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Yangzhou City

Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, is one of the first Excellent Tourism Cities in China, and one of the country's first 24 historical and cultural cities. It's also one of "China's top 10 leisure cities". It has been honored as "National Civilized City", and received the United Nation Habitat Scroll of Honor Award.

Yangzhou, with a historical preservation area of 5 square kilometers, is a well-preserved thousand-year-old town. Dongguan Street in the ancient town was honored as one of "China's top 10 famous historical and cultural streets" by the Ministry of Culture in 2010.

Yangzhou is dubbed China's unique "canal city". Digging for the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal began about 2,500 years ago, so Yangzhou has witnessed the origin and amazing history of the Grand Canal in China. Various routes along the Grand Canal have been developed for tourists to enjoy the historical and cultural relics, such as the Nanmen ruins, the Kangshan Garden, the former residence of the Lu family, a rich salt merchant in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Wu Daotai's mansion, and the Dongguan Ancient Ferry. These scenic spots have become must-see attractions for visitors from China and abroad.

Yangzhou is well known for its greenery and gardens. The Shugang-Slender West Lake Scenic Area is the only "National Cultural Tourism Demonstration Area" in China. The Geyuan Garden, in the city, is one of the top four classical gardens in China. The most famous garden in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the Heyuan Garden stands out for its double-deck corridors. In addition, a number of rich salt merchants' former residences in the city reflect the essence of the culture of salt merchants at that time.

To know the Yangzhou history and culture, you can visit Yangzhou Museum, which representing a confluence of traditional local culture and modern civilization. Exhibits date from the Neolithic Age to the late Qing Dynasty. The museum holds regular and special exhibitions displaying things such as ancient Chinese earthenware, jade carvings, calligraphy, paintings, bronze ware, cultural relics, local paper-cutting art, and Ming and Qing porcelain.

Yangzhou is the origin of Huaiyang cuisine, one of China's four major cooking styles. The fried rice in Yangzhou is the most classic and famous fried rice in China and abroad. Enjoying morning tea and relaxing in a public bathhouse in the evening is a common leisure activity for locals, which is an extremely enchanting lifestyle for busy people working in a modern city.

For more information about attractions, one could visit the tourist information of Yangzhou the tourism website <http://www.seeyangzhou.com/attractions.html>.



Slender West Lake (picture origin from http://www.seeyangzhou.com)

Yangzhou Museum (picture origin from http://www.seeyangzhou.com)


Dongguan Street (picture origin from http://www.seeyangzhou.com)
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