In China, Yangzhou lies on the right to the south of Huaihe River. Why did the ancients say Yangzhou was the left name of Huaihe River?

In Jiang Kui's famous work "Yangzhou Slow in Huai Zuo Du Ming", he wrote: "Du Ming in Huai Zuo is the land of western beauty of Zhu Xi", which means that Yangzhou is the famous city east of Huaihe River and the beauty of Zhu Xi's pavilions.

On the map, we can see that Yangzhou is on the right of Huainan area. Why write the word "Huaizuo Du Ming"? It turns out that in ancient China, the orientation was south-facing, so when people gave directions, they often faced south. At this time, the direction of the left hand side is east, and the direction of the right hand side is west, so Huaizuo's name is Huaidong's name.

Ancient Yangzhou and modern Yangzhou are not a Yangzhou! In Song Dynasty, Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road were set up in Jianghuai area. According to the custom at that time, people called it Huai Zuo and Huai You respectively.

Yangzhou, the capital of Huainan East Road in Song Dynasty, has a long history. The name of Yangzhou was first seen in Shangshu Gong Yu: "Huaihai defends Yangzhou."

The Victoria Yangzhou here is not Yangzhou now, but a broad geographical concept in ancient times, including Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other provinces in the vast area of the Yellow Sea and the Yangtze River.

In the ancient Yangzhou area, there were 39 county capitals in the Tang Dynasty, 196 counties. Although this Yangzhou embraces today's Yangzhou, it cannot be confused with today's Yangzhou.

Summarize; Yangzhou is now called Han in the Spring and Autumn Period, Guangling and Jiangdu in the Qin and Han Dynasties, Nanyanzhou in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties and Wu Zhou in the Zhou Dynasty.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the Yangzhou Secretariat Department, the three kingdoms Wei and Wu each set up Yangzhou, and Wuzhou changed to Yangzhou in the ninth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty, but the presidential system was still located in Danyang (now Nanjing).

In the eighth year of Tang Gaozu Wude (625), Yangzhou moved from Danyang to Jiangbei, and Guangling only enjoyed Yangzhou proper name.

In the twenty-five years of Qing Qianlong (1760), jiangnan province was formally divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, and Yangzhou prefecture was subordinate to Jiangsu province.

After the founding of New China, Yangzhou was formally established. Yangzhou is a famous cultural city with a long history, and it is a place with rich humanities in history.

"Fireworks in March in Yangzhou" and "A Dream in Yangzhou in Ten Years" give people a lot of expectations and longings. Thousands of years of historical accumulation have left Yangzhou with splendid culture, numerous historical sites and profound details.