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72-590: Guangling may refer to: A historical name of Yangzhou , Jiangsu, China Guangling District (广陵区), the historical center of Yangzhou Guangling Commandery (廣陵郡), historical commandery of China centered in present-day Yangzhou Guangling County (广灵县), in Shanxi, China See also [ edit ] Guanling Buyei and Miao Autonomous County (关岭布依族苗族自治县), in Guizhou, China [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

144-593: A legendary figure in Chinese culture. His family ruled Qi for several centuries before it was replaced by the Tian family in 386   BCE. Qi was the final surviving state to be annexed by Qin during its unification of China . During the Zhou conquest of Shang , Jiang Ziya , a native of Ju County served as the chief minister to King Wu , the same position he had held in service to King Wu's father. Following

216-622: A design speed of 350kph, Shanghai-Nanjing-Hefei High-Speed Railway , is also under construction. It is expected to run through the major existing railway station, Yangzhoudong Railway Station . Major passenger railway stations in Yangzhou: Yangzhou harbor, 11.5 km (7.1 mi) south from the city center, is located at the junction of the Beijing–Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River. The average water depth

288-512: A few kilometers southwest from downtown. Most of the intercity bus service stops in the early evening. The city is served by an extensive network of public bus routes. Yangzhou's taxi industry began in 1982, and has developed rapidly since 1993. the city has over 40 taxi companies of various ownership structures, with a total of 1,571 vehicles. Parking lots were established at key stations and hotels, and eight taxi companies have opened round-the-clock telephone service. The construction department of

360-502: A leading economic center in China was never to be restored. Not until the 1990s did it begin to regain some semblance of prosperity, benefitting from national economic growth and a number of targeted development projects. With the canal now partially restored, and excellent rail and road connections, Yangzhou is once again an important transportation and market center. It also has some industrial output, chiefly in cotton and textiles. In 2004,

432-537: A railway linked Yangzhou for the first time with Nanjing. Yangzhou is located on a plain north of the Yangtze. The Grand Canal, also known as the Jing - Hang Canal, crosses the prefecture-level from the north to the south; its modern route passes through the eastern outskirts of Yangzhou's main urban area, while its old route runs through the city center. Other major bodies of water within the prefecture-level city include

504-618: A supervisor in the prefecture of Zhenjiang . Arabic inscriptions during the 13th and 14th centuries similarly indicate a revival of the Muslim community. During the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) until the 19th century Yangzhou acted as a major trade exchange center for salt (a government regulated commodity), rice, and silk. The Ming were largely responsible for building the city as it now stands and surrounding it with 9 km (5.6 mi) of walls, in part as protection against Wokou raids . There

576-502: A total cost of 3.7 billion yuan. It is expected to be open to traffic by the year 2000. During the daytime, frequent bus service operates between Yangzhou and nearby cities. There are several bus stations on the city's outskirts; most of the buses from Nanjing (Nanjing West Bus Station) and Zhenjiang (where the bus station is adjacent to the Zhenjiang Railway Station ) arrive to Yangzhou South Bus Station, located

648-728: Is 15–20 meters. In 1992, the State Council approved it to become a first-grade open state harbor, and General Secretary Jiang Zemin inscribed its name. Now, it has developed into a comprehensive inland harbor , integrating passenger, freight, container transportation and harbor trade, and has become the main distribution center of northern Jiangsu province, eastern Anhui Province and southeast Shandong Province. There are several dozen categories of goods including iron and steel, timber, minerals, coal, grain, cotton, container, products of light industry and machinery. The passenger routes reach Nanjing, Wuhu, Jiujiang , Huangshi and Wuhan in

720-539: Is 16.2 °C (61.2 °F) annually, with an annual average daily maximum temperature of 20.7 °C (69.3 °F) and an annual average daily minimum temperature of 12.4 °C (54.3 °F). The normal monthly mean 24-hour temperature ranges from 2.8 °C (37.0 °F) in January to 28.4 °C (83.1 °F) in July. The annual average precipitation is 1,099.9 mm (43.30 in), and about 59.1% of rainfall

