提起“扬州八怪”,人们都知道这是中国绘画史上著名的,富有革新精神的画家群体(“八怪”究竟包括哪几位画家,有多种说法,本文将关于“杨州八怪”的多种说法中涉及到的十几位画家视为一个画家群体)。这些画家为什么出在场州?或言之,为什么扬州出了“八怪”?这需要从当时扬州的形势谈起。清代康熙、雍正和乾隆年间,政局比较稳定,农业和手工业都有所发展.商品经济也活跃起来。在这种情况下,许多城市也繁荣起来。扬州就是其中的一个。扬州地处长江下游北岸,古运河穿城而过,进入长江,是苏北水陆交通枢纽。这样好的地理位置,使它早在隋唐时期就已经十分繁华。唐代 Mentioning “Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou”, people all know that this is a famous and innovative group of painters in the history of Chinese painting (“Eight strange” including several painters, there are a variety of claims, this article will be on “Yangzhou Baiguai” More than a dozen painters involved in the various interpretations are considered as a group of painters). Why did these artists come out in the state? Or in other words, why did Yangzhou come out with “eight strange”? This needs to be talked about from the situation in Yangzhou at that time. During the reigns of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, the political situation was relatively stable, agriculture and handicrafts developed, and the commodity economy was also active. In this case, many cities are also prospering. Yangzhou is one of them. Yangzhou is located in the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the ancient canal through the city and into the Yangtze River, North Jiangsu is the water and land transport hub. Such a good geographical location, it has long been very prosperous in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Tang Dynasty