Toponyms II

One of my favorite parts of the urban planning museum was a sleepy exhibit on one of my favorite things:  toponyms!
My first visit to Shanghai back in 2013, I exhausted my Chinese coworkers by constantly asking them what every place and street and park’s name meant.  I specifically remember being told that “Huaihai Rd. doesn’t mean anything.”  Well…An ancient name for the city of Shanghai was 申 (Shēn.)  This explains why it shows up in the street names around Shanghai Disneyland.I’ll let the other signs for the other areas speak for themselves.


  
  

  

  
  


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