792-407: Is concentrated in the summer. The rainy season known as "plum rain season" usually lasts from mid-June to mid-July. During this season, the plums are ripening, hence the name plum rain. Extreme temperatures since 1951 has ranged from −17.7 °C (0 °F) on 6 January 1955 to 41.1 °C (106 °F) on 14 August 2022 during the 2022 China Heatwave . Yangzhou has one Yangtze River crossing ,

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864-425: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Yangzhou Historically, Yangzhou was one of the wealthiest cities in China, known at various periods for its great merchant families, poets, artists, and scholars. Its name ( lit. "Rising Prefecture") refers to its former position as the capital of the ancient Yangzhou prefecture in imperial China . Yangzhou

936-739: Is possible to sail a small water craft from the Thin West Lake, via the Erdaohe, the Hehua Pond, and the Erdaogou into the Old Grand Canal. Yangzhou has a subtropical monsoon climate with humid changeable wind; longer winters for about 4 months, summers 4 months and shorter springs and autumns, 2 months respectively; frost-free period of around 240 days and annual average sunshine of around 1,912 hours. The mean annual temperature

1008-534: Is representative of Lower Yangtze Mandarin , and is particularly close to the official language of the Ming and Qing courts, which was based on the Nanjing dialect . However, it does differ considerably from modern Standard Chinese , although they are still moderately mutually intelligible . Dialect has also been used as a tool for regional identity and politics in the Jiangbei and Jiangnan regions. While

1080-561: Is unstable... The people of Qi are by nature unyielding and their country prosperous, but the ruler and officials are arrogant and care nothing for the people. The state's policies are not uniform and not strictly enforced. Salaries and wages are unfair and unevenly distributed, causing disharmony and disunity. Qi's army is arrayed with their heaviest hitters at the front while the rest follow behind, so that even when their forces appear mighty, they are in reality fragile. To defeat them, we should divide our army into three columns and have two attack

1152-468: The Baoshe River , Datong River , Beichengzi River , Tongyang Canal , Xintongyang Canal , Baima Lake , Baoying Lake , Gaoyou Lake and Shaobo Lake . Like much of the entire prefecture-level city, Yangzhou's main urban area (the "city proper") is criss-crossed by an intricate network of canals and small lakes. The historic city center (the former waled city) is surrounded by canals on all sides:

1224-569: The Battle of An in 589. In 579, the four great powers of Qin , Jin, Chu, and Qi met to declare a truce and limit their military strength. Early in the period, Qi annexed a number of smaller states. Qi was one of the first states to patronize scholars. In 532   BCE, the Tian clan destroyed several rival families and came to dominate the state. In 485, the Tian clan killed the heir to the house of Jiang and fought several rival clans. Four years later,

1296-574: The Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou are famous throughout China. Former General secretary of CPC, President of China Jiang Zemin was born and raised in Yangzhou. His middle school is located right across from the public notary's office in Yangzhou. Yangzhou is famous for its carved lacquerware and jade . Some of China's most creative and eye catching dishes come from the Yangzhou school of cuisine called Huaiyang (also commonly known as

1368-693: The Runyang Yangtze River Bridge complex , which has one of the longest suspension bridge spans in the world , and carries the G4011 Yangzhou–Liyang Expressway to Zhenjiang . The Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport , completed in 2012 to serve Yangzhou and neighboring Taizhou , is located in Jiangdu district. The Nanjing Lukou International Airport is over 100 km (62 mi) away; it takes one hour and 40 minutes to get there from central Yangzhou. Prior to

1440-879: The Slender West Lake , Daming Temple, Imperial Dock, Siwang Pagoda, Wenchang Pagoda, and Shita Temple. Yangzhou Public Transit also operates No. 1, No. 2, and No. 5 special tourist lines. The No. 1 bus departs from the bus station and goes by the Slender West Lake, Shigong Temple, Ge Garden , and He Garden; the No. 5 bus starts from the bus station and goes by the Crane Temple, Wenchang Pagoda, Slender West Lake, Five-Pavilion Bridge , and Pingshan Hall. A sight-seeing route on Slender West Lake has opened, connecting Imperial Dock, Yichun Garden, Hong Garden, Dahong Bridge, Xiaojinshan, Diaoyutai, Five-Pavilion Bridge, and

