摘要
Author’s Note:2020 marks the 10 th anniversary of the establishment of friendship cities between Yangzhou and Nara.Nara is the ancient capital of Japan and the spiritual home of the Japanese people.Its historical link with Yangzhou started with Master Jianzhen(688-733),a monk in China’s Tang Dynasty.Since the 1990 s,the municipal governments of the two cities have paid friendly mutual visits many times,carrying out extensive exchanges and cooperation in trade,economics,culture and tourism.
