Introduction to Yangzhou?

Yangzhou is an ancient cultural city with a history of more than 2,490 years. Since Fu Cha, the King of Wu, built the city in the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancient Yangzhou has experienced several ups and downs. It is an ancient land and water transportation hub and salt transportation center in China, the largest metropolis in southeast China and a famous scenic tourist city. Known as "the richest man in the world." There are many places of interest here, such as Hangou in the Spring and Autumn Period (the oldest canal section in China), Guangling King's Tomb in the Han Dynasty, Yangling Mausoleum in the Sui Dynasty, daming temple Ancient Temple in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tang Jianzhen Memorial Hall, Puhading Tomb in the Song Dynasty, Xianhe Temple, private gardens in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (famous for its four seasons) and Heyuan (famous for its architectural style of combining Chinese and Western styles). 1982, the State Council announced Yangzhou as the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China. Yangzhou is also a famous tourist attraction at home and abroad. It has always been a gathering place for people, and it is a prosperous city with many places of interest and elegant gardens. Yangzhou's "Slender West Lake" has a long history and is favored by landscape experts in past dynasties. On both sides of Shili Lake District, a holy land of "two dikes, flowers and willows all depend on the water and mountains all the way" has been created. There are many temples on Guanyin Mountain, which is known as "the first Lingshan in the south of the Yangtze River". "Moonlit Bridge 24, where can jade people teach to play the flute?" It has been a good place to enjoy the moon since ancient times. Yangzhou also has the ancient temple daming temple with a long history, Heyuan with the reputation of "urban mountain forest", gardens famous for rockeries in four seasons, palaces left by emperors such as Yang Di, Kangxi and Qianlong, and so on. There are countless beautiful scenery, which is really a must in Jiangnan. Yangzhou is the hometown of China's traditional drama in history. Famous local operas, such as Yangju Opera, Yangzhou Pinghua and Yangzhou Yin Qing, are still loved by people today. Yangzhou's traditional crafts, lacquerware, jade carving, embroidery and velvet flowers with local characteristics can be traced back to the Warring States period more than 2,000 years ago and flourished in the recent Qing Dynasty. Known for its exquisite art and exquisite production, some products are exported to more than 50 countries and regions in the world. Yangzhou is a famous historical city. Yangzhou has a history of nearly 2500 years, and it has experienced vicissitudes, ups and downs and glory for a while. The prosperity of Han, Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties made this ancient city make a positive contribution to the prosperity of the motherland. The Western Han Dynasty was the first development peak in Yangzhou history. Yang Di dug the Grand Canal and established Yangzhou's position as a transportation hub. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou was the richest in the world, sometimes called "Yang Yi Yi Er". In the middle of Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou became the hub of China's water transport and the largest salt distribution center, and became one of the world's largest cities with 10 residents of more than 500,000. After years of historical accumulation, the ancient city of Yangzhou, with an area of 5.09 square kilometers, has become one of the ancient cities with relatively well-preserved historical features in China. There are many historical sites, sites and cultural relics. There are cultural relics protection units 148 in the urban area alone, including 4 at the national level (Geyuan, Heyuan, Puhading Tomb, Yangzhou City Site in Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties) and 6 at the provincial level 16. Wenchang Road in the urban area is known as "Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, through the ages". Yangzhou is a famous cultural city with rich humanities. In the long process of development, Yangzhou has accumulated a thick and splendid Yangzhou culture and experienced several economic booms. Literary creation, artistic achievements, academic research, cultural relics accumulation and craft production are the pride of Yangzhou people and an important window of Chinese culture. A large number of politicians, writers and artists worked as officials and traveled in Yangzhou, leaving a lot of excellent works. Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Meng Haoran and Du Mu all lived in Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty. During the Kanggan period, the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" school, represented by Zheng Xie, Jinnong, Li and Li, was unique in China painting circle. Yangzhou opera, storytelling, academy, block printing, local chronicles compilation and book collection, which were formed in the Qing Dynasty, flourished for a while and became symbols of Yangzhou culture. Today, Yangzhou has developed science, education and culture, and has been rated as an advanced city in China for many times. Characteristic culture Yangzhou culture, like other regional cultures, is not an antique displayed in a museum cabinet, but a torch that illuminates the future in the mountains at night. In the strong mountain wind, sometimes it is radiant and sometimes it is dim. Many torches were blown out by the mountain wind, but the torch of Yangzhou culture did not go out, still shining. It has passed through the historical tunnel of more than two thousand years and has come to modern times and today. The most resounding eulogy of Yangzhou culture is "Guangling Dui" written by Wang Zhong in Qing Dynasty. He recounted the heroic deeds of Yangzhou in the past two thousand years, the talent of literature and art, the behavior of filial sons and virgins, and the writings of celebrities and scholars. Generally speaking, it means "when a stranger comes out, the country will be bright." In the long