1512-652: The Son of Heaven (the Zhou king). The first of five such hegemons, he earned a tribute from the other states, and had the honour of paying the royal court a larger tribute than anyone else. His calls to arms were as binding as the king's own. Using this authority, during the first eleven years of his hegemony, Duke Huan intervened in a power struggle in Lu; protected Yan from encroaching Western Rong nomads; drove off Northern Di nomads after their invasions of Wey and Xing , providing

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1584-655: The Song used Yangzhou as their capital in 1128 and 1129. Song troops under Du Chong ( 杜 充 , Dù Chōng , d.   1141) breached the southern embankments of the Yellow River in an effort to stop the southward of Jin army , but the resulting avulsion caused the river to swing south of the Shandong Peninsula and capture the Si River and lower Huai . The Grand Canal was truncated for decades and

1656-722: The Southern Song moved to Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou , Zhejiang). In 1280, during the Yuan , Yangzhou was the site of a massive gunpowder explosion when the bomb warehouse of the Weiyang arsenal accidentally caught fire. The blast killed over a hundred guards, hurled debris from buildings into the air that landed 10 li away, and could be felt 100 li . Marco Polo claimed to have served Kubilai Khan in Yangzhou shortly thereafter, variously placed at 1282–1285 or 1282–1287. Although some versions of Polo's memoirs imply that he

1728-710: The Spring and Autumn period of the Eastern Zhou dynasty , the hegemon Fuchai of Wu constructed the Han or Hangou Canal ( t 邗溝 , s 邗沟 , Hángōu ) to improve his supply lines from his center of power around present-day Suzhou to the North China Plain , where he was engaged in an ongoing conflict with Qi . Taking advantage of the many streams and lakes of the Jianghuai Plain ,

1800-440: The 24 Bridge, finally reaching Daming Temple and Pingshan Hall. Yangzhou is the site of Chengxi shipyard, large shipyard where bulk carriers and other types of large ships are built. Owned partly by the state owned CSSC holdings, through Jiangsu Xinrong shipyard, Chengxi Yangzhou shipyard builds ships from 25,000 dwt to 170,000 dwt in size. The Yangzhou dialect (Chinese: 扬州话 ; pinyin: Yángzhōu huà ) of Chinese

1872-691: The Inhabitants of this Town, that they have re-built their City since the last destruction by the Tartars , erecting it in as great splendor as it was at first. Famed at that time and since for literature, art, and the gardens of its merchant families, many of which were visited by the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors during their Southern Tours, the Qing-era Yangzhou has been the focus of intensive research by historians. The Yangzhou riot in 1868

1944-610: The Jixia Academy not to be a physical institution, but an informal collaboration of sponsored scholars engaged in intellectual work. One impressive surviving achievement of the Jixia school of thought is the Yanzi Chunqiu . The state of Qi was known for having well organized cities that were nearly rectangular in shape, with roads that were neatly knit into a grid-like pattern. The palace was strategically positioned facing

2016-602: The Old Grand Canal forms its eastern and southern boundaries; the City Moat Canal runs along the former walled city's northern edge, connecting the Old Grand Canal with the Slender West Lake ; the Erdaohe Canal runs along the old city's western edge, from the Slender West Lake to the Lotus Flower Pond (Hehuachi), which in its turn is connected by the short Erdaogou canal with the Old Grand Canal. It

2088-454: The Tian chief killed a puppet ruler, most of his family, and a number of rival chiefs. He took control of most of the state and left the monarch with only the capital of Linzi and the area around Mount Tai . In 386, the house of Tian fully replaced the house of Jiang as rulers of Qi. The Warring States period ended with the Qin conquest of Qi, which was the last to fall, in 222. So ended Qi, and

2160-552: The Weiyang school). Along with Sichuan cuisine , Cantonese cuisine , and Shandong cuisine , Huaiyang cuisine ( 淮扬菜 ) is a distinctive and masterful skill that locals are quite proud of. The city is famous for its public bath houses, lacquerware , jadeware, embroidery, and paper-cut arts and crafts. The city was awarded Habitat Scroll of Honor in 2006. Yangzhou is also very famous for its toy industry (especially stuffed animals). Many tourists from neighboring cities travel to

