Shanghai's famous dishes include: Shanghai braised pork, eight-treasure duck, crystal shrimp, Shanghai boiled chicken, Songjiang perch, eight-treasure hot sauce, salty and fresh, fried river shrimp, lotus crab bucket, Shanghai smoked fish and so on. Shanghai cuisine, also known as Shanghai local cuisine, is another name of Shanghai cuisine and an important school of Han traditional food culture in Jiangnan area.
Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" or "Shen" for short, is the birthplace of China's * * * production party. Municipalities directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, national central cities, megacities, economic, transportation, science and technology, industrial, financial, trade, exhibition and shipping centers of China, the first batch of coastal open cities. Located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Shanghai is the leading city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, facing Kyushu Island across the sea, Hangzhou Bay in the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the northwest. Shanghai is a famous national historical and cultural city, with profound modern urban cultural heritage and numerous historical sites. The traditional Jiangnan Wuyue culture and the industrial culture introduced from the west are combined to form a unique Shanghai style culture. Most Shanghainese belong to Jiangsu and Zhejiang families and use Wu dialect. As early as the Song Dynasty, it had the name of "Shanghai". After 1843, Shanghai became an open commercial port and rapidly developed into the largest city in the Far East. Today, Shanghai has successfully hosted 20 10 World Expo, China Shanghai International Art Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival and other large-scale international events.