Hongze Lake, the fourth largest freshwater lake in China at the intersection of the ancient Huaihe River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, is a national historical and cultural city, a national health city, a national garden city, a national environmental protection model city, a national low-carbon pilot city and an excellent tourist city in China.
Yangzhou and other places are the main cradles of Huaiyang cuisine, and also one of the cradles of ancient culture in the Jianghuai Valley. Huai 'an is located in the core area north of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, adjacent to the coastal waters along the Yangtze River. It is the main artery of north-south traffic and has a unique geographical advantage. It is an important transportation hub in Jiangsu Province and a regional transportation hub in the northern part of the Yangtze River Delta.
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Huaian, as early as five or six thousand years ago, had traces of ancestors' activities, leaving behind the "Qingliangang culture" in history. ?
During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Huaiyi and Xu Yi lived in this city. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were not only the Hangou (the Huaiyang Canal) dug by Fu Cha, the king of Wu, which connected the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, but also the trunk road on land-a good thoroughfare from north to south. "Huai chronology? The preface says that the middle and lower reaches of the ancient Huaihe River, including the city boundaries, "the benefits of traffic irrigation are in the whole country", which has become an important area for the great powers to compete for and has been owned by Wu Yuechu. ?
After Qin unified the six countries, the county system was implemented. It belongs to surabaya county and Donghai County, and the original counties and cities are Huaiyin (now Matou Town, Huaiyin District), Xuyi (now northeast of Xuyi County) and Dongyang (now southeast of Maba, Xuyi County). During the Western Han Dynasty, the city generally belonged to Linhuai County, with Huaipu (now west of Lianshui County), Sheyang (now southeast of Huai 'an District) and Fuling (now middle of Hongze Lake) added. Pi State, Guangling County under the Eastern Han Dynasty.
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