XIV.

History and Culture of Shanghai

I. history &
geography
• area: 6,340.5 km2
• population: 27,137,000
shàng hǎi
• 16 districts, 210 towns and subdistricts
• GDP: CNY 3.267 trillion
• per capita: CNY 157,300
• coastline: 172 km
• climate: subtropical humid monsoon
zone （ average 28 ℃ in summer ）
I. history &
geography
• area: 6,340.5 km2
• population: 27,137,000
shàng hǎi
• 16 districts, 210 towns and subdistricts
• GDP: CNY 3.267 trillion
• per capita: CNY 157,300
• coastline: 172 km
• climate: subtropical humid monsoon
zone （ average 28 ℃ in summer ）
I. history & shàng hǎi hù shēn chéng
geography

5-7th century

751 CE 977 1216 /1219 1554 1780

12th century
I. history &
geography 1845
British settlement

1849
French concession

1862
American settlement
 shí lǐ yáng chǎng
I. history &
geography

yè shàng hǎi

1905 1907 1925 1927

a special municipality
I. history &
geography
modern
charming II. character
rich
zuo

magical city
mysterious place?
modern
charming II. character
rich
zuo
mó dū
• Muramatsu Shoufuu: a Japanese Writer
• two-layered spaces
• legends about the mó in shanghai
• shanghai’s economic boom and prosperity
• shanghai’s hardships and stressful living
 modern
charming II. character
rich
zuo
mó dū ITEMS PRICE AMOUNT TOTAL
breakfast 6 365 2,190
lunch 15 365 5,475
dinner 10 365 3,650
77,715 yuan rent 2000 12 48,000
12,532 US dollars facility 200 12 2,400
phone bill 100 12 1,200
clothing 1500 4 6,000
transportation 400 12 4,800
travelling 2000 2 4,000
miscellaneous
hong bao 600 n
 hello thanks sorry
ni hao xie xie dui bu qi III. Shanghainese
nong hao xia ya dei wa qi

I, we you he, they

wo, wo men ni, ni men ta, ta men
ngu, ala nong, na yi, yi la

eaten yet? I love you! OK.

ni chi guo le ma? wo ai ni! ke yi.
nong qi gu le wa? ngu ai nong. ku-yi. yáng
how much? expensive! byebye
duo shao qian? ta gui le! zai jian
ji di a? ta ju le! zai wei. jīng

ang sei na-mo-wen dia bāng

Xu Guangqi
III. Shanghainese

Huang Daopo

Soong sisters Yao Ming

Ailing Chang

Ruan Lingyu Liu Xiang

IV. intimacy
with foreign
people