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Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across the river to the south.
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Yangzhou, city, southwest-central Jiangsu province (sheng), eastern China. It lies to the north of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) at the southern terminus of the section of the Grand Canal that joins the Huai River to the Yangtze. Pop. (2002 est.) 548,204.
In the 4th and 3rd centuries bce, Yangzhou was a fief known as Guangling in the state of Chu. After the Qin unification of the empire in 221 bce, it became the seat of a county. Under the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce), it was the seat of a feudal principality. In the 5th and 6th centuries it was the seat of a commandery (district controlled by a commander) called Guangling. During this early period, Yangzhou was the traditional name for southeastern China—one of the nine traditional divisions of China.
The identification of the old city of Guangling with Yangzhou began in 589, during the Sui dynasty (581–618), when the prefecture located there was renamed Yangzhou. In 606–607, during the reign of the Yangdi emperor (604–617/618), it became the southern terminus of the canal system built to link the Yangtze and Huai valleys with the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang’an (present-day Xi’an). Yangzhou became a major port and transshipment point, as well as the chief commercial city of the Yangtze valley. After 763, under the Tang dynasty (618–907), Yangzhou became the administrative centre for the state’s financial apparatus in southern China and the headquarters of the salt administration. It was also an important seaport. During the Ten Kingdoms (Shiguo) period, it was the capital of the Wu state (902–937).
Yangzhou continued to be a flourishing trading centre through the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1206–1368) periods. According to some scholars, the 13th-century Venetian traveler Marco Polo (who knew the city as Yonju) was employed as an official there and noted its flourishing trade and large garrison forces.
During the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yangzhou’s importance as a port diminished with the decline of Chinese seaborne trade. The city, previously located near modern Jiangdu some distance to the east, had been moved to its present site during the Nan (Southern) Song period (1127–1279). Under the Ming the present city was constructed on a part of the Song site, the whole surrounded by 5.5 miles (9 km) of walls.
Yangzhou remained a regional administrative centre from Ming to Qing times (1368–1911/12), forming a superior prefecture of the same name. During that period it was of national importance as the base for the Lianghuai Salt Administration. The salt merchants of Yangzhou grew immensely wealthy, and from the 16th to the 18th century they were patrons of the arts and letters, making Yangzhou an important centre of culture. The Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou were a notable group of 18th-century painters who were active in the vicinity.
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Since 1949 Yangzhou has experienced a revival, especially following the restoration of the southern reaches of the Grand Canal and improvements made in the canal system to the north. Industries, focused mainly on manufacturing machinery, auto parts, chemicals, textiles, processed agricultural products, clothing, and stationery, have been developed. In the 1970s a pumping station was constructed there as part of a large water-control project: Yangtze River water is pumped to the northern part of the country.
However, Yangzhou is primarily a transportation and market city and is the focus of an extensive road network. A railway from Nanjing to Qidong, completed in 2005, passes through the city and provides it access to the regional rail network. In addition, an expressway from the city and via a bridge across the Yangtze south to Liyang also links it with the expressway network south of Yangtze.
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Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze , it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across the river to the south.
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Yangzhou is situated in the central region of Jiangsu where the Yangtze River and the Beijing - Hangzhou Grand Canal meet. It is close to Yancheng and Taizhou to the east, Nanjing to the southwest, Anhui to the west and Huai’an to the northwest.
Yangzhou, China's historical and cultural city, is located in central Jiangsu province, north of Yangtze River, south of Jianghuai plains; is the node city of Nanjing metropolitan circle and Shanghai economic circle; is the water source area of the east line of China's key project South-to-North water diversion project.
Sep 5, 2024 · Yangzhou, a city in Jiangsu province, is located on the lower reaches of the Yangti River and the Huaihe River. It was a major ancient economic and cultural center in eastern China. Yangzhou, also called Guangling and Weiyang in history, has many historical sites.
