Nowadays, many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars come to Shanghai to perform, and they always say, "Ala is from Shanghai" as if they are "brothers". In fact, if you trace their origins, they are almost all from Ningbo. Even Hong Kong tycoons such as Dong Haoyun and Pao Yugang, who made their fortune in Shanghai, are ultimately their ancestral home in Ningbo. For many Ningbo people, Shanghai is like a platform: starting from Ningbo, after being refined in Shanghai, they finally move towards All over the world, the "Ningbo Gang" has been formed all over the world. To a large extent, people from Ningbo and Shanghai are from the same family. The "Ningbo People in Shanghai" exhibition to be held during the May Day period will, for the first time, display the history of Ningbo people in Shanghai in the form of an exhibition in front of Shanghai citizens. "Ningbo People in Shanghai" - an exhibition that has been prepared for two years. "This is also the first large-scale exhibition in Shanghai to showcase immigrant culture." Lu Pingyi, director of the Maritime Ningbo People Research Center, told the "Sunday Morning News" reporter with great expectation. . From May 1 to May 9, 2007, the "Ningbo People in Shanghai" exhibition will be held at the Shanghai Workers' Cultural Palace. For this exhibition, Lu Pingyi and other colleagues from the Shanghai Ningbo Association have been preparing for nearly two years. Before holding this exhibition, Lu Pingyi had edited a series of books "Ningbo People in Shanghai". "In order to compile this series of books, we interviewed many parties and reviewed a lot of historical materials. We found that many firsts in Shanghai and even Chinese history were created by Ningbo people in Shanghai - such as the first modern bank. , the first stock exchange, the first insurance company, the first suit store, as well as the first hardware store, silk store, watch store, Chinese medicine store, the first match factory, light bulb factory, and chemical products factory , printing factory..." Lu Pingyi said with emotion, "I would have never imagined that Ningbo people are really extraordinary, and the connection between Ningbo and Shanghai is much closer than we originally thought!" "And! This time, we will not only introduce the unique history of Ningbo people in Shanghai through a large number of historical pictures and text materials, but also ask comrades from the Shanghai History Museum to provide us with more than 1,000 physical objects and historical documents. "Shanghai Ningbo Economy. Deputy Secretary-General Yuan Enzhao of the Construction Promotion Association added to reporters. "We also invited many retired Ningbo veterans to set up a cultural relics collection group to collect relevant physical objects from the public." At the exhibition press conference held on April 27, Executive Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Ningbo Association Chairman Chen Zhengxing revealed to reporters attending the meeting, "Although it was difficult to collect observations, after hearing about our exhibition, many celebrities and descendants from Ningbo enthusiastically contributed collections to us. Some of the objects are very precious and have high value." The cultural relic value and research value of this exhibition will be divided into "Saving the country and saving the people and taking the lead", "Working hard and striving for self-improvement", "Pioneering and enterprising and actively contributing", "Inheriting the past and opening up the future", "Century of Ningbo merchants". ", Create Glory Again" five major sections, the total exhibition area will reach 1,700 square meters. "I believe this exhibition will focus on the contributions made by Ningbo people and immigrants from all over the country in the construction of Shanghai." Chen Zhengxing concluded at the press conference. "Ala" is originally a Ningbo dialect - Shanghai life related to Ningbo. "Do you know how many Ningbo people are in Shanghai today? Three million!" Yuan Enzhao told reporters an amazing statistic. Yu Wei, a young teacher in the History Department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, is also one of these three million Ningbo residents. "I remember when we were in college, classmates from other places were very keen to participate in hometown associations, but we from Ningbo didn't care - because there were Ningbo people everywhere!" Yu Wei said. "However, compared with before liberation, the proportion of Ningbo people in Shanghai has actually declined." Lu Pingyi, who has done extensive research on the history of Ningbo people in Shanghai, told reporters: In the 1930s, when Ningbo merchants were most prosperous, In the 1990s, the number of Ningbo people in Shanghai reached more than one million, accounting for one-fifth of Shanghai's population at that time. Although Ningbo people make up a large proportion of Shanghai, they are different from immigrants from other places. They are more closely integrated with Shanghai. "It can be said that they have actually become part of the new Shanghainese, and many of the language and living habits of Shanghainese today are actually related to the Ningbo People's Congress." Yuan Enzhao cited two typical examples.

