With a hundred thousand yuan around his waist, he rides a crane to rise to the state. During the fragrant golden osmanthus season, driving to Yangzhou is still the spirit of "fireworks under Yangzhou in March". Anyone who likes Tang poetry and Song poetry cannot avoid the "Yangzhou plot". It is like a huge magnetic field that pulls the happy footsteps of people from the south, north and downstream. However, Yangzhou has too many scenery and people in the 21st century are so busy. Where should we start? In order not to fall into the situation of choice fear, spending half a day visiting the museum must be a real trip.

Yangzhou has a long history of more than 2000 years, but only one floor is used to describe it in the museum. After reading this, if I want to use one sentence to describe Yangzhou, I think of the word "Internet celebrity". Geographical factors determine that Yangzhou is a very "red" city. Too many celebrities in ancient and modern times check in here. Different eras have given it different waves, and that kind of enthusiasm still continues today.

Yangzhou City first existed as an important military town. During the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, King Fuchai of Wu Northern Expedition to Qi and dug a northward canal to replenish his soldiers with food and money. Yangzhou (Hancheng), as an outpost, was of great military significance, and it eventually defeated Qi.

In the Han Dynasty, Yangzhou (Guangling) was granted to Liu Bi, the king of Wu. Here he boiled salt and forged copper coins. Relying on these two things, Liu Bi quickly grew stronger and became rich. He proudly almost overthrew the throne of emperor.

After the Sui Dynasty ended the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Yangzhou ushered in a moment of glory. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty used labor from all over the world and spent huge sums of money to dig the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, realizing the waterway connection of the Yellow River, Huaihe River, and Yangtze River. The Yangtze River connects Bashu Lake to the west and reaches Suzhou and Hangzhou to the south. Materials from the entire Yangtze River Basin were continuously gathered in Yangzhou and sent north to Luoyang to fill the huge granary of the Great Sui Empire. For a time, the function of Yangzhou Crossroads became prominent, and commerce and sales were unprecedentedly prosperous. In just a hundred years, it developed into the Tang Dynasty, and there was a grand occasion of "The world is rich, Yang Yi Yi

The prosperity of Yangzhou City reminds people of Dunhuang, an important town on the Western Silk Road. The two are both international trade channels, connecting the East and the West. Later, as shipbuilding skills become better and the Northwest Channel became difficult to control, Yangzhou's role far surpassed Dunhuang. Yangzhou at that time was like Shanghai, the magic capital now, occupying the estuary of the Yangtze River. Caravans, envoys, and study teams from the sea all had to land in Yangzhou, looking like an international metropolis.

In the Tang Dynasty, when China's culture and technology were the strongest, there were many phenomena such as "Jianzhen's eastward journey" and "Yuanren's visit to the Tang Dynasty to seek Dharma."

In the Song Dynasty, manufacturing rose and waterway transportation became increasingly important. At this time, the land Silk Road to Kaifeng had been cut off, and Chang 'an City, the starting point of the Silk Road, was extremely deserted. However, a large amount of supplies from the Song Dynasty went to sea from Yangzhou Port and were continuously transported to the West, thus becoming the "focus of the Maritime Silk Road." In turn, it is also a window for the world to spy on China.

Yangzhou received much attention after becoming the territory of the Yuan Dynasty, and a large amount of labor was once again used to repair the canal. This time we went north all the way, connecting the route from Yuandu (Beijing) to Yangzhou.

In ancient times, land transportation was very inconvenient, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was like the entire national artery. Shipbuilding technology in the Yuan Dynasty was very developed. A large number of Semu people drove large ships and shuttled between several coastal ports to transfer goods from East Asia to Europe. Western missionary Marco Polo also traveled to the city and was appointed as an official. However, as Marco Polo's travels set off a craze to find the New World in the West, the era of great voyages finally arrived. Hundreds of years later, Yangzhou's inland river transportation advantages were finally replaced by sea transportation.

Although the canal is good, it is also very laborious to maintain it. Due to the Yellow River water flooding several times in history and flowing back into the Huaihe River, the canal is not so smooth. At the same time, sediment in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is also continuously depositing eastward, the land in East China is continuously expanding, and the Yangtze River estuary is gradually shifting to Shanghai.

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, after the Taiping Rebellion Movement, the canal was blocked again, and large quantities of supplies went north by sea and unloaded from Tianjin Port. At this time, the West was able to build giant iron ships through the Industrial Revolution, and the safety of shipping was greatly improved, which made Yangzhou Port no longer so important. In modern times, following the opening of the Jinpu Railway, transportation from Tianjin to Nanjing bypassed Yangzhou. Yangzhou's status as an economic center declined, and this city that has been hot for thousands of years finally cooled down.

However, in Xiaobian's opinion, it is not a bad thing. On the contrary, Yangzhou, with fewer people, is simpler. For example, the landscape paintings in the Song Dynasty, which have a lot of white content, bring more imagination and are conducive to growing into a holiday and tourist city. Just like Kyoto, Japan, after ceding Beijing to Tokyo and industrial development to Osaka and Kobe, more space was made available for tourists who came here and received more likes.

In the 21st century, Yangzhou's beautiful scenery and delicious food are still there, and its status as a famous historical city has not been reduced. Without the burden of an economic town, the sun and air are more transparent, and the atmosphere of life is stronger. The slow pace reflects leisure and calmness. Nowadays, riding a crane and rising state doesn't have to be rich. Driving a car and spending a weekend, starting from watching volcanoes, soaking in hot springs, and Huaiyang cuisine, and integrating it easily and happily is still a nice experience that is not inferior to the artistic conception of Tang poetry.