Using both pictures and words, this book demonstrates the development history of the Shanghai city and its people and culture with vivid images. Different from previous works,this book emphasizes the depths and expanses of time, starting from the beginning of the formation of Shanghai to the 21st century.Through all kinds of pictures, and from the perspectives of economy, culture, folklore, arts and etc., it offers a multi-point multi-faceted view of the history of Shanghai in its integration of the Chinese and Western cultures and the resulting formation of its urban spirit.