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A general survey of Yangzhou
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Updated: 2006-04-07 16:10
Yangzhou
Yangzhou, one of China's famous historical and cultural cities, has long
been eulogized as "famous city on Jianghuai Plain".
The city began to be built in 486 B.C. during the Spring and Autumn
Period. So far it has a history of over 2,480 years.
In the past, Yangzhou was named Hangou, Guangling, Jiangdu, Wucheng and
Weiyang. Yangzhou was one of the country's nine natural regions in remote
antiquity. It became not only a political and military base of
southeastern China in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), but also an
important distribution center of grain, salt and iron in China, and a
major harbor as well because of its favorable location in the Jianghuai
Plain.
Since ancient times, Yangzhou has been a tourist city. From as early as
the Six Dynasties (222-589), there was an old saying "to visit Yangzhou
by riding on a crane, one has to tie myriads of strings of coins around
the waist", which means that Yangzhou is really an amazing land while you
have to spend a lot of money. Yangzhou has been the ideal place to be
frequently visited by men of letters and scholars since ancient times.
In the Tang Dynasty, it lured numerous celebrities and scholars. Its
ancient civilization and splendid culture even aroused the emperors'
interest in touring the city.
It is said that the Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty visited Yangzhou
three times for appreciating the city's rare flowers, and the emperors
Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) had been to the city
six times each. Their visits made many places of interest in Yangzhou
famous nationwide.
Nowadays, these sites have become the most valuable tourist resources in
developing the city's tourist industry. Now the ancient Yangzhou City has
rejuvenated its vigor, greeting its tourists from home and abroad with a
new look.
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