Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee, after Nashville.
Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-largest overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River. The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi and the Missouri Bootheel. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the Southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods.
Taizhou (Taizhou), referred to as "Tai" for short, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, located in the middle of Jiangsu Province. It is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south, Yancheng in the north, Nantong in the east and Yangzhou in the west. The total area of the city is 5787.26 square kilometers, of which the land area accounts for 77.85% and the water area accounts for 22.15%. The urban area is 1567.13 square kilometers. Taizhou Qin said Haiyang, Han said Hailing, the state built the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wenchang Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Tang Dynasty (AD 937), it was ruled by the state, which means "the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful", and began to be named Taizhou. Taizhou has a collection of talents and a large number of famous and sages, "the prosperity of the Confucian style, the plain crown of Huainan". Wang Gen, Liu Xizai, Shi Nai'an, Zheng Banqiao and Mei Lanfang are outstanding representatives in the history of Taizhou culture and art. Taizhou is the important water and land of Chengnan and Qibei, and it is the gateway to central Jiangsu. There has been "water" since ancient times.