上海導(dǎo)游詞英文 篇1
Shanghai, located at the outlet of the Yangtze River into the sea in eastChina, is a metropolis, the largest economic center and one of the four citiesunder the direct jurisdiction of the central government in China.The area ofShanghai totals 6,340 square kilometers. Shanghai has a permanent population ofmore than 13.50 million while it sees a large moving population of over 2.5million daily.
Historically speaking, Shanghai is not only a city of a long history andculture but also a heroic city with a glorious tradition in Chineserevolution.
When the western Great Powers broke through the closed gate of China withtheir gunboats during the Opium War Shanghai was forced open by the colonialistsas one of the five trading ports. With concessions carved out in Shanghai thearea was reduced to be a “pandemonium of adventurers.” Shanghai is also a heroiccity with a glorious tradition in Chinese revolution. First of all ,it is thebirthplace of the Communist Party of China. To fight for the nationalindependence and liberation the people of Shanghai waged a series of such epicstruggles as Anti-British struggle at the Wusong Estuary, Uprising of the SmallSword Society, “May 4 Movement”for new culture, “May 30th Movement,” three timesof armed struggles, “January 28”and “August 13”anti-Japanese battles inSongjiang and Shanghai. And after the War of Resistance against Japan was overthe people in Shanghai again devoted themselves to the struggles of opposingautocratic rule and civil war while fighting for democracy and freedom, forminga second battle-line in opposition to the rule of the Kuomintangreactionaries.