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The human history of Yangzhou
First, local folk songs

1, Gaoyou folk song: Count duck eggs, send your husband to join the army in northwest Gaoyou, go back to your hometown Gaoyou.

There are 272 complete lyrics and songs in Gaoyou folk songs, and there are more than 40 kinds of tunes.

2, unloading armor folk songs: Yangko chant

3. Take off your armor, take off your shoulders.

4. Hengjing folk songs: Hengjing original ecological folk songs.

5. Yangzhou folk songs: uprooted Luchaihua, Yangliuqing, Yangzhou Qingqu and Yangzhou minor.

6. Song of Shao Bomin: Miao Haozi of Shao Bo

Two. cultural heritage

1, China Grand Canal (Yangzhou section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal)

Yangzhou, the birthplace of the Grand Canal, is the lead city for applying for the World Heritage of the Grand Canal in China, which is connected with 34 cities along the route. After eight years' efforts, the Grand Canal of China was listed in the World Heritage List on June 20 14, becoming the 46th World Heritage Project in China.

Yangzhou has 10 ruins and 6 rivers, which are listed as world heritage sites, and it is the largest and most complete city along the Grand Canal in China.

2. Maritime Silk Road

Yangzhou enjoys a unique geographical position. Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty was near the canal, near the Yangtze River and facing the sea. It is a distribution center for North and South materials, a meeting point of the "Silk Road on Land" and the "Silk Road on the Sea", a multicultural melting pot and an international trade center.

Third, customs and habits

1, Guanyin Shanxiang Club

Guanyin Shanxianghui originated in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty.

According to the lunar calendar, June 19th is the day when Guanyin Bodhisattva attained enlightenment. On this day, the incense on Guanyin Mountain is the most prosperous.

It is also the most prosperous temple fair incense in Yangzhou.

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2. Tomb-Sweeping Day

This morning in Tomb-Sweeping Day, many people ate homemade sesame cakes, some of which were made of tender willow leaves and flour, saying that eating them would not cause disaster. This custom is still visible today.

Many families also have Tomb-Sweeping Day's habit of going to the grave for an outing.

Extended data:

Yangzhou, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, is a national historical and cultural city and a scenic tourist city with traditional characteristics. It is located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Known as the geographical and geometric center of Jiangsu Province (Gaoyou City, Yangzhou), it is also known as "the famous place in Huaizuo, the best place in Zhuxi" and "the first city of China Canal". Known as Yang Yi one or two, Moon City? .

Yangzhou, called Guangling, Jiangdu and Weiyang in ancient times, can be traced back to 486 BC. The first batch of national historical and cultural cities and Yangzhou section of China's Grand Canal were selected into the World Heritage List. Yangzhou is listed as one of the world heritage cities declared by China Maritime Silk Road.

Yangzhou is an important part of Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt, a member city of Nanjing metropolitan area and the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, and the water source of the East Route Project of South-to-North Water Transfer.

It has jurisdiction over three municipal districts of Hanjiang District, Guangling District and Jiangdu District, Baoying County 1 county, Gaoyou City and Yizheng City. It is a United Nations Habitat Award-winning city, a national civilized city and a famous hot spring city in China.

Yangzhou has successfully hosted the 20 17 World Sports Events and Tourism Summit, the World Geographical Indications Conference, the World Canal City Forum, the 20 18 World Canal Folk Exhibition, the 19th Jiangsu Provincial Games and the 10th Jiangsu Horticultural Exposition, and will hold the 20021year Yangzhou World Horticultural Exposition.