The Tang Dynasty is a fascinating era, the prosperity of the dynasties, the brilliant celebrities of the galaxy, the vast and magnificent territory, the high-confidence mentality, and the wanton poetry of the ocean.
There is a place name in Tang poetry that appears very frequently in Tang poetry, which is Yangzhou. For example, "Ten years of a dream of Yangzhou, won the Name of Qinglou Bo Xing." "The late man said the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March. "Etc. are all famous passages throughout the ages. Yangzhou can be loved by the poets of the Tang Dynasty, not without reason. Yangzhou is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with beautiful scenery, warm climate and outstanding people. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying that "Yang Yi Yi Yi Er", and this "Yang" refers to Yangzhou.
Yangzhou is a famous cultural city with a long history, and is one of the nine prefectures in the world divided by Dayu after the rule of the water. However, Yangzhou, one of the ancient nine prefectures at that time, included the southern part of present-day Jiangsu Province, most of Anhui Province, Shanghai Municipality, Zhejiang Province, Jiangxi Province, Fujian Province, and the current Yangzhou began in the Tang Dynasty. The area under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou (prefecture level) is also larger, including the current Yangzhou City, Taizhou City, Nantong City, and the southern part of Yancheng City, and the development of Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty is one of the peaks in the history of Yangzhou.
The so-called "eight parties are called spokes, and the five are as flat as the stones." "The description is the prosperity of Yangzhou's economy. Yangzhou's ability to achieve such achievements in the Tang Dynasty has a lot to do with Yangzhou's geographical location and history. The earliest records of the founding of Yangzhou City can be traced back to the Hancheng City built by Wu WangFuchai. At the same time that Wu Wangfu sent him to build the city of Hancheng, he also excavated the Yangtze River to the south of the Hangou and the Huai River to the north. Hangou should be the first artificial canal recorded in China. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Tao, the nephew of Emperor Liu Bang of Han and the King of Wu, developed the Northern Jiangsu Canal and developed salt transportation, and the construction of these water conservancy projects laid a solid foundation for the economic prosperity of Yangzhou.
In order to communicate bad luck and facilitate transportation, the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang dug the Grand Canal of Ancient and Modern Litong. At that time, the excavation of the canal led to the people's lack of livelihood, the world was in chaos, and the Sui Dynasty soon perished. But objectively, the opening of the Grand Canal has brought great development to Yangzhou. When the Sui Dynasty Emperor excavated the Grand Canal, "sent ding men hundreds of thousands of digging trenches from Changping and Ji county of Longmen East Street to Qingguan, Duhe, tanyi and Xiangcheng, and reached Shangluo to set up a guard against the pass." "The opening of the canal has made Yangzhou profitable in terms of convenient transportation, and its economy has developed rapidly. The Sui Dynasty Emperor also planted willow trees on both sides of the canal, and in the Tang Dynasty, the two banks of the canal "sandwiched between the banks of the embankment and ten thousand trees", in addition to forming a beautiful landscape, a large area of greening in addition to forming a beautiful landscape, but also increased the air humidity of Yangzhou, coupled with warm climatic conditions, creating a pleasant living environment in Yangzhou.
In the early period of the Tang Dynasty's restoration of social productivity, Yangzhou was already the economic center of "rich merchants and merchants, and the property of pearls and treasures". The Tang Dynasty vigorously developed the Jiangnan region, and the amount of material exchange between the north and the south became larger and larger, and the scope of involvement became more and more extensive. Coupled with the continuous southward shift of the economic center, a large number of talents flocked to Yangzhou, one of the central cities in the south. Under this virtuous circle, all walks of life in Yangzhou have developed rapidly. Later, it was "accumulated in department stores", "merchants such as weaving", and "majestic and rich in the world". At that time, Yangzhou undoubtedly became the largest metropolis in southeast China at that time, one of the four major commercial ports in the East, and an important port on the Maritime Silk Road. After the Anshi Rebellion, the north was in chaos, and Yangzhou became the most developed industrial and commercial city in the country, and its economic status once surpassed that of the capital Chang'an, which was the crown of the world. "The prosperity of the world, Yang is the first", is also the origin of "Yang one benefit two".
The benefit of "Yang Yi Yi Yi Chengdu was the seat of government of Yizhou (provincial level) during the two Han Dynasties, equivalent to the provincial capital, so Chengdu was also called Yizhou. In the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou became a well-known metropolis in the country, and there were geographical reasons why Chengdu could be compared with Yangzhou. Chengdu is located in the Minjiang Plain, the soil is fertile, since the construction of the DujiangYan, agriculture is very developed, the convenience of transportation makes Chengdu an important material distribution center in the southwest region. Chengdu can be said to be one of the earliest developed areas in southwest China, and the economic culture of Chengdu in the Qin and Han Dynasties is very developed, one of the six major cities in the country, and the other five are Chang'an, Luoyang, Handan, Lintao and Wan.
Under the ancient agrarian economy, the number of hukou can be said to be an important symbol of a local economy. The Sichuan Basin was less affected by the great turmoil in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, which allowed the population and productivity of the Sichuan Plain to be preserved to the greatest extent, and naturally became an important logistics base for the unification of the Tang Dynasty. Chengdu's culture is prosperous, in addition to agriculture, Chengdu's silk industry, handicrafts and commerce are also very developed, papermaking and printing and hair is also developing rapidly. Chengdu's "Shu embroidery" is one of the three famous embroideries in the country, and Shu jin is a treasure in tribute. Chengdu is also the birthplace of engraving printing, and by the late Tang Dynasty, most of the country's prints are mostly from Chengdu, which shows the highly developed printing industry in Chengdu.
Chengdu is riddled with natural dangers, and there are Qinling Mountains and Micang Mountains as obstacles in the north, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. For example, when there was a great disturbance in the Central Plains, the Tang Emperor would generally choose to flee to Chengdu. The most famous is, of course, The Tang Ming Emperor Li Longji, and he also had a treasure descendant, Emperor Tang, li Yizong, who also fled to Chengdu. With the shift of the center of power, the economic center also moved south, and Chengdu in the middle and late Tang Dynasty became the southwest metropolis of the country. Because Chengdu's economy is very prosperous, people compare Yizhou (Chengdu) and Yangzhou to the two most prosperous cities in the country. "Yangzhou and Chengdu are the most prosperous in the world, so they are called Yang and Yi." "Today's Tuiming Town is the first city in the world, known as Yang and Yi." Chengdu's prosperity has also attracted a large number of literary scholars, and there are countless famous monuments. Cen Shan was in love with the bustling splendid embroidery of Chengdu, and wrote down", "Laughter and forget the brigade, it is still like being in the capital." ”
The history of Yangzhou and Chengdu is very brilliant, and these two cities in the new era still have a very good future.