(picture: With the fast development in Shanghai, there are both new buildings and old ruins every where. The city is rebirthing.)
Shanghai, located in eastern China, is often said that it has a short history because many people believe it was formed of the sediments from the ocean so this place didn’t even exist in the ancient times. That belief was right is some extent as Shanghai is extended by the deposit of sediments from the ocean, but most of that theory was wrong.
On the contrary, evidences show Shanghai has a long history. Historians found there are more than 25 historic markings from 6000 years ago in Shanghai, which means human have been living in this area for more than 6000 years. However, it is true that Shanghai was not a city in the past. It was just a little fishing village. We can say that the culture of Shanghai is based on fishing. One of its nicknames “Hu” comes from a kind of fishing gear and the other, “Shen”, comes from the biggest river in Shanghai which was called “Chun Shen” river in the past.
In the middle of the Tang dynasty (about 751 B.C.), in the need of marine trade, Shanghai was fast developed as one of the most important harbor in China and till then, it has become one of the biggest town in eastern China. Till about 1648 B.C., because of benefits from some new trade policies, the economy of Shanghai developed unprecedentedly and it was the most important trade center and transport center of the whole country. Yet at that time, Shanghai was invaded by several European countries and was divided to several parts that belong to different countries. In that period, a lot of different cultures and foreign languages were brought in to Shanghai by those countries and many buildings of different styles were built by the aggressors. Though it was the darkest period of Shanghai, it also provided the start of the great diversity of today’s Shanghai.
When the People’s Republic of China was founded, Shanghai was made one of the most important cities and the government tried hard to develop Shanghai to a modern, flourishing, industrial and financial city. Nowadays, Shanghai, being called as “the eastern New York”, has become the shinning pearl in Asia.
On the contrary, evidences show Shanghai has a long history. Historians found there are more than 25 historic markings from 6000 years ago in Shanghai, which means human have been living in this area for more than 6000 years. However, it is true that Shanghai was not a city in the past. It was just a little fishing village. We can say that the culture of Shanghai is based on fishing. One of its nicknames “Hu” comes from a kind of fishing gear and the other, “Shen”, comes from the biggest river in Shanghai which was called “Chun Shen” river in the past.
In the middle of the Tang dynasty (about 751 B.C.), in the need of marine trade, Shanghai was fast developed as one of the most important harbor in China and till then, it has become one of the biggest town in eastern China. Till about 1648 B.C., because of benefits from some new trade policies, the economy of Shanghai developed unprecedentedly and it was the most important trade center and transport center of the whole country. Yet at that time, Shanghai was invaded by several European countries and was divided to several parts that belong to different countries. In that period, a lot of different cultures and foreign languages were brought in to Shanghai by those countries and many buildings of different styles were built by the aggressors. Though it was the darkest period of Shanghai, it also provided the start of the great diversity of today’s Shanghai.
When the People’s Republic of China was founded, Shanghai was made one of the most important cities and the government tried hard to develop Shanghai to a modern, flourishing, industrial and financial city. Nowadays, Shanghai, being called as “the eastern New York”, has become the shinning pearl in Asia.
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