Shanghal, located at tire outlet of the Yangtze River into the sea ineast China, is a metropolis, the largest economic center and one of thefour cities under the direct jurisdiction of the central government in China. The city consists respectively of 18 such administrative districts Jing'an, Changning, Luwan, Huangpu, Nanhui, Putuo, Hongkou, Zhabei, Yangpu, Xuhui. Baoshan, Minhang, Jlading, Jinshan, administrative county of Chongming. Shanghai has a permanent population of more than 13. 50 million while il seen a large moving population of over 2.5 million daily.
Historically speaking, Shanghai is not only a oily of a long history revolution As far back as 6,000 years ago, landforms came into being in the west of Shanghai with primitive villases to appear in the area. In the Spring and Autumn Period Shanghai belonged to the State of Wu while towards the Warring States Period it was part of the Yue at first and then became a principal area of Chu. Under the reign of King Kaolie of the Chu ( 262 - 238BC ) Huang Xie was appointed governor in the region of Wu and enfeoffed here, Shanghai being parl of his fief , and conferred the title of “lord of Chunshen,” the alias of Shanghai “Shen” was derived right after him. At around the 3 rd century BC, local people of Shanghai invented a kind of fishing tackle which was made of bamboo - strips called “Hu” place as Shanghai then people named the area “Hudu,” namely the estuary of the water into the sea and so “Hu” later became the shortened name of Shanghai. Bythe time of over 1,000 years ago fishing villages appeared in the area of Shanghai with the city construction iniyiated in 751 ,the 10 th year under the reign of Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, the place had evolved into a newly - booming trading - port. At that time Shanghai had some 18 large riverside areas ,one of which was known as “Riverside Shanghai ,” the particular location being right in the center of the present - bay Huangpu River alongside the Bund to the Shiliupu area, hence the derivation of the name of "Shanghai' as called today. Towards the middle of the 16th century in the Ming Dynasty Shanghai had become the largest textile center of the country. By the time of 1685, the 24th year under the reign of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty the customs was set up in Shanghai and the city had already developed into a large trading port and a center for shipping grain to the royal capital in the country, renowned far and wide as a "port for inland waterways and sea-routes" and a "large city in southeast China." |