"For example, the 'Ala' that Shanghainese call themselves is actually Ningbo dialect. Shanghainese like to add the word 'A' before their titles, such as 'Uncle', 'Grandma', etc., which are also influenced by Ningbo titles; another example is that Shanghainese After all, they like to eat steamed rice in the morning. This is also a habit of Ningbo people." When it comes to eating, Yu Wei, who has moved to Shanghai for more than ten years, also has a deep understanding of it. When he first came to Shanghai, he discovered a very interesting phenomenon. Although there were not many Ningbo restaurants in Shanghai, Shanghainese had a special liking for Ningbo cuisine. "Shanghai people seem to also like to eat authentic Ningbo dishes such as drunken shrimp, yellow mud snails, eels, and moss cakes. In fact, there is also a dish that made a big splash in Shanghai back then - hairy cockles..."

There used to be another interesting connection between Ningbo people and Shanghainese: in the past, Shanghai girls had a clear line between outsiders, especially those from northern Jiangsu, who would never marry; Ningbo Lang, Shanghai parents are "open and closed". As for girls from Ningbo, many are willing to marry in Shanghai. “First of all, most Ningbo people have relatives in Shanghai, and secondly, the living habits of the two places are also very close, so there won’t be any discomfort.” Yu Wei said. Starting a business in Shanghai with integrity - the tradition of Ningbo merchants. This exhibition "Ningbo People in Shanghai" will introduce more than 450 famous Ningbo people from various walks of life in Shanghai history. A large number of them started their businesses in Shanghai in their early years. Ningbo businessman. "The process of Ningbo people moving to Shanghai can be roughly divided into four stages. The third stage (1911-1937) was the heyday of Ningbo merchants in Shanghai. In the 1930s, some people counted Shanghai's industrial and commercial celebrities. In 1836 There are 453 people from Ningbo on the list! " Lu Ping told reporters, "Among the five major business gangs in Shanghai, namely Shanxi, Hui, Fujian, Guangdong and Ningbo, Ningbo people finally had the last laugh and became the largest business gang. "Different from other merchant gangs, many of the older generation of Ningbo merchants originally came to Shanghai as apprentices. They were able to endure hardship and were good at learning, so they quickly made a name for themselves in Shanghai. Pei Luo Meng Suit Store, Heng Sheng Suit Store, Shao Wansheng Nan Goods Store, Sanyang Nan Goods Store, Hendali Watch Shop, Zhonghua Leather Shoe Store, Lao Zhengxing Restaurant, Cai Tong German Pharmacy... Look at those on Nanjing Road Almost all time-honored brands were created by Ningbo people in Shanghai. "Lu Pingyi said. "One of the characteristics of Ningbo merchants is honesty and trustworthiness. "Yuan Enzhao listed a person to the reporter. "Ye Chengzhong, the founder of Shanghai's hardware industry, came to Shanghai as an apprentice at the age of 14, and later worked as a sampan operator on the Huangpu River. Once, a British bank manager hired him to cross the river and forgot a briefcase containing thousands of dollars. Not only did Ye Chengzhong not be greedy, but he was still waiting for the owner at the same place. The owner was moved by him and later helped him in the hardware business. After years of hard work, he finally became the famous "Hardware King" in Shanghai. "After the reform and opening up, a new generation of Ningbo businessmen returned to Shanghai, including Huaxiang, Hongrun, Baoji, Youngor, Longyuan and other large enterprises. "They inherited the integrity spirit of the older generation of Ningbo businessmen and created Many new achievements were made. Zhuang Xiaotian, president of the Shanghai Ningbo Association, once summarized the characteristics of the new Ningbo businessmen. "However, unlike the old Ningbo businessmen, most of them came to Shanghai with capital. They have a stronger ability to accept new things, but for The fine cultural traditions of old Ningbo merchants are not very familiar. " Chen Pingyi concluded, "One of the reasons why we hold this exhibition is to hope that new Ningbo businessmen can understand this period of history and play a greater role in promoting the construction of Shanghai in the new era. ”