Why do you call Shanghai the magic capital?

Magic Capital was one of the nicknames of Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s. Compared with western names such as "the greatest city in the Far East" and "Paris in the East", Magic was the customary name for Shanghai by the Japanese at that time.

The word "Magic Capital" originated from the best-selling novel "Magic Capital" written by the famous Japanese writer Muramatsu who lived in Shanghai about a century ago. In this work, Muramatsu invented the word "magic capital" to refer to Shanghai.

Today, the word Magic City can be understood as "MAGIC CITY" in English, which means magical city or magical city.

Compared with "Imperial Capital" Beijing and "Magic Capital" Guangzhou, the magic capital refers to Shanghai. Later, some people used the magic capital to refer to Nanjing. Therefore, Shanghai and Nanjing are "Big Magic Capital" and "Little Magic Capital" respectively.

At that time, Shanghai was called the "magic capital" because it had a magical attribute that other cities in the world did not have, and the root of this magical attribute was the coexistence of "two different spaces" in Shanghai because of the establishment of the concession.

Due to the mutual infiltration and conflict between "two different spaces" (namely, the concession and the county seat), Shanghai has become an unparalleled "compatible" city, which has produced various strange phenomena, which can be summarized by the word "magic capital".

In recent years, the word "magic capital" has completely become synonymous with Shanghai.

Extended data:

Nicknames of several other cities in China:

1, Imperial City

Reference: Beijing

Explanation: "Imperial Capital" is the abbreviation of "Imperial Capital". The origin of using "Imperial Capital" to refer to Beijing is unknown.

2. Devil's Capital

Reference: Guangzhou

Description: It comes from Animation Star City (the largest animation online game experience base in China, located in Guangzhou), and is an urban concept created by Japanese ACG culture.

3. foggy city

Reference: Chongqing

Commentary: There is a saying that there are many foggy days in Chongqing, so it is called the foggy city.

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People's Network-How to introduce "Magic Capital" and "Imperial Capital" to the Japanese?