissable event. Standing 60 storeys high towering the Puxi skyline, the JW Marriott offers the best views of Shanghai. It faces the famed People’s Park and Square (Shanghai’s former race track from the decadent era of the 1920’s and 30’s).
On the day of the eclipse, The JW Marriott Shanghai will secure a 360 degree experience, where guests will be able to watch the morning sun turn to darkness during their breakfast at the best viewing in town. The viewing from the hotel’s plush lobby leads directly from the breakfast area of the Marriott Café. The floor to ceiling windows drench the lobby with natural daylight and will provide a sensational viewing for the eclipse.
The 360˚ Solar Eclipse Package at the hotel attracts lots of bookings as people like to embrace the sun’s change, and it includes night’s accommodation in a deluxe room, a magical spa experience at the award winning Mandara spa. For an open-air viewing of the eclipse guests will have access to the outdoor swimming pool area on level 7 where they can marvel at one of nature’s truly amazing events.
A solar eclipse happens when the sun and moon are in conjunction as seen from the earth. This Shanghai solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse in the twenty-first century, and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132. The astronomical phenomenon begins with a partial eclipse starting at 08:23am and finishing at 11:01am, and the full eclipse will totally last about five minutes from 09:36am to 09:41am.
The Eclipse has direct stories with China… last year millions of people gathered before the Olympic games to see the eclipse and it was called the Olympic eclipse. It was the first in China. And despite the fact that the Communist party in China calls for scientific thinking, Chinese still believe that the eclipse means that the Emperors made the sky angry and should apologize. The professor of History at Louisiana University, who wrote about the Chinese Universal sciences, John Henderson said that the power shown in controlling the universe has become a political thing and that some eclipse phenomenon were announced but did not really happen in areas with political and bureaucratic crisis, and maybe it’s a way to express opposition.
In feng shui and astrology, the Feng Shui Raymond Lo Master in Hong Kong says that the eclipse brings some upturns in stock exchanges and some psychological problems, and therefore, it is advised to hang chimes at home for a safer feeling.
