Yangzhou is an "alley city". Since ancient times, there has been a saying of "Beijing Hutong and Yangzhou Alley". Yangzhou is an ancient cultural city with a history of 2500 years. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the level of development was equivalent to the current international metropolises of Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Yangzhou is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which runs east-west and north-south. This was the intersection of the two major "highways" in the ancient era of water transportation. Integrating the north and south, merchants gather together, and the economy and culture are very developed.

Although it is said that "fireworks fall under Yangzhou in March", October has clear autumn, fresh air, and the traffic is not as much as in spring. You can travel slowly, which is a quite good time to travel throughout the year.

What is more attractive about Yangzhou is the enjoyment on the tip of the tongue. Huaiyang cuisine is one of the four famous cuisines in China.

On October 31, 2019, UNESCO announced that Yangzhou was selected as the World Food Capital. So far, only 8 cities in the world have received this special reputation.

When you go to Yangzhou, you must try Yangzhou morning tea. For morning tea, you must order four big dishes: Sanding steamed buns, crab yellow soup dumplings, black rice dumplings, and meat;

There are four major dishes to order for dinner: stewed lion's head, stewed dried shredded pork, banqiao braised old goose or salted goose;

There are four major restaurants that must go to: Fuchun in Laocheng District, Zhichun on the moat, Baoshui/Piwu Bookstore on Dongguan Street, and Quyuan in the guest house

The most important thing to travel to Yangzhou is the beautiful scenery of Yangzhou.

The four must-see attractions are Slender West Lake Scenic Area, one of the country's first batch of 5A scenic spots, Geyuan, one of the "Four Famous Gardens in China", He Yuan, the "First Garden in the Late Qing Dynasty", and Dongguan Street, the most well-preserved Laocheng District city in China.

Yangzhou is a slow city, and it is not suitable to visit all the attractions in one day. It is recommended to slow down the pace, carefully savor the slow life of Yangzhou's ancient local tyrants, rich and dignitaries, who are "wrapped in water in the morning, wrapped in water at night", and taste Yangzhou's thousand-year ancient civilization and humanistic history. That's what traveling to Yangzhou is called.