Yangzhou is situated in the southern end of the Jianghuai Plain, enjoying a subtropical humid climate with four distinct seasons and a mild climate. The landscape is part of the floodplain of the Yangtze River Delta, featuring flat terrains crisscrossed by numerous rivers and lakes. Its territory stretches 86.7 kilometers along the Yangtze River waterfront, with moderate water depth and width and stable shoreline.

The earliest record of the very name of Yangzhou is in the “The Book of History - Yu Gong”. As legend has it, when Yu the Great tamed the flood, he divided China into nine Provinces (the so called “Zhou”). And “Yangzhou” was one of the nine. Its name “Yang” was then derived from the fact that “much land of the Province was covered by rippling waters”. In history, the city of Yangzhou used to be referred to by different names: Hancheng, Guangling, Jiangdu, Hanjiang, Jiangyang, Weiyang etc. On the 9th year (589 AD) of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, it assumed its present name Yangzhou. The city has a history of over 2,500 years since 486 BC when the king of the State of Wu, named Fuchai, ordered the excavation of the Hangou Canal and built the garrison city named Hancheng. Yangzhou boomed to prosperity several times in history, especially during the Han Dynasties (202 BC-220AD), the Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907 AD), and during the reigns of Emperors Kangxi (1622-1722) and Qianlong (1736-1795) of the Qing Dynasty. 

Yangzhou, one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities approved by the State Council, has four world-class intangible cultural heritages, namely Guqin (a seven-stringed plucked instrument in some ways similar to the zither), woodblock printing, paper cutting and Fuchun tea pastry making techniques, and 20 national intangible cultural heritage items such as jade ware, lacquerware, Yangzhou opera, Pinghua (storytelling in a local dialect), puppetry and gardening.

Education in Yangzhou: https://jyj.yangzhou.gov.cn