Yangzhou In The Tang Dynasty In The "Taiping Guangji"

In the Tang Dynasty,Yangzhou was one of the important cities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River as the hub of water and land transportation and foreign trade port.After the Middle Tang Dynasty,thanks to the prosperous development of economy and society and the exaggeration of many literary works,Yangzhou was known as "the richest city in the world".As a result,Yangzhou is often regarded as the place of carrying stories,and many novels featuring Yangzhou scenery have been produced.Taiping Guang Ji(hereinafter referred to as Guang Ji)compiled by Li Fang et al in the Song Dynasty is a collection of the greatest collection of written novels in the Han and Tang Dynasties.It has a long reputation as "a great sea of novelists".These stories retain a lot of historical information about Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty,involving all aspects of people’s life,which has important reference value for us to understand the development of the society in Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty.Under the conflict of the mercantilism tradition and the legacy of the Southern Dynasty,the city of Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty presented a relatively free and romantic atmosphere.Under the influence of this atmosphere,Yangzhou people’s festival life is rich and colorful,folk belief life is active.At the same time,people who have lived in Yangzhou for a long time have a distinct mark of Yangzhou on their bodies.In particular,the tolerance and respect for women fully shows the open,free and inclusive spirit of Yangzhou.In the Tang Dynasty,Yangzhou’s economy reached a new height,which was manifested in the high quality of merchants and commodities.All kinds of merchants are attracted by Yangzhou’s huge commodity profits and gather here.Yangzhou can provide them with a collection of department stores,a large flow of exchange and trade places.Most of them lived in the city of Yangzhou.They had amazing assets and were engaged in jewelry trade and loan services.In the Tang Dynasty,Yangzhou had a rich religious atmosphere,with many Taoists and Buddhists.Both the government officials and the common people believed in Buddhism and Taoism.They hope to pray for the immortal visit or hold the scriptures recite the ring,to express their pray for fortune rang disaster,avoid evil on the spiritual appeal of good.Taoist monks and eminent monks active in Yangzhou also actively spread the Dharma,exerting an important influence on the life and psychological world of the people in Yangzhou.