{"blanks":{"1":["first"]"10":["way"]"2":["By"]"3":["famous"]"4":["badly"]"5":["protected"]"6":["one"]"7":["won"]"8":["natural"]"9":["flowers"]}"title":"As a city with a long historyuff0cYangzhou is among theuff0866uff09f{{$1$}} 24cities in China that enjoy the titleuff08u79f0u53f7uff09 of Historical and Cultural City approved by the State Counciluff0euff0867uff09B{{$2$}} the year 2014uff0cYangzhou will mark its 2500th anniversary of the founding of the cityuff0e

Throughout historyuff0cYangzhou has beenuff0868uff09{{$3$}} for its gardensuff0eHoweveruff0cduring the late Qing Dynastyuff0cYangzhou gardens were uff0869uff09{{$4$}} destroyed because of the city's declineuff08u8870u843duff09 and the warsuff0e

Since the foundation of the PRCuff0cYangzhou gardens have been better uff0870uff09p{{$5$}} and developeduff0eFamous gardens like the Slender West Lakeuff0cGe Gardenuff0cHe Gardenu2026are under effective protectionuff0eIn 1996uff0cYangzhou became uff0871uff09o{{$6$}} of the first Garden Cities in Jiangsu Province and in 2003uff0cit uff0872uff09w{{$7$}} the title of the National-level Garden Cityuff0e

Yangzhou gardens are generally characterizeduff08u603bu4f53u98ceu683cuff09 as being uff0873uff09{{$8$}} and freshuff0eThe design is usually based on the principles of following the natural landscapeuff0cusing rocksuff0cpoolsuff0clakesuff0cor rivers in a garden sceneuff0cand decoratinguff08u88c5u9970uff09 gardens with famous uff0874uff09{{$9$}}and ancient treesuff0eIn this uff0875uff09w{{$10$}}uff0cthe style of Yangzhou gardens can be characterized by combining the greatness of North China and the beauty of South Chinauff0eLiving in the world like thisuff0cpeople are sure to have a healthier lifeuff0e"}