Huangpu District, the busiest district in Shanghai?

Huangpu District is named after its proximity to the Huangpu River, the mother river. When Shanghai was established in 1945 (***31), the first district was Huangpu District. The center of Shanghai is in Huangpu District, the seat of the municipal government is also in Huangpu District, and the most central place in Shanghai, People's Square, is in Huangpu District.

Huangpu district is a famous shopping center in China, with thousands of merchants and prosperous market. There are Oriental Commercial Building, Landmark Plaza, Paris Spring, Meimei Department Store, First Department Store, hualian department store, New World City, Huaxiang Isetan, raffles city and Hongkong Boutique Street in Huangpu District. There are Huitong Building, Hong Kong Plaza, Shanghai Plaza and Times Square in Huangpu District.

There are other famous characteristic streets in Huangpu District, such as Fuzhou Road Cultural Street, Beijing Road Productive Materials Street, Tibet Road Tourist Street, Jinling Road Commercial Street, huanghe road Road and Yunnan Road Food Street. Huangpu District has Shanghai Old Street rich in small commodities, and Maoming South Road, the "first street of bars". ?

Huangpu District has famous cultural facilities such as Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai Museum, Nature Museum, Workers' Cultural Palace and Shanghai Art Museum. There are World Recreation Center, chinese theater, People's Grand Stage, * * * Stage, Shaw Stage and Daguangming Cinema. Huangpu District is also one of the financial centers in Shanghai, with more than 61 Chinese and foreign banks and financial institutions. ?

There are many historical and cultural sites in Huangpu District, such as Confucian Temple, Jiujian Building, Shuyin Building, Ancient City Wall and other Ming and Qing buildings. There are also the former sites of revolutionary struggles in the area, such as the Shanghai office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Monument to the Shanghai People's Heroes, the Monument to the May 31th Massacre, the Archway of Siming Office, the Sanshan Guild Hall, and the Dianchun Hall in Yuyuan Garden. There are five religions in Huangpu District, including Chenxiang Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Baiyun Temple, Dongjiadu Catholic Church, Xiaotaoyuan Mosque and Mu'en Church. ?

In addition, Huangpu District is one of the major transportation distribution centers in Shanghai. Metro Line 1, Line 2 and Line 8 meet at People's Square Station. Shanghai's bus lines also form a network hub in Huangpu District. Yan 'an Elevated Road and North-South Elevated Road in Shanghai's Inner Ring Road intersect in Huangpu District. The three-dimensional traffic network on the ground, underground and in the air makes the traffic in Huangpu District extend in all directions. ?

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Extended information:

Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" or "Shen" for short, is a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, a national central city, a megacity, a core city of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Greater Bay Area, an international economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation center, and 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 and the core city of G61 Science and Technology Corridor. It faces Kyushu Island across the East China Sea, Hangzhou Bay in the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the north and west.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shanghai was the fief of Huang Xie, the king of Chu in the spring of Shen Dynasty, so it was also called Shen. During the Jin Dynasty in the 4th and 5th centuries, because fishermen created fishing tools "Hu", the place where the river flows into the sea was called "blasphemy", so the downstream area of Songjiang was called "Hu", and later it was changed to "Shanghai", so Shanghai was called "Shanghai" for short. Huating County was established in the Tang Dynasty.

Shanghai is a famous national historical and cultural city, with profound cultural heritage of modern cities and numerous historical sites. The culture of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Wu and Yue merged with the industrial culture introduced from the west to form the unique Shanghai culture. ? After 1843, Shanghai became an open commercial port and rapidly developed into the largest city in the Far East.

Resources: Baidu Encyclopedia Shanghai.