扬州,是国务院首批命名的二十四座历史文化名城之一,有2500年的建城史,历史积淀丰厚。唐代,扬州富甲天下,有“扬一益二”之称。由于地处长江运河交汇的地理要冲,明清时期扬州成为两淮盐业和南北漕运的中心,市井辐辏,商旅群集,是全国最繁华的都市之一。腰缠万贯的盐商纷至沓来,在扬州这块风水宝地上建房筑园,所以,扬州旧城至今仍遗存许多恢弘的盐商旧宅院。 Yangzhou, is one of the first batch of twenty-four historical and cultural cities named by the State Council, with a history of over 2500 years and rich history. Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou rich world, “Yang Yi Yi two” said. Due to the geography impulse at the confluence of the Yangtze River canals, Yangzhou became the center of both the salt industry and the north-south water transport during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was one of the most prosperous cities in the country. Succeed salt merchants after another, in Yangzhou Feng Shui Po building built on the ground, so, Yangzhou Old Town still retains many of the grand salt farmer’s house.