Yangzhou is a beautiful city which has a long history of 2,500 years. She was established in 486 BC, and reached into the flourishing stage in the tang dynasty.
World-famous Silk Road has two ways, including Silk Road and Marine Silk Road. Silk road from the Chang’an city of China to the west has been reached Rome, while there are five starting points in China concerning the Marine Silk Road. Yangzhou is one of the five starting poins in the tang dynasty and the other four are Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Ningbo and Penglai. Through the Marine silk road of this ancient waterway , tea, silk, lacquer and other commodities were sent to India, the Arab world, Africa and Europe. During the Sui and tang dynasties time, the development of Yangzhou city also contributed to the construction of the Beijing - Hangzhou Grand Canal. Owing to the grand canal, the transportation of goods must pass the Yangzhou city through north to the south of China, and thus promoting the deeper development of Yangzhou. Numerous domestic and foreign merchants gathered to this flourishing city, after the goods were delivered by Marine silk road , and the merchants would send the goods to everywhere of the country. During this period, traveler Marco Polo also had been to Yangzhou, in his books also described Yangzhou’s prosperity and richness.
To the Qing dynasty of kangxi and qianlong emperor period, Yangzhou’s business was more prosperous. Yangzhou’s population was more than 50 million , was one of the 10 cities with more than 50 million residents in the world on that time. This period of Yangzhou built many beautiful and famous classical gardens, for example HeYuan, and etc.
Modern Yangzhou city is a very beautiful city, and still keeps the jiangnan characteristics. Yangzhou city gets the "China's residential environment award”in2004 and in 2006 obtained" UN habitat prize ".
扬州城是一座距今已有扬州考试网2500年历史的古城。公元前486年建立扬州城，到达唐代时期进入繁盛期。
举世闻名的丝绸之路分为陆上丝绸之路和海上丝绸之路。陆上丝绸之路是从中国的长安城向西一直到达罗马城，而海上丝绸之路在中国有五个起点，扬州是五个起点中的一个。其他四个分别是，泉州，广州，宁波，蓬莱。扬州通过海上丝绸之路这条古老的航道将茶叶、丝绸、漆器等商品运往印度、阿拉伯世界、非洲和欧洲。在隋唐时期京杭大运河的修建同样促进了扬州城的发展。京杭大运河的修建使南北的货物运输必须经过扬州，从而带动了扬州的
极大发展。国内外的商人纷纷集聚扬州，经过海上丝绸之路的货物运到扬州后，商人们再通过京杭大运河将货物运送到全国各地。这个时期，旅行家马可.波罗也曾经到过扬州，在他的书中也描述过扬州城的繁荣与富饶。
到清代康熙皇帝和乾隆皇帝时期，扬州的商业更加繁荣，当时扬州城的人口超过50万人，是当时世界上10个拥有50万人以上居民的大城市之一。这个时期扬州修建了许多美丽的古典园林，著名的有何园、个园等等。
现代的扬州城是一座十分漂亮的城市，依然保持着江南水乡的特。扬州城在2004年扬州获得“中国人居环境奖”，在2006年获得了“联合国人居奖”。