不同于古希腊、罗马这些地中海沿岸的商业民族,中华民族历来以农业安身立命,中国文化的性质就是农业文明。然而,以此硬套作为中国文化区域构成部分的扬州,却颇觉尴尬。扬州是传统中国的一个异数,早在有唐,就有扬州风俗文化异于一般地区的记录。唐李匡义在《资暇集》卷中“扬州”条说:“扬州者,以其风俗轻扬,故号其州。”(见《丛书集成初编》本)近人更有“两个扬州”的说法。易君左《闲话扬州》说她又雅又俗。范长江《游扬州》诗直接吟唱:“扬州有两 Different from the commercial peoples of the Mediterranean coasts such as ancient Greece and Rome, the Chinese nation has always assumed its place in agriculture. The nature of Chinese culture is agricultural civilization. However, Yangzhou, which uses this as a component of the Chinese culture, is rather embarrassed. Yangzhou is an alien to traditional China. As early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a record that Yangzhou’s customs and culture differed from the general areas. Tang Li Kuang-yi in the ”leisure“ volume ”Yangzhou“ article said: ”Yangzhou, with its custom Qingyang, so its state.“ ”(See“ ”Two Yangzhou “ argument. Yi Jun left ”gossip Yangzhou,“ said she was elegant and vulgar. Fan Changjiang ”tour Yangzhou“ poem directly chant: ”Yangzhou has two