Another name for Shanghai

Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai", is also called "Shen". According to historical records, the Jinshan area was a sea of Wang Yang in ancient times or hundreds of millions of years ago. With the changes of the times, strong submarine volcanic activity and crustal movement gradually formed a stable stratum. Until more than 6,400 years ago, most of Shanghai was still a sea of Wang Yang. As time goes on, sediment deposits gradually become beaches. After a long time, sediment accumulated, and new land was formed in Jinshan area in the west, and the eastern area was formed. The nickname "Shen" can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Shanghai belonged to the territory of the State of Wu. The King of Wu once built a pavilion here and named it "Huating". At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Yue annexed Wu, and Shanghai became a part of the State of Yue. In the mid-Warring States period, the state of Yue declined, and Chu took the opportunity to destroy Yue and incorporated Shanghai into the territory of Chu. At the end of the Warring States Period, Zhao Haoqi of Qin wanted to annex the world. In order to destroy the State of Chu, the King of Chu was completely detained in the State of Qin. In order to protect the prince, Huang Xie left the prince pretending to be an envoy, but stayed in Qin, and was almost put to death by the king of Qin. Later, under the mediation of Fan Ju, the State of Qin, Huang Xie was put back to the State of Chu. Soon after, the prince completed the task of being king of Chu. Huang Xie was appointed as Chu Lingyin by the King of Chu, with the title of "Chun Shen Jun". The King of Chu first gave twelve counties in Huaibei to Huang Xie, and later changed Huang Xie to Jiangdong territory, which was in charge of the site of the former State of Wu. Since then, Shanghai has become the fief of Huang Xie, and Shen Jun in spring. At that time, the boundary of Shanghai was still barren, and the Huangpu River was still a nameless river. Due to perennial sediment deposition, the riverbed gradually becomes higher and often overflows, hurting people on both sides of the strait. It is said that it was after the arrival of Huang Xie that he led the people to dig rivers, clean the riverbed, dredge the river and build dikes to solve the flood problem of Huangpu River. According to legend, in 238 BC, King Gao Lie of Chu died of illness, and Huang Xie was killed by traitors on his way to the funeral. After the death of Huang Xie, the "Shen Jun in Spring", Shanghainese honored Huang Xie as the "City God" in memory of Huang Xie, and renamed the river under their control as "Jiang Shen in Spring" (now Huangpu River), or "Jiang Shen" for short. Later, "Shen" became another name for Shanghai. Therefore, for a long time, Shanghai has been called "Shencheng".