Reasons for Yangzhou's Prosperity (Historical Issues)

At the intersection of Shanghai, the Yangtze River and the East China Sea, water transportation has always been the most cost-effective mode of transportation. The unique advantages of Tonghui River and Tonghai make Shanghai the Pearl of the Orient.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, international trade was underdeveloped and domestic trade was the mainstream. The Yangtze River, a natural waterway, has played a leading role. Yang Di exhausted manpower and material resources to build the Grand Canal, which ruined the Sui Dynasty, but also dug up a new artery for the north-south traffic in China.

Yangzhou is at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. The prosperity of Yangzhou City is just like that of Shanghai today.

As for the influx of immigrants into food culture and even the gathering of talents in brothels, it is the result of Yangzhou's status as a transportation hub.