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Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China.Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital 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.
"Yangzhou" originated from "Yue" (越; a term for the area in southeastern China around modern Zhejiang province). Sun Yirang (1848–1908) wrote, "This land was inhabited by the Baiyue. "Yang" (揚) and "Yue" (越) have the same meaning, so Yangzhou could have gotten its name from "Yangyue", just as "Jingzhou" and "Jingchu" have the same ...
Guangling District (simplified Chinese: 广陵区; traditional Chinese: 廣陵區; pinyin: Guǎnglíng Qū) is one of three districts of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. . The district includes the eastern half of Yangzhou's main urban area (including Yangzhou's historic center within the former city wall), and the city's eastern subu
Jiangdu (Chinese: 江都区; pinyin: Jiāngdū Qū; historically known as Kiangtu) is one of three districts of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The district spans an area of 1,518.78 square kilometres (586.40 sq mi), and as of November 1, 2020, has 926,577 inhabitants. [2]
The Yangzhou massacre in May, 1645 in Yangzhou, Qing dynasty China, refers to the mass killing of people in Yangzhou commanded by the Manchu general Dodo and carried out by Qing forces. The massacre is described in a contemporary account, A Record of Ten Days in Yangzhou, by Wang Xiuchu .
In the Yangzhou massacre, Chinese forces under Tian Shengong killed thousands around 9,967 of foreign merchants in Yangzhou in 760 CE during the Tang dynasty.. Yangzhou, at the junction of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal, was a center of commerce, finance and industry, and one of the wealthiest cities in Tang China, with a large population of foreign merchants.
It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake ("Bright Moon Lake") on Yangzhou' West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake. Yangzhou Museum is housed in a modern building, covering an area of 50,000 m 2 (540,000 sq ft).
Pages in category "Yangzhou" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...