即便没有到过上海,人们对于上海也都会有一番自己的想象。无论是灯红酒绿、租界弄堂,还是大亨巨头、浪奔浪流,上海之外人们这些“凭空”的想象都说明上海作为一座城市,承载了太多文化记忆。这座城市的意义,对于中国来说是独一无二的,它的地位甚至与国家的首都北京不分轩轾。两座城市隔着半个中国遥遥相望,几乎占据了中国城市文化中最精彩的风景。从元朝设立上海县以来,上海已经走过了七百余年的历史,但与北京在许许多多历史剧变中 Even if not been to Shanghai, people will have their own imagination for Shanghai. Whether it is flamboyant, concession alley, or tycoon tycoon, waves, people outside of Shanghai, these “imagination ” shows that Shanghai as a city, carrying too much cultural memory. The significance of this city is unique to China and its place is not even different from that of Beijing, the capital of the country. The two cities are halfway across China and almost occupy the most spectacular scenery in Chinese urban culture. Since the founding of Shanghai in the Yuan Dynasty, Shanghai has gone through more than 700 years of history, but with many historical changes in Beijing