Here’s a lovely little item I picked up around Yu Yuan, just before Spring Festival.

The music (”Carbon Dating” by the Super Furry Animals) isn’t included, but you can leave it switched on for up to eight hours without serious risk of fire.
And believe me, you’ll want to.

After I bought it, I asked the guy if he knew where I could buy roast duck. He said

“Wait there!”

then brought out this bizarre mummified, dried duck carcass that he seemed to have been preparing for Spring Festival, but was prepared to sell.

“Foreigners don’t eat this one”

I said, genuinely scared- I’ll generally eat anything but honestly wouldn’t have known where to start with this thing.

Shanghai Souvenir- 140RMB (after bargaining), a street near Yu Yuan

(I wrote about this on Shanghaiist too)