Wuxi was called little shanghai in the Republic of China. Why did it get its name?

Wuxi, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, has been known as the Pearl of Taihu Lake since ancient times. Wuxi has a long history and culture, which can be traced back to the late Shang Dynasty. Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, once wrote: "Take the bright moon alone and taste the Er Quan on earth!" This praise is Huiquan Mountain in Wuxi, which has fascinated countless scholars. However, Jiangnan has been rich since ancient times, and urban development has its own merits, so Wuxi's popularity is not very prominent. Why is Wuxi, an economic power, always forgotten?

the real rise of Wuxi is in modern times. Wuxi was called little shanghai at that time, and it is still quoted today. This shows that Wuxi's social and economic activities were inactive at that time. In the book "Wuxi Guide" at the beginning of last century, we found that the recovery should be returned, the place should be changed, the road should be repaired, the rickshaw should be repaired and the playground should be opened. The number of tourists is several times that of the former, but the benefits will come, so we pay tribute to them and say that the local customs of Wuxi have become "little shanghai". This is also the earliest origin of Wuxi being called little shanghai!

One hundred years ago, Wuxi's industry began to develop slowly. At that time, Wuxi was also the birthplace of China's national industry. Wuxi takes yarn mills, flour mills and silk mills as its pillar industries, with the number of workers and industrial output value ranking first in the country. Developed industries make Wuxi rise slowly. With the industrial foundation, Wuxi's commerce, transportation, culture and so on. It is slowly rising, with heavy traffic and bustling. Little shanghai's name spread like wildfire from now on!

more than p>4 years ago, an American photographer came to China, from Beijing to Guangzhou, and took photos all the way south. At that time, China was basically an agricultural society, and the pictures in the photos could be described as backward. But when the photographer came to Wuxi, he was deeply shocked! Compared with most cities in China, Wuxi was far ahead at that time.

in 197s, farmers in China basically made a living by farming. But Wuxi is a special case. Wuxi has developed township industries, and many villagers work in township factories instead of farming. At that time, the leader of the brigade said that because Wuxi was close to Shanghai, many industrial production in Shanghai spread here. Most of the products here are sold to Shanghai, and then sold to the whole country and exported.

Although there was no reform and opening up at that time, Wuxi's township development model has gradually taken shape, which is the later Sunan model! Sunan mode refers to the way to realize non-agricultural development by developing township enterprises in Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou, and Wuxi is an important birthplace of Sunan mode. After the founding of New China, a number of Shedui enterprises were established in Wuxi on the basis of collective sideline. By the 197s, these Shedui enterprises gradually developed into agricultural machinery factories.