How long is the history of Yangzhou?

Yangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China, is located in the middle of Jiangsu, the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the southern end of the Jianghuai Plain. Yangzhou city has a history of more than 2400 years. Jurisdiction over Guangling, Weiyang, Hanjiang District, Jiangdu, Gaoyou, Yizheng and Baoying County. There are 97 townships and 9 sub-district offices in the city. The total area of the city is 6653.8 1 km2, the urban area is 9888 1 km2, and the total population of the city is 45710.9 million, of which the urban population is1510.3 million. Now the area under its jurisdiction is between east longitude 1 19 degrees 0/min (Yizheng moved to Qingshan Line) and1/9 degrees 54 minutes, and the north shore is between 3 1 degrees 56 minutes and 33 degrees 25 minutes (Xi 'an, Baoying County) It borders the Yangtze River in the south, Huai 'an and Yancheng in the north, Yancheng and Taizhou in the east and Tianchang (Anhui Province), Nanjing and Huai 'an in the west. The coastline along the Yangtze River is 80.5 kilometers, along the coasts of Yizheng, Hanjiang and Jiangdu. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the hinterland, with a total length of 143.3 km. It connects Baima Lake, baoying lake, gaoyou lake and Shaobo Lake from north to south, and joins the Yangtze River. Yangzhou City is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, with east longitude 1 19 degrees 26 minutes and north latitude 32 degrees 24 minutes.

There are 36 ethnic groups in Yangzhou, and the Han nationality accounts for 98% of the total. Among ethnic minorities, the Hui nationality has the largest population, accounting for 73% of the total population of ethnic minorities. Tang Ling Hui Township in Gaoyou City is the only minority township in Jiangsu Province.

Yangzhou is not only a scenic city with beautiful scenery, but also a famous cultural city with profound cultural heritage and a long natural history. There are the oldest canals in China, the tombs of emperors in Han and Sui Dynasties, the ruins of ancient cities in Tang and Song Dynasties, and private gardens in Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are many human landscapes, beautiful natural scenery and rich tourism resources, which have attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists for many years.

From 65438 to 0998, Yangzhou won the title of the first batch of excellent tourist cities in China. Slender West Lake, the most famous lake landscape garden in China, and daming temple, the Millennium Temple are 4A-level scenic spots in China: Heyuan, Ge Yuan, Tang Cheng Site, Gaoyou Yucheng Post Station, Puhading Tomb and Longqiuzhuang Ancient Human Site are national key cultural relics protection units; The famous Slender West Lake Ganlong Water Tourism Line is a national-level tourism line launched by the National Tourism Administration at home and abroad. Yangzhou Muslim tourism products are becoming an important part of China Muslim tourism routes.

Over the years, Yangzhou has made great efforts to develop a large number of tourism "new products, famous products and fine products" by making use of the advantages of famous cities and landscape features, and further developed and improved a series of folk tourism products, such as Ganlong Water Tourism Line in Slender West Lake, gaoyou lake Fisherman Leisure Tour and Yizheng Ecological Tour. In addition, there is Wang's and Han Guangling Tomb No.2 Museum.

200 1 Yangzhou tourism continues to develop rapidly. Overseas tourists received 100800 person-times, up17.96% year-on-year; The foreign exchange earned was USD 40,065,438+0,000, a year-on-year increase of 65,438+0.69%. Received 5.52 million domestic tourists, up10.18% year-on-year; Domestic tourism revenue was 4.069 billion yuan, up 9.2 1% year-on-year. The total tourism revenue was 44,065.438 billion yuan, up 8.59% year-on-year. The added value of tourism was 654.38+0.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.32%. At present, there are 36 star-rated foreign-related hotels and 50 travel agencies in the city.

Yangzhou, as a geographical appellation, is recorded in Shangshu and other ancient books, and it is one of Kyushu Islands in China.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was called Han near Yangzhou City today. In 486 BC, Wu destroyed the Han dynasty, built Seoul, opened the Han ditch, and connected the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. When wuyue is destroyed, the land will return: when Chu is destroyed, the land will return to Chu. In 3 19 BC, the state of Chu built a city on the site of Seoul, named Guangling. After Qin unified China, Guangling County was established, belonging to Jiujiang County. Yangzhou in the Han Dynasty, now called Guangling and Jiangdu, has long been a vassal fief. Liu Ying, King of Wu, opened the Salt River (the predecessor of the Toarey Yang Canal), which promoted the economic development of Yangzhou and created the first prosperous period in Yangzhou history.

