Shashi
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means ''port on the river''. In 689 BC Shashi became a kind of outpost to the Chu dynasty capital of the time. The great poet Qu Yuan was born here in the 4th C. In the Tang era (618-907) trade considerably improved and under Ming rule (1368-1644) the city expanded even further. At that time Shashi had 99 main roads, each of which was intended for a specific business or craft.

In recent times some branches of industry have developed rapidly in Shashi, especially light industry, textiles, electronics, chemicals and engineering.