Tourist attractions in Yangzhou

The tourist attractions in Yangzhou include: Slender West Lake, Daming Temple, He Garden, Yangzhou Museum, Zhuyu Bay Scenic Area, etc.

1. Slender West Lake:

Slender West Lake, formerly known as Baobao Lake, is located in the northwest suburb of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, with a total area of ??2,000 acres, a water area of ??700 acres, and a tourist area of ??100 hectares. The basic layout of Slender West Lake has been formed during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, and it has the reputation of "the most prosperous garden in the world". In 2010, it was awarded a national AAAAA level tourist attraction, and in 2014, it was included in the World Cultural Heritage List.

2. Daming Temple:

Daming Temple is located in the northwest suburb of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was named after it was first built in the reign of Emperor Xiaowu of the Southern Song Dynasty. Over the past 1,500 years, the name of the temple has changed many times, such as "Qiling Temple" and "West Temple" in the Sui Dynasty, and "Zhengping Temple" in the late Tang Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, due to the taboo word "Da Ming", it was once called "Qiling Temple". In the 30th year of Qianlong's reign, the emperor personally wrote a book "Edict inscribed on Fajing Temple". In 1980, Daming Temple restored its original name.

3. He Garden:

He Garden, located at No. 66 Xu Ningmen Street, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, also known as Jixiao Villa, was built in the mid-Qing Dynasty. It is a classic Chinese garden architecture and is known as the first garden in the late Qing Dynasty. He Garden is a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national AAAA tourist attraction, and one of the first 20 key parks in the country. Its main attractions include the cloister, the horse-riding building, etc. He Garden is a representative work of Yangzhou gardens in the late Qing Dynasty and is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

4. Yangzhou Museum:

Yangzhou Museum is located on Wenchang New Road, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It consists of the Yangzhou China Engraving and Printing Museum and the Yangzhou Museum New Hall. It is a national AAAA-level tourism Scenic spots. The Yangzhou Double Museum is positioned as the largest cultural relics collection center, cultural and museum academic research center, citizen cultural and leisure center, and youth cultural and museum patriotic education base in Yangzhou.

5. Zhuyu Bay Scenic Area:

Zhuyu Bay Scenic Area is located in Wantou Town, Dongshou, Yangzhou, covering an area of ??about 50 hectares, bordering Shaobo Lake to the north, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the west, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the east. Fairy Town. "Rebuilding the Annals of Yangzhou Prefecture" records: "Liu Bi, King of Wu of the Han Dynasty, opened this mausoleum that leads to the sea." Therefore, there is a Cornus officinalis village in the north of the place, and it is planted with Cornus officinalis trees, so it is named after Cornus officinalis, and there is a curve here, so "Zhuyu Bay" "That's when it got its name. Zhuyu Bay was rated as a national 4A tourist attraction in 2011 and an ecological civilization education base in Jiangsu Province in 2014.