2232-710: The Yangtze's northern bank , with the Han Canal forming a moat around the southern and eastern sides of the city. The town was intended to stall any possible counterattack from Qi down the canal, giving time to raise reinforcements from Suzhou and Wu's other lands in the Yangtze Delta . Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the area was organized as the Guangling Commandery of Xu Province . Its seat of government—also known as Guangling —was also near

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2304-672: The Zhou victory, the lands comprising much of the Shandong peninsula and some nearby surrounds were established as the state of Qi, with Jiang charged with ruling and defending them. After King Wu's death, Ziya remained loyal to the Duke of Zhou 's regency during the Three Guards ' failed rebellion . The Shang prince Wu Geng had joined the revolt along with the Dongyi polities of Yan  [ zh ] , Xu , and Pugu , located within

2376-643: The atrocities in Yangzhou but they were nevertheless labelled as Manchus by other Han. The city's rapid recovery from these events and its great prosperity through the early and middle years of the Qing dynasty were due to its role as administrative center of the Lianghuai sector of the government salt monopoly. As early as 1655, the Dutch envoy Johan Nieuhof described the city of Yangzhoufu ( Jamcefu in his transcription): This Trade alone has so very much enrich'd

2448-535: The boundaries of Qi. These were suppressed by 1039   BCE, but the Bamboo Annals suggest that the native people of Pugu continued to revolt for about another decade before being destroyed a second time c.  1026 . Transmitted documents from the Western Zhou period are scant, but it is known that King Yi of Zhou ( r.   865–858 BCE) attacked Qi and boiled Duke Ai to death. During

2520-577: The canal connected the Yangtze River within present-day Yangzhou to the Huai River within present-day Huai'an by 486   BC. The next year, Fuchai established a fortress to protect the southern end of the new canal at Hancheng . Following the Chinese urban design principles of the time, it was constructed as a 3 li by 3 li square about 12 m (39 ft) above the water level on

2592-538: The city for its good-quality and low-priced toys. It is worth mentioning that the city is also famous for an ancient folk art called Yangzhou storytelling ( 扬州评话 ), which is like Xiangsheng —the traditional Chinese comedic performance. It rose as a performing act during the Ming dynasty . In the performance, the artist details an interesting historical story to audiences, using Yangzhou dialect. These stories have been edited by artists, so they sound very soul-stirring and funny. The best known artist of Yangzhou storytelling

2664-462: The city of Yangzhou was the center of trade, flourishing and prosperous, it was considered part of Jiangnan, which was known to be wealthy, even though Yangzhou was north of the Yangzi river. Once Yangzhou's wealth and prosperity were gone, it was then considered to be part of Jiangbei, the "backwater". After Yangzhou was removed from Jiangnan, its residents decided to replace Jianghuai Mandarin , which

2736-550: The city, including many Koreans , Arabs , and Persians . Thousands of Muslim Arab, Persian and other foreign merchants were massacred in 760 by forces under Tian Shengong , sent to suppress the city's rebellion. Jiangdu served briefly as the capital of a revived Wu Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period . After the 1127 Jingkang Incident led to the Jurchen -led Jin conquest of Kaifeng ,

2808-612: The completion of the Yangzhou Taizhou Airport, Lukou Airport in Nanjing was the primary air gateway for passengers destined for Yangzhou. There are over 10 airline ticket offices in Yangzhou, providing convenient service for foreign and domestic tourists. domestic and international fight are available with 10 international airlines and more than 20 domestic ones Until 2004, Yangzhou was not served by passenger rail. Yangzhou Railway Station began construction in 2003 and

2880-599: The confluence of the Yangtze and the Han Canal, although at a slightly different location than the former Wu fortress. Under the Sui , Guangling was reorganized as Yang Province ( zhou ) in the year AD 590. Its seat of government took the new name as well. Prospering as the Emperor Yang (r.   604–617) connected the Han Canal to other waterways north and south to form the core of the Grand Canal , Yangzhou became

