Why is Shanghai called Shanghai Beach?

Because the Bund in Shanghai is located in the east of Huangpu District, east of Huangpu River. It used to refer to the narrow strip on the west bank of Huangpu River between Shiliupu, Zhongshan Donger Road and the intersection of Waima Road and Suzhou River, and now it starts from Xinkai River at the southern end.

It used to be the beach of Huangpu River. After the opening of Shanghai, the colonists built roads here. Westerners call it the Bund, while the Bund or Huangpu Beach is written in Chinese. The southern section is called the Bund in France. After the road was completed, banks and foreign companies concentrated. Famous buildings include HSBC Building, Customs Building and Bank of China Building. These buildings have different architectural styles.

Now the Bund is one of the financial centers in Shanghai, with customs, Chinese and foreign banks and so on. In addition, because there used to be many banks and foreign companies on the Bund, which is the developed center of Shanghai's economy, it is very famous, so people often call Shanghai the Shanghai Beach.

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Shanghai, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, was inhabited by human beings more than 6,000 years ago. It can be said that it has a long history, but its glorious years are short. Unlike ancient capitals like Beijing and Nanjing, they can be pitied by emperors; There has never been a luxurious palace built here, not even a wall.

It was not until the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty that Shanghai began to prosper, because it lost in the Opium War, signed an unequal treaty with the British, and was required to be opened as a trading port.

The Bund, also known as Zhongshan East 1st Road, is about 1.5 km long. Located in Puxi, near the Huangpu River in the east, there are 52 buildings with different styles in the west, such as Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque and the combination of Chinese and Western styles, which are called "World Architecture Expo Group".

Huangpu River is the largest river flowing through Shanghai, and its source is located in Longwangshan Nature Reserve in Anji, Zhejiang. Because the Huangpu River reaches the sea through the river, it is greatly influenced by the tides, with an average of two obvious high tides and low tides every day. The water level difference in one day can reach more than 4 meters. If there is an astronomical tide, the water level difference will be even greater.

Shanghai Bund faces the Huangpu River, the open mother river, and is backed by buildings with rigorous modeling and different styles. Because of its unique geographical location and its influence on Shanghai and even China in the field of economic activities in the past century, it has very rich cultural connotations.

The street view of Shanghai Bund, which is composed of river surface, long dike, green belt and beautiful buildings, is the most distinctive Shanghai landscape. 1995, it was selected as one of the "Top Ten New Landscapes in Shanghai in 1990s".

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