Yangzhou
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| City Seat | (}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; former spellings: Yang-chou, Yangchow; literally "Rising Prefecture") is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of 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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AdministrationThe prefecture-level city of Yancheng administers 7 county-level divisions, including 3 districts, 3 county-level cities and 1 counties.
HistoryYangzhou has a history of almost 2,500 years, being founded in the Spring and Autumn Period when it was called Kuang-Ling. In 590 AD, Kuang-ling began to be called Yangzhou, which was the traditional name of the entire southeastern part of China.Located by the Yangtze river and Jinghang (Grand) Canal, it has been a leading economic and cultural center and major port of foreign trade and external exchange since the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Marco Polo served there under the Mongol emperor Kubilai Khan in the period around 1282-1287. Although some versions of Polo's memoirs imply that he was the governor of Yangzhou, it is more likely that he was an official in the salt industry. Until the 19th century Yangzhou acted as a major trade exchange center for salt, (a government regulated commodity), rice and silk. The Mings (1368-1644) are largely responsible for building the city as it now stands and surrounding it with 9 km of walls. From the time of the Taiping Rebellion (1853) to the end of the Communist revolution (1949) Yangzhou was in decline, due to war damage and neglect of the Jinghang Canal as railways replaced it in importance. With the canal now partially restored, Yangzhou is once again an important transportation and market center. It also has some industrial output, chiefly in cotton and textiles. In 2004, a railway linked Yangzhou for the first time with Nanjing. Geography and climate
Local landscape: Slender west lake, Ge garden, He garden, Da ming temple, Phoenix island, etc. --> -->Subtropical monsoon climate with humid changeable wind; longer winters for about 4 months, summers 3 months and shorter springs and autumns, 2 months respectively; frost-free period of 222 days and annual average sunshine of 2177 hours. Average temperature: 15 °C annually; the hottest in July of 27.6 °C and the coldest in January of 1.7 °C; maximum temperature of 39.8 °C and minimum −19 °C Rainfall: annual average of 1030 mm; rainy season from the middle of June to July CultureYangzhou dialect is classified as Lower Yangtze Mandarin.During a period of prosperity and Imperial favour, the arts of storytelling and painting flourished in Yangzhou. A group of painters from that time called the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou are famous throughout China. Former President of China Jiang Zemin was born only 14 km from Yangzhou, in a town called Jiangdu. His middle school is located right across from the public notary's office in Yangzhou. Yangzhou is famous for its carved lacquerware and jade carvings. Poet Li Bai (c.700-762) wrote in Seeing Meng Haoran off to Yangzhou from Yellow Crane Pavilion:
At Yellow Crane Pavilion in the west My old friend says farewell; In the mist and flowers of spring He goes down to Yangzhou; Lonely sail, distant shadow, Vanish in blue emptiness; All I see is the great river Flowing into the far horizon. Local highlightsYangzhou pickles, sticky candy, ginkgo, Qionghuayu liquor, Nanshan green tea, Baoying lotus root starch, Jiangdu short pastry, lacquerware, jadeware, embroidery, paper-cut, art & crafts velvet flavers.The city is famous for its public bath houses. "Yangzhou fried rice" (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a dish popular all over China. Tourism
--> Sister citiesYangzhou is twinned with ten cities around the world.
Yangzhou Social Welfare Institute is located in the eastern suburbs of Yangzhou. The orphanage is combined with the Yangzhou Recuperation Center for the Aged, which also treats mentally handicapped adults. Address: Yangzhou Social Welfare Institute, Zhuyuwan, Wantou Town, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China 225006 Address in Chinese:
Map showing location of Yangzhou Social Welfare Institute:
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