2952-586: The development of the tourism, in conjunction with a greater effort dedicated to the improvement of the local road transport system. With a total investment of 680 million yuan, the Yangzhou section of the Ningyang Expressway was completed on December 18, 1998, and opened to traffic in June 1999. Stretching nearly 18 km (11 mi), the section of the expressway starts from the Bazi Flyover as

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3024-916: The entry/exit, via the Yanggua Highway, the Tonggang Highway, an ancient canal, the Yangwei Highway, the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangling Highway, to Liqojiagou Entry/Exit of Yangjiang Highway. It then passes the Jiangdu Flyover to directly link up with the Huaijiang Expressway. In addition, the section of Huaijiang Expressway within the territory of Yangzhou began construction on March 22, 1997, which will be commonly used by

3096-510: The era of Imperial China began. Before Qin unified China, each state's customs, culture, dialects, and orthography had pronounced differences. According to the Yu Gong or Tribute of Yu , composed in the fourth or fifth century BCE and included in the Classic of Documents , there were nine distinct cultural regions of China, which are described in detail. The work focuses on the travels of

3168-585: The existence of an Italian community in the city in the 14th century. Moreover, both in The Travels of Marco Polo and in the History of Yuan there is documentation about a Nestorian Christian who funded two churches in China during the three years he served as an official of the emperor. This functionary is named "Mar Sarchis" by Marco Polo and "Ma Xuelijisi" in the History of Yuan . This person served as

3240-423: The future high-speed railway station (east of the Grand Canal) to Jiangdu District . Line 2 will run in the general north–south direction. To develop tourism in Yangzhou, sightseeing buses have been introduced in the city run by the Tianma travel agency under the Yangzhou Tourist Bureau. There is a tour guide on each bus. The route, starting from Yangzhou station, has eight stops, and passes by such scenic spots of

3312-442: The heroic efforts of its chief defender, Shi Kefa , the city fell on May 20, 1645, after a brief siege. The Yangzhou massacre followed; Wang Xiuchu 's contemporary account alleged that the number of victims was close to 800,000, but that number is certainly an exaggeration. Shi Kefa himself was killed by the Manchus when he refused to switch his allegiance to the Manchurian Qing regime. Han bannermen were responsible for most of

3384-646: The injured missionaries. From the time of the Taiping Rebellion (1853) to the beginning of the Reform Era (1980) Yangzhou was in decline, due to war damage, neglect of the Grand Canal as railways replaced it in importance, and stagnation in the early decades of the PRC. During the Second Sino-Japanese War , it endured eight years of Japanese occupation and was used by the enemy as a site for internment camps. About 1200 civilians of Allied nationalities (mostly British and Australian) from Shanghai were transported here in 1943, and located in one of three camps (A, B, and C). Camps B and C were closed down in September, 1943, after

3456-399: The later political philosophy of Legalism . In 667   BCE, the lords of Qi, Lu , Song , Chen , and Zheng assembled in one of the first great interstate conferences, and Duke Huan was elected as their leader. Subsequently, King Hui of Zhou pronounced him Bà ( 霸 ; 'big brother '), the "hegemon-protector" sworn to protect the royal house of Zhou and uphold the authority of

3528-465: The left and right flanks of Qi's army. Once their battle formations are thrown into disarray, the central column should be in position to attack and victory will follow. While visiting Qi, Confucius was deeply impressed with perfection of performance of Shao music ( 韶 ) therein. During the Warring States period, Qi was famous for Linzi's Jixia Academy , where renowned scholars of the era from all over China would visit. Modern scholarship understands

3600-483: The missionaries led by Hudson Taylor . No one was killed, however several of the missionaries were injured as they were forced to flee for their lives. As a result of the report of the riot, the British consul in Shanghai , Sir Walter Henry Medhurst took seventy Royal Marines in a man-of-war and steamed up the Yangtze to Nanjing in a controversial show of force that eventually resulted in an official apology from Viceroy Zeng Guofan and financial restitution made to

3672-410: The mountain ridges of central Shandong Province to the Yellow Sea in the present-day city of Qingdao . Its total length has been estimated at 600 km (370 miles). Most of the wall is still visible. Qi is represented by the star Chi Capricorni in the "Twelve States" asterism in the " Girl " lunar mansion in the " Black Turtle " symbol . Qi is also represented by the star 112 Herculis in

