Shanghai warming up for Halloween
上海万圣节气氛逐渐浓厚

With two weeks to go to Halloween, many stores around Shanghai are offering costumes and candy in readiness for the ghoulish festival.

This shopping mall in Pudong has set up a Halloween-themed virtual reality train ride. Riders put on a pair of glasses and then experience a ride full of ghosts and other scary monsters.

"The objects come flying at you. You almost feel you're waiting for the impact. It's brilliant," said Leon Michelson.

A supermarket nearby says sales of Halloween costumes and candy are good, and it can sell dozens of plastic jack-o-lanterns every day.

"This Halloween, maybe just some candy for the kids that come by, maybe a pumpkin, make a jack-o-lantern," said Aaron Spears.

Some people have plans for costume parties.

"So we will probably end up in a house party and then move to a club, I think. I am going to dress like a dolphin, I paid for my own (costume) on Taobao I think I paid for like 300 kuai," said Oliver Pietrantoni.

"My daughter, she wants to be Cinderella, so we have a little Cinderella costume for her, and I'm going to put her hair up in a little bun and tiara. So we are really excited because we just got here, and she can meet all of the other kids and play in her costume," said Keri Zhao.

Many nightclubs and amusement parks around the city will also hold special events on Halloween.