Shangyu District is a municipal district of Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China (PRC) (China).

Shangyu is said to be the birthplace of Shun and the place where Shun gave way to Danzhu. There is a historical legend that "avoid Dan Zhu, obey all officials", and it is also the legendary hometown of Zhu Yingtai and the birthplace of China celadon.

20 18 Shangyu District now governs 6 streets (Guanbai Street, Caoe Street, Dongguan Street, Daoxu Street, Xiaoyue Street and Lianghu Street) and 1 1 towns (Songxia Town, Zhang zhen Town, Fenghui Town, Shangpu Town, Tangpu Town and He Yong). There are 353 administrative villages and 87 urban communities in this area.

Extended data

1. Historical evolution: In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jianwu (25~56) was restored to Shangyu County, belonging to Huiji County. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it belonged to the Eastern Palace of Wu Yueguo. The Northern Song Dynasty belongs to Yuezhou. In the first year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuezhou was changed to Shaoxing Prefecture. In the 13th year of Yuan Dynasty, Shaoxing House was changed to Shaoxing Road, and in the 26th year of Yuan Dynasty (1366), Shaoxing House was restored and Shangyu was its county.

Since 1952 in Ningbo and 1964 in Shaoxing. 1968 originally belonged to Shaoxing area. Shaoxing city from 1983. 1992 Withdraw counties and set up cities. 20 13 withdraw from the city and set up districts.

Specialty: Guangdong Red Wine, Shangyu, Gaibei Grape, Shangyu Cucumber, Broad Bean, Myrica rubra, Songxia Mould Thousand Slices, Plum Blossom, Guangdong Porcelain, and Shuimo Rice Cake.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Shangyu