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3744-411: The municipal government has strengthened the management of taxi services, providing education in the relevant laws, professional ethics and safety aspects. In 2014, Yangzhou's government approved plans for the construction of a subway system, which will initially include two lines. Line 1 will run in the general east–west direction, from Yangzhou Railway Station in the west to the historic central city to

3816-449: The new Yangzhoudong Railway Station came into service alongside with Lianyungang-Zhenjiang High-Speed Railway , an important high-speed railway running through the eastern part of the city that connects Southern and Northern Jiangsu with a design speed of 250kph. The railway connects Yangzhou to many major cities in the country using high-speed trains. The fastest direct train to Shanghai takes only 1 hour 19 minutes. A new railway with

3888-401: The people with provisions and protective garrison units; and led an alliance of eight states to conquer Cai and thereby block the northward expansion of Chu . After Duke Huan's death, a war of succession between rival claimants greatly weakened Qi and ending its reign of hegemony. In 632   BCE, Qi helped Jin defeat Chu at the Battle of Chengpu , only to be defeated by Jin itself at

3960-426: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guangling&oldid=941438829 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

4032-418: The second American-Japanese prisoner exchange, and their inhabitants transferred back to Shanghai camps. Camp C, located in the former American Mission in the north-west of the city, was maintained for the duration of the war. Among early plans for railways in the late Qing was one for a line that would connect Yangzhou to the north but this was jettisoned in favor of an alternative route. The city's status as

4104-591: The south. To the left (eastwardly direction) of the palace resided the ancestral temple , to its right (westward) the temple of the gods, both one hundred paces away. This ensured that balance was achieved. In front of the palace was the court also one hundred paces away and to the back of the palace was the city. This type of layout influenced greatly the way cities were designed in subsequent generations. Smaller estates known as chengyi ( 城邑 ) were abundant throughout Qi. They typically stretched 450 meters from south to north and 395 meters from east to west. The perimeter

4176-442: The southern capital of China under the name Jiangdu . With the failure of his invasions of Korea and a series of natural disasters, Emperor Yang abandoned to north entirely in 616 and made Jiangdu his primary capital until his assassination in 618. Restoring the former name Guangling, the Tang made the city a major port for foreign trade and turned it into a leading economic and cultural center. Many foreign merchants lived in

4248-426: The state by consolidating power in the hands of the central government at the expense of the landed aristocracy, establishing a system of counties ( 縣 ; xiàn ) ruled directly by ministers of the state court. Qi annexed 35 neighboring polities – including Tan – and brought others into submission. Guan Zhong's administrative reforms also included state monopolies on salt and iron, and in general were characteristic of

4320-410: The state planned Tongjiang–Sanya and Beijing–Shanghai trunk lines. The section of Huaijiang Expressway in Yangzhou totals 112.04 km (69.62 mi)in length, starting from Jinghe Town of Baoying in the north to the entry/exist of Zhuanqiaozhen Flyover of Jiangdu in the south. It then links with Ningtong Expressway, passing by three counties (cities) such as Baoying, Gaoyou and Jiangdu and 26 towns, at

4392-548: The time of King Xuan of Zhou ( r.   827–782), there was a local succession struggle. Throughout this period, many of the native Dongyi peoples were absorbed into the Zhou cultural sphere. The succession crisis following the violent death of King You of Zhou led to a dramatic and unrecoverable loss of political and military authority in the Zhou royal court. Under this new geopolitical situation, Qi rose to prominence under Duke Huan of Qi ( r.   685–643   BCE ). He and his minister Guan Zhong strengthened

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4464-495: The titular sage, Yu the Great , throughout each of the regions. Other texts also discussed these cultural variations. One of these texts was The Book of Master Wu , written in response to a query by Marquis Wu of Wei on how to cope with the other states. Wu Qi , the author of the work, declared that the government and nature of the people were reflective of the terrain of the environment in which they inhabited. Of Qi, he said: Although Qi's troops are numerous, their organization

