Yangzhou

Yangzhou (Chinese: 扬州市) is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, China. It sits on the north bank of the Yangtze. In 2010, 4,459,760 people lived there. Yangzhou was very wealthy in the history. For a long time, it was famous for its great businessperson's families, poets, artists, and scholars.

Five Pavilion Bridge at the Slender West Lake
Not to be confused with Yongzhou (Chinese: 永州), a city of Hunan Province.

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