YANGZHOU'S ECONOMY

Done by: Group 6Jessie Boey (2)Chuah Hui Qing (6)Oon Kah Ghee (15)Keefe Tan (25)Ian Lim (26)

UNDERSTANDING GOALS

1. What role does Yangzhou play in Ancient China's economy?

2. How has Yangzhou developed over the years?

PERFORMANCE OF UNDERSTANDING

Strategic position of Yangzhou and how it was an important economic center in ancient China

Reasons for the city's rise and fall of its fortune

BEIJING-HANGZHOU GRAND CANAL (北京杭州大运河）

Yangzhou is located on a plain north of the Yangtze River. The city has a history of over 2,500 years and developed as a major trading center for salt, rice and silk.

BEIJING-HANGZHOU GRAND CANAL (北京杭州大运河）

The Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) inherited the Grand Canal which linked the north and south of the country and connected the major river systems running from west to east.

Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong always travelled along the Grand Canal for their imperial tour of inspection so this proves that the Grand Canal is very useful and important as it linked the whole China together.

RISE AND FALL The Grand Canal dictated the rise and fall of Yangzhou's

fortune. The city declined with the fall of the Song dynasty and the

diminished use of the canal and was restored in the Ming era.

The economy of northern China was greatly damaged and never recovered due to wars and to constant floodings of the Yellow River. Such a case occurred in the year 858 when an enormous flood along the Grand Canal inundated thousands of acres of farmland and killed tens of thousands of people in the North China Plain.

ECONOMIC CENTER IN YANGZHOU

It serves as a trading port and is an important economic center because it allows fast trading due to the link to rivers from all parts of China.

Just as importantly, it greatly improved the administration and defense of China as a whole and strengthened economic and cultural intercourse between north and south.

It contributed greatly to ensure that the Chinese primary economy thrived in past dynasties. Yangzhou is the communication link between the north and south.

GEYUAN (个园） The entrance to this typical southern style

garden with its luxuriant bamboo groves, ponds, and rock grottoes is on Dongguan St. in the city's northeast section.

Designed by the great Qing Dynasty landscape painter Shi Tao for Wang Yingtai, an officer of the Qing imperial court, this garden takes its name from the shape of bamboo leaves which resemble the Chinese character ge.

GEYUAN (个园） It was rebuilt by General Manager Huang Zhiyun, a

local salt industry official, on a ruin in the 23rd year of Qing Dynasty Emperor Jiaqing's reign (1818). There are bamboos in the garden. The owner of the garden loved bamboo very much and considered it as the representation of uprightness, honesty, braveness, and loyalty.

Geyuan is rich in culture and history so the local authorities decided to open the place for tourists and Geyuan is now a popular tourist attraction which allows Yangzhou to earn a lot of money every year.

LUSHI OLD MANSION(晚清盐商豪宅卢氏老宅 )

Built in 1897 during the Qing Dynasty by a wealthy salt merchant named Lu Shaoxu, it is a lavishly furnished home with 100 rooms.

LUSHI OLD MANSION(晚清盐商豪宅卢氏老宅 )

The compound was sensitively restored in 1980 by local authorities to reflect the elegance and richness of Yangzhou's 2,500-year-old culture. A few years ago, it started operating as a restaurant and venue for events.

Instead of letting the mansion be demolished, the local authorities saw this as a chance to show Yangzhou's rich culture and an opportunity to earn money to improve China's economy.

Thank You!