扬州,一直是我向往的地方。四十多年前,我读到清人全祖望那篇著名的《梅花岭记》。看到他记述的史可法壮烈殉国的场面:大兵如林而至之际,忠烈乃瞠目曰:“我史阁部也!”劝之降,忠烈大骂而死。死前,他留下遗言:“我死当葬梅花岭下。”少年的心,被一腔壮怀激烈所燃烧。扬州,在我的心里,是史可法的扬州,是一地梅花怒放的扬州。真的来到扬州,已经是十多年之后上个世纪的70年代末。那时的扬州,没有如今那样多的高楼大厦,史可法墓前的护城河那样清澈,河边的杨柳在夏日里浓荫四 Yangzhou, has always been my longing place. Forty years ago, I read the famous “Plum Ridge Kee” written by Qing Quan. See his account of the history of the heroic martyrs can be the scene of history: soldier as the forest is approaching, loyalty is Naochuo said: “I also history department also!”, Zhonglie curse and die. Before his death, he left the last words: “I die as a plum blossom ridge. ” The juvenile heart, was a strong burning fire. Yangzhou, in my heart, is the history of Yangzhou in France, is plum blossom in Yangzhou. Really came to Yangzhou, is already more than a decade later in the last century, the late 70s. Yangzhou at that time, there is no such as the high-rise buildings, history of the tomb of the moat so clear, river willows shady shade in summer four