Shanghai had a different name, namely: ‘Hu’ The name comes from Hu “Hu Du”. Ancient fishermen found fishing in Shanghai bamboo instrument called “Hu”. (“Du” in Chinese means “stream”). This area was therefore called “Hu Du” before was known as Shanghai.

The actual name “Shanghai” from the Song Dynasty (960-1276), when Shanghai was at that time will be the new commercial port is growing. Mother river Huangpu river in Shanghai Yangtse River, has 18 floating in the streams. One of the creeks was called “Shanghai Creek (near the present-day,” Bund “). Therefore, near the city of Shanghai city name, then the whole area of ​​the so-called” Shanghai. ”

During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), was developed city Shanghai, the city administration and creation of navigation. After a time the city was built in the district, which consisted of a modern city, and three other districts in Shanghai Qingpi, Chuansha and Nanhui.

The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Shanghai became China’s largest textile center. Shanghai hotels sharp business woman! The 24-year reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing (1685), the Qing government set up by the Shanghai Customs. Subsequently, during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and the Qing emperor Jiaqing, Shanghai gradually became China’s largest commercial port and waterway profit center.

In 1843, after the Opium War, Shanghai was forced to open the port to the colonialists. In 1845, the United Kingdom created the first concession in Shanghai. In 1848, the establishment of concessions from the United States and France in 1849. In 1863, the British and American concessions, together with the Bank for International Settlements. Shanghai hotels is actually shared by the Chinese Department of International Settlements and the French Concession. The next 100 years after 1843, Shanghai became an important port for foreign colonists dump the goods, raw materials and money. Shanghai thus became known as a “paradise for adventurers”.

July 7, 1927, was already recognized as an excellent community in Shanghai. In 1945, after defeating the Japanese, the concessions are now back. May 27, 1949, Shanghai was really liberated … Mao era, China is waiting.

Due to permanent and long-term reform and building the next government and people, Shanghai hotels has become an important industrial and commercial base in the new China. Today, Shanghai is developing a center of economy, finance, science and technology, information and culture, modernization of the international metropolis in China.

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