4536-462: The west, and Nantong and Shanghai in the east. Some well-known luxury international liners also anchor here. The harbor has greatly promoted the development of exports and the overall local economy. The Ningyang (Nanjing–Yangzhou) Expressway crosses the southern part of Yangzhou's metropolitan area while the Ningtong (Nanjing–Nantong) Expressway is connected to Yangzhou at Liaojiagou. In recent years, local government have attached great importance to

4608-484: Was Wang shaotang . His most famous works are The 10 chapters of Wu Song ( 武十回 ), The 10 chapters of Song Jiang ( 宋十回 ), The 10 chapters of Lu Junyi ( 卢十回 ), and The 10 chapters of Shi Xiu ( 石十回 ). Yangzhou was frequently referenced in Chinese literature. Poet Li Bai (c. 700–762) wrote in Seeing Meng Haoran off to Yangzhou from Yellow Crane Pavilion : Du Mu wrote the famous lines on Yangzhou: Qiguo Qi , or Ch'i in Wade–Giles romanization,

4680-422: Was a regional state of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China , whose rulers held titles of Hou ( 侯 ), then Gong , before declaring themselves independent Kings. Its capital was Linzi , located in present-day Shandong . Qi was founded shortly after the Zhou conquest of Shang , c.  1046 BCE . Its first monarch was Jiang Ziya (Lord Tai; r.   1046–1015 BCE ), minister of King Wen and

4752-423: Was a Hui or Chinese Muslim community in Yangzhou during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties with historic mosques like Crane Mosque and the tomb of Sayyid Puhaddin . After the fall of Beijing and northern China to the Manchus in 1644, Yangzhou remained under the control of the short-lived Southern Ming based in Nanjing . Qing forces led by Prince Dodo reached Yangzhou in the spring of 1645, and despite

4824-417: Was a pivotal moment of Anglo-Chinese relations during late Qing China that almost led to war. The crisis was fomented by the scholar-officials of the city, who opposed the presence of foreign Christian missionaries there. The riot that resulted was an angry crowd estimated at eight to ten thousand who assaulted the premises of the British China Inland Mission in Yangzhou by looting, burning and attacking

4896-472: Was completed a year later. It is located on the western outskirts of the city, and is a major station on the Nanjing–Qidong railway , and provides direct passenger service to the provincial capital as well as a number of major cities to the west, north, and south (such as Xi'an , Wuhan , and Guangzhou ), including an overnight Z-series express train to Beijing . Later, frequent high-speed (D-series) service has been introduced on this line as well. In 2020,

4968-466: Was one of the first cities to benefit from one of the earliest World Bank loans in China, used to construct Yangzhou thermal power station in 1994. Currently, the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou administers six county-level divisions , including three districts , two county-level cities and one county . Accordingly, they are further divided into 98 township-level divisions , including 87 towns and townships , and 11 subdistricts . During

5040-434: Was the dialect of Yangzhou, with Taihu Wu dialects . In Jiangnan itself, multiple subdialects of Wu fought for the position of prestige dialect. During a period of prosperity and imperial favor, the arts of storytelling and painting flourished in Yangzhou. The innovative painter-calligrapher Shitao lived in Yangzhou during the 1680s and again from 1697 until his death in 1707. A later group of painters from that time called

5112-428: Was the governor of Yangzhou, it is more likely that he was an official in the salt industry if he was employed there at all. Surviving Chinese texts do not mention him at all. It is well documented, however, that Kublai Khan trusted foreigners more than Chinese/Han subjects in internal affairs and the discovery of the 1342 tomb of Katarina Vilioni , member of an Italian trading family in Yangzhou, does, however, suggest

5184-690: Was usually surrounded by a wall with the living headquarters situated within and a nearly perfect square-shaped courtyard occupying the center. The Great Wall of Qi ( 齊長城 ) is the oldest existing Great Wall in China . Construction of the wall started in 441 BCE to defend against attacks from the states of Jin and Yue . Construction ended during the Warring States period , with the wall enhancing Qi's defense against enemies states like Ju , Lu , and Chu . The wall stretches from Guangli village of today's Changqing District, Jinan , running across

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