history, he described Yangzhou's great contribution to the country in agriculture, salt and iron industry, transportation and other aspects, and also described Yangzhou's great sacrifice at the turning point in history. It is a famous historical city worthy of the world. Wang Zhong said this in the fifty-second year of Qianlong, that is, when the prosperity of Kanggan was coming to an end. Unlike Cao Xueqin, who wrote A Dream of Red Mansions, he could not foresee that the feudal building was about to collapse and Yangzhou was about to weaken. Today's people praise Yangzhou culture and should push Song Zhenting. He said: "Yangzhou culture is the comprehensive culture of China. No matter what you like, you can find what you love. " He listed Yangzhou's contributions to historical sites, poetry, painting, religion, ancestral graves, food and gardens. His central meaning is: "Yangzhou is a good place to inspire the pride of the Chinese nation." He is full of praise for the advantages of Yangzhou culture. He also wrote about the future of Yangzhou, but the language was vague, because in the 1980s, the author had not yet felt the arrival of the wave of economic globalization. Some people criticize Yangzhou culture, such as Zhu Ziqing, saying that Yangzhou people are "stingy and vain". Small eyes like beans, empty is a bluff. After Kanggan, the salt industry declined, and Yangzhou City was marginalized and closed for a long time, which was the root of eyes like beans. It has declined but remained rich, which is the root of bravado. Zhu Ziqing loves his hometown deeply, so he is very painful. He didn't hit the nail on the head about the decline of Yangzhou culture, but hit the nail on the head. Another mr. yi mocked Yangzhou people for being "lazy, romantic, decadent and depressed". Mr. yi finally lost the lawsuit, but mr. yi didn't. Who can say that those elements in Yangzhou's cultural genes today, such as meanness, talkativeness, fear of hardship, isolation and arrogance, have all disappeared? A city has gradually acquired a cultural spirit since the day it was established. In the process of urban development, this cultural spirit has gradually changed, from conservative ignorance to high-spirited openness, or from striving for strength to negative decadence, and it will not remain unchanged. This is especially true in Yangzhou, which has experienced more than two thousand years of ups and downs. Ideology acts on the economy, but it is determined by the economic foundation, namely productivity and mode of production. The ancestors who waved the first shovel to dig ditches on our land and the people who use keyboards to direct the South-to-North Water Transfer Project at computer desks today will not have a unified value concept and way of thinking. The most vigorous and powerful era of Yangzhou culture was in the Tang Dynasty. "The streets are full of willows, and the clouds reflect two cities", "The city bridge is brightly lit, and Guo Fanshui is nearly half a cow". Yangzhou's material civilization was created by Yangzhou people themselves. As you can imagine, people in Yangzhou walked on the Moon Bridge that day, with their heads held high and heroic. Yangzhou people wrote "Moonlit Night on the Spring River", in which they saw the vast rivers, bright moon and starlight, flying geese and diving ichthyosaurs. While seeing Wan Li, they thought of the universe of life. Later generations read the majestic, magnificent, magnificent and magnificent breath from the songs of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, from the harmony between people and nature in Yangzhou in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and from wisdom and spirituality. Yangzhou is not only Yangzhou for Yangzhou people, but also Yangzhou for everyone. When the scholar arrived in Yangzhou, he reflected that "he is willing to learn Confucianism, and the book window will miss his life", so he was in high spirits and had other plans; When the frustrated man arrived in Yangzhou, he sang "Qian Fan by the shipwreck, Wan Muchun by the diseased tree", which made him see the light and hope. At that time, the flames of hope were shining everywhere in Yangzhou, and the drums of life were beating everywhere. Later generations imitate Tang poetry, and writing and not writing are always different. There is no other secret, because that era lacked the breath of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the city lacked the cultural spirit of Yangzhou in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. All imitation efforts are in vain. The cultural spirit of Yangzhou tends to be "stingy and empty" in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The north-south traffic line was moved and the city was marginalized. Unfortunately, Xianfeng years became a tug-of-war field, and Lushe was in ruins. Yangzhou not only lost the central position of the Yangtze River Delta, but also lost the central position of the Central Jiangsu region and became a small town in the north of the Yangtze River. Pedicure and haircut have become the main industry, and fighting for ducks and chickens has become the main content of literary expression. What Yangzhou people see in their eyes is caged birds fighting insects, playing cards and mahjong, and it is no longer the boundless mountains. Yangzhou gradually sat in the well and watched the sky, so it became "stingy"; Yangzhou often mourns the glory of the past, so it has "virtual qi" With the unity of meanness and vanity, the germs of laziness and decadence infiltrate and wreak havoc. It is not unreasonable to say that Yangzhou culture in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China is close to the culture of "settled prodigal son". Yangzhou culture is a long story. Say it is brilliant, say it is declining, say it is high-spirited, say it is decadent and depressed, say it is extensive and profound, say it is declining, there is a certain basis, depending on the angle of intervention, depending on which stage of history is evaluated. Culture is dynamic, so is the fire of Yangzhou culture. Fortunately, in recent decades, the trend of Yangzhou culture is to be reborn, refreshed and rise, which is an indisputable fact.