In order to improve and consolidate ethnic relations, in the sixth year of Yuanfeng (BC 105), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty married Liu Xijun, the daughter of Jiangdu King, to Wusunguo, more than 80 years before Wang Zhaojun married Xiongnu. During the Three Kingdoms period, the wars between Wei and Wu continued, and Guangling was a military stronghold in the Jianghuai area. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Guangling was transformed into "Wuhu City" after several wars. However, due to the hard development of the working people for hundreds of years, their economic status has been continuously improved in the recovery. The Northern Zhou Dynasty changed Guangling to Wu Zhou. Immigrants from Qingzhou and Yanzhou in Shandong moved south to Guangling, which promoted the economic development of Yangzhou.

In 589 AD, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty changed Wu Zhou to Yangzhou and set up the Governor's Office. Yang Di opened the Universiade, connecting the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River, and Yangzhou became a water transport hub, which not only facilitated transportation and irrigation, but also played an important role in promoting the economic and cultural development and order of the three major river basins of the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Changhe River, laying the foundation for the unprecedented prosperity of Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty. From 605 to June16, Emperor Yang Di visited Jiangdu (now Yangzhou), was killed by his subordinate Yu Wenhuaji in June18, and was buried under the stage of in the northwest of Yangzhou (later buried in Tang Lei). In 6 19, Li Zitong, a peasant uprising army, established Yangzhou as its capital, with the title of Wu. In 6 16, it was renamed Yangzhou and ruled Yangzhou from then on.

In Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, agriculture, commerce and handicrafts were quite developed, and a large number of workshops and manual workshops appeared. Not only is it "rich in the world" between Jianghuai and China, but it is also the largest metropolis in the southeast of China, sometimes called "Yang Yi Er" (Yizhou is now Chengdu). Yangzhou is the transportation center of grain, grass, salt, money and iron in the north and south, and it is an important port for domestic and international transportation. He used to be the governor's department, the governor's department and the Huainan department, and he was in charge of Huainan and Jiangbei. Yangzhou has always played a key role in land and water transportation centered on Chang 'an. As an important port for foreign traffic, Yangzhou has set up a special envoy to manage friendly exchanges with foreign countries. Yangzhou had frequent contacts with Dashi (Arabia) in Tang Dynasty. There are thousands of big eaters in Yangzhou. China people such as Persia, Oita, Brahman, Kunlun, Silla, Japanese, and North Korea all became businessmen living in Yangzhou. Japan sent Tang Dynasty envoys to Yangzhou and monk Jian Zhen to Japan, which promoted the political, economic, scientific, technological and cultural exchanges between China and Japan. On the basis of absorbing predecessors' achievements, Shan Li, a native of Yangzhou, re-annotated the Selected Works and quoted a lot, which saved a lot of lost important documents for future generations. His son Li Yong is not only influential in writing and poetry, but also one of the great calligraphers after Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang. Zhang, a great poet, is one of the "four outstanding figures in Wuzhong". The poem "Moonlit Night on a Spring River" alone has the reputation of "the solitary poem overwhelms the whole Tang Dynasty". In 684 AD, Xu Jingye and King Robin opposed the rule of Wu Zetian in Yangzhou. In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, warlords scuffled and Yangzhou was seriously damaged. Yang Xingmi established political power in Yangzhou, known as "Yang Wu" in history, and the economy recovered briefly. Soon, it fell into the destruction of war.

In 960, the Northern Song Dynasty was established. Yangzhou is the seat of the commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief, and it is also the crossroads of water transportation. Since then, due to the benefits of salt fishing, agriculture and handicrafts have developed rapidly and commerce has further prospered. Yangzhou has once again become the economic and cultural center of southeast China, almost as famous as Kaifeng, the capital. The annual commercial tax revenue was about 80,000 yuan, ranking third in the country. In A.D. 1 127, Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong, took Yangzhou as his palace for one year in the process of moving the capital, which further promoted the prosperity of Yangzhou. 1275-1276, Li Tingzhi and Jiang Cai led an unyielding struggle with the people of Yangzhou. Unfortunately, they died, leaving only a few thousand people in Yangzhou. 100 years, Yangzhou has been a battlefield for resisting gold and yuan. Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Yue Fei and other famous Southern Song Dynasty players fought bloody battles in this area. The war has caused serious damage to the economy and society, but under the relatively stable situation, Yangzhou's economy has been continuously restored and developed. Culturally, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, Qin Guan, Jiang Kui, Wang Ling, etc. left a large number of masterpieces handed down from generation to generation in Yangzhou. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Yangzhou's economic development accelerated. More and more foreigners come to Yangzhou for business, missionary work, politics and settlement, among which Persians and Arabs are still the most.