Ancient Shanghai
Shanghai, an eastern border of Vietnam, Warring States Period, when the administrative divisions of Shanghai is the state of Chu, was once Chunshen Jun Huang Chu-eup, break the seal, through the modern Shanghai's Huangpu River, also known as spring Shenjiang, so do Shanghai known as "Shen" .
Year 4, the fifth century when the Jin dynasty, Songjiang (now known as Suzhou River) and the coastal area residents are engaged in fishing for a living, they created a bamboo fishing tool is called "Hu" and also because it was River into the sea Department referred to as "malfeasance" and therefore, Songjiang downstream area known as "Hu malfeasance," and later changed, "Hu" to "Shanghai."
"Shanghai" is located in Songjiang because (Suzhou Creek) downstream tributary of the "Shanghai Pu" and named. Beginning of the eighth century home Huating County, position in today's Songjiang District, Shanghai area is the beginning of construction of county.
Song to home town of Shanghai. In 1292, established the Yuan Dynasty Shanghai County, county government center in today's Shanghai Huangpu along DJ, are generally regarded as the starting point for the history of Shanghai. During the Ming Dynasty, Shanghai gradually flourishing in 1553, built for the pirates arrived in Shanghai City (in the original Nanshiqu now merged with the Huangpu District), vested the jurisdiction of the South Zhili Songjiang prefecture.
Songjiang prefecture jurisdiction throughout the country's largest cotton textile center, in addition Huating County, and another Qingpu County (now Qingpu District), Jinshan Wei (now Jinshan District), etc.. Qing Dynasty followed the Ming system of attribution southern province of Songjiang prefecture, located Customs House.