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Chapterl History' Shanghai Six Thousand-Year-Olc1 Majiabang
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Five-Thousand-Year-Olcl Sol.tgze Culture Four-Thousand-\'ear.olc1Liat-igzhr'tCu]ture
Small trishing Net Develolls Big
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Father River and Nlother RiVer Remarkable Place Fostering Otttstallclit'ig eeollle A HundredYear Old "Oriental Paris" Sllitles
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Chapter2 Architecture' Shanghai Shikumen: A Scroll of Common Dailr Life
Old Storied Houses: An Olci Drealll of the Wealthy and Dignitaries'
Former Residence s of Celebrities: ,\t-ttl-tel.ttic Records of Influential Figures
The Bunci: Ma$nificent Lirzinti-Root-t't of Shalng hai.. .;., :'
Chapter4 Life' Shanghai
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Rars: Shelter of Urban Souls
Uxcursions: l'onclering ovcr tlle t)etails of
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Songjiang: Xanadu of Emperor Shotlrncirlg Wu State
vrrrll N4usi(l and Poetry
Jiading: An Enchanting Scenic Spot
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Qingpu: A Pearl of Watery Ilcgiotts
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S hanghai is a sea citY. I1 neighbors the sea into which thâ&#x201A;Ź Yangtze River flows through here,
Although younger than thosf cities with ce nturios-old histor) and grand imPorial Palaces Shanghai's fc:itfurc is mos appar(]nt itl its vigor anc livingness.
Shanghai is <locp liko a sea. I opens its ttrllls wiclc an( welcomes whut<tvtlr anrl whoeve from the all c<lrnors ()f thc world
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Shanghai is colorftrl likc tl sea Either the matorittl itlltttltlattcc o the spiritual cttri<rlttltotlt help: make Shanghili it lrosh anr enchanting (ritY.
The thtlrrt, ol sltrtttgltiti llxpo eff boclic:s tt ttttivtrrsitl h<t1lo for "Botte
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gossillner and superficial as a man without background. As tlttr rrrost flourishing international metropolis in modern China, $llrtrnghai has always been regarded as a city that thrived fleetly
tlttrlrtg more or less than one hundred years. While the fact is
lltrrl Shanghai, who occupies an area of 6,341 sq. km., also lloirsls tr brilliant and gorgeous history of long standing, which l-s
lltrrt of the splendid culture of the Chinese nation ancl which
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ttlrtrirrly f<lund in Shanghai about 30 historical sites that can be 1y111'tr(l
back as early as 4,OOO to 6,000 years elgo. They
Insgxrr:tlvoly reflect the times of the early, middle an<l ltttcl stages
ol'llttr tntttrilineal sociery the patrilineal clan con'ltr)tlllc, tts well 6!{ llttr llclri<lcl of class society. All theso ilrc;hitoological (lls('ovtrrkrs help to ascertain that the histr>ry <fi Sltttttglrui can l)t. trirt'ctl llac:k to 6,000 years ago.
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Majiabang Culture is one of the ancient cultures appeared as early as the
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matrilineal society in the Taihu Lake valley and ever since 1959 has been named after Majiabang of Jiaxing Cily of Zhejiang FTovince, the place where
its historical site was excavafed. ln Shanghai, however, the most
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