Suzhou Suzhou was named Wu in the ancient times. First built in 514B.C., the city has a rich history of 2,500 years. The old city has generally retained the unique characteristics of the past. We can see its double-chessboard layout in which the streets and rivers go side by side, while the water and land routes run in parallel; We can also see its 3 longitudinal. 3 horizontal and one ring like river course; its small bridges over slowly flowing waters: its red brick walls with black tiled roofs and its historical interests and well-known gardens. Historically this is a remarkable place rich in outstanding talents and natural resources. The city is praised as the earthly heaven for its fully developed traditional culture and its scenic gardens.Nanning Nanning, with a glorious tradition, is remembered as a heroic city in the minds of Chinese people. For thousands of years, the city has undergone countless tests in battle. In the old days, Su Jian, head officer of this region in song Dynasty, once led the army and people throughout Yongzhou City to resist the Vietnamese aggressors, who were waging war against China. In modern times, the famous generals Liu Yongfu and Feng Zicai bravely safeguarded the region against French aggressors in a bid to defend their homeland. Moreover, the city has also witnessed glorious deeds by locals as following: the 1911 Revolution, the May 4th Movement in 1919, dispatching troops to aid the Northern Expeditionary Armies, the founding of the Seventh and Eighth Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the Baise Uprising paving the way for establishing the Zuojiang and Youjiang revolutionary bases, the Longzhou Uprising and the bloody Kunlunguan Campaign which gave a heavy blow to the Japanese aggressors. The local people have added an illustrious chapter to the history of defending the homeland and pursuing social progress by safeguarding the South Gate of the motherland and participating in the socialist construction of New China. In 1958, Nanning became the capital of Guangxi Chuang Nationality Municipality.Yangzhou Yangzhou one of China's famous historical and cultural cities, has long been eulogized as famous city on Jianghuai Plain. The city began to be built in 486 B.C. during the Spring and Autumn Period. So far it has a history of over 2,480 years. In the past, Yangzhou was named Hangou, Guangling, Jiangdu, Wucheng and Weiyang.Yangzhou was one of the country's nine natural regions in remote antiquity. It became not only a political and military base of southeastern China in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), but also an important distribution center of grain, salt and iron in China, and a major harbor as well because of its favorable location in the Jianghuai Plain.Since ancient times, Yangzhou has been a tourist city. From as early as the Six Dynasties (222-589), there was an old saying to visit Yangzhou by riding on a crane, one has to tie myriads of strings of coins around the waist, which means that Yangzhou is really an amazing land while you have to spend a lot of money.Yangzhou has been the ideal place to be frequently visited by men of letters and scholars since ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, it lured numerous celebrities and scholars. Its ancient civilization and splendid culture even aroused the emperors' interest in touring the city.It is said that the Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty visited Yangzhou three times for appreciating the city's rare flowers, and the emperors Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) had been to the city six times each. Their visits made many places of interest in Yangzhou famous nationwide. Nowadays, these sites have become the most valuable tourist resources in developing the city's tourist industry.Now the ancient Yangzhou City has rejuvenated its vigor, greeting its tourists from home and abroad with a new look.

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