Yangzhou, a fertile land with a sound environment for fostering numerous refined scholars, is a famous cultural city where many talented persons gather. Among masterpieces of poems and essays, many highly praised the best scenery of Yangzhou.
It is the blue water of the Grand Canal that has brought up numerous writers and poets. Especially, the verse of "Willow Catkins and Flowers in March" lavished praise on the local flavor of the ancient city. Therefore, Yangzhou is well known to the public not only because it has numerous landscapes, but also for its many scholars and masterpieces. So, it has helped Yangzhou win a reputation as full of beautiful things to be appreciated.
The Yangzhou culture not only has an important bearing on the value of cultural relics, but has already been considered a tradition and trend permeating the blood of local people. It is an open culture in a comprehensive and creative way. Yangzhou drama storytelling in a local dialect, and puppet show are cultural forms favored by the local people. The inscriptions in ancient books belong to the precious cultural legacy of Yangzhou, while the calligraphy and paintings from the Eight Eccentric Artists of Yangzhou have far-reaching influence on the art of Chinese drawing in modern times.
The abundant cultural resources accumulated through thousands of years in Yangzhou have laid a cultural foundation for the current economic and social development. This has also created a sound environment for building Yangzhou into a prosperous, economically developed, well off and highly civilized city with an all-round legal system.
