“天下三分明月夜,二分无赖是扬州”。远在唐代,扬州城便已十分繁华。地处长江与运河交汇之处的扬州是南北漕运枢纽,水陆交通的便利带来商业经济的活跃,特别是两淮盐业到清代时尤为兴盛,使得扬州这座名城更加兴旺。清代帝王多次南巡,地方官绅热心艺文,富商巨贾博雅好古,一时文人士大夫闻风而趋,有“海内名士,半在淮扬”之说,扬州书画艺术随之昌盛不绝,并以清代中期时兴起的“扬州八怪”为鼎盛。文人画自唐宋肇始,至晚明时已从物象和心象的表达,进入 “One-third of the world moon and stars, the second rogue is Yangzhou ”. Far in the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou City has been very prosperous. Yangzhou, a junction of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal, is a water transport hub between North and South. The convenience of water and land transportation brings about an active commercial economy. In particular, the Lianghuai Salt Industry flourished during the Qing Dynasty, making the city of Yangzhou even more prosperous. Imperial emperors on many occasions south tour, local gentry keen arts, wealthy merchants Boya ancient time, a literary person physicians windward, there are “domestic celebrities, half in Huaiyang,” said, Yangzhou painting and calligraphy followed Prosperous, and the rise of the middle of the Qing Dynasty “Yangzhou eight strange ” for the heyday. The literati painting began in the Tang and Song dynasties and entered into the late Ming period from the expression of objects and images