The ancient poems praise Huai 'an's characteristics as follows:
Yin Qingjiang Qing Fan Mian
Yuan Pu's famous country remembers winning tours, and the scenery is vaguely like Yangzhou. Yangqiao is connected to the west flowing water in the east, and crosses the North Caolou in Nantong. Dufu Lane in front of Doulao Palace, the champion ditch of your Excellency Kuixing. The scenery is boundless, and the stone wharf is the thoroughfare of nine provinces.
Huai' an, referred to as Huai, was called Huaiyin and Qingjiangpu in ancient times. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province and a type II big city. Located in the north-central part of Jiangsu Province, in the east of Jianghuai Plain, and in the Yangtze River Delta, it is an important central city in northern Jiangsu, a modern central city in northern Yangtze River Delta, and a member city of Nanjing metropolitan area.
The Huaihe River Eco-economic Belt is the first city and the third-tier city. It is located at the intersection of the ancient Huaihe River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, on the north-south boundary of China, and has Hongze Lake, the fourth largest freshwater lake in China. As of 223, Huai 'an has jurisdiction over 4 districts and 3 counties; Covers an area of 13 square kilometers. By the end of 222, the resident population was 4,553,1.
Huai' an is a national civilized city, a national historical and cultural city, a national health city, a national garden city and a national environmental protection model city. It is one of the main cradles of Huaiyang cuisine, awarded the title of "World Food Capital" by UNESCO, and also one of the cradles of ancient culture in the Jianghuai Valley.
Huai' an county was established in Qin dynasty, with a history of more than 2,2 years. There is a site of "Qingliangang Culture" in Huai' an. It used to be the pivot rafter of water transportation and the hub of salt transportation. There are the Governor's Office of Jiangnan River and the Governor's Office of Water Transportation.
historically, it is also known as the "four metropolises" along the canal with Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yangzhou, and the "land where southern ships meet northern Malaysia". It has the reputation of "China Canal Capital", and the Huai 'an section of the Grand Canal in China has been selected into the World Heritage List.
Historical evolution:
Around 4 BC, there were traces of human activities in Huai 'an today, forming the "Qingliangang Culture". During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Huai 'an city was now a settlement of "Huai Yi". Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.
Today, Huai 'an area has convenient transportation, a "good road" leading to the north and the south, a gully connecting the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, and fertile land conducive to irrigation, so it has become an area contested by the great powers and princes, which was successively owned by Wu, Yue and Chu.