Let's start with "Shanghai". "Shanghai" was originally a fishing tool made of bamboo. Local people insert this tool into rivers and seas, and the tide sinks and ebbs. The fish came with the tide and was stopped by Shanghai when it ebbed. In ancient times, the trumpet-shaped channel was called "blasphemy" At that time, Shanghai was located at the mouth of Songjiang, a trumpet-shaped bay. Therefore, people will call the Songjiangkou area, also known as "blasphemy" and "Shanghai" everywhere, "Lake Capital", which is the location of Shanghai. Therefore, "Shanghai" has also become synonymous with Shanghai.

Speaking of the abbreviation of "Shen" in Shanghai, it has something to do with Huang Xie, a noble of Chu who was sealed here during the Warring States Period. Huang Xie was one of the famous "Four Childes" in the Warring States Period, whose name was Chun Shen Jun. He is as famous as Meng Changjun of Qi, Xinlingjun of Wei and Ping Yuanjun of Zhao. At that time, Huangpu River was still an unnamed river, because of sediment deposition, the riverbed was high and often flooded. Huang Xie led the people to dredge, dredge the river and build dams, so that the river can benefit the people. To commemorate him, people not only built a temple for him, but also renamed the river Jiang Shen, Jiang Shen for short. Later, people called Shanghai "Shen". Therefore, the abbreviation of Shanghai "Shen" is a commemoration of Huang Xie's benefit to Shanghainese.