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Yangzhou

Country:
China
State:
Shaanxi Sheng
City:
Yangzhou
Type of Location:
Multiple
About Location

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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By Plane

There is a domestic airport in, 37 miles southwest of the city, and buses go to either the east or west bus stations in Yangzhou. A train station, newly built in 2003, stands remote from the town's center, roughly two kilometers further out than RT-Mart. It's located on the newly completed Nanjing- branch line - there's about 5 hard-class only local trains between Nanjing and Yangzhou (about 1.5hours and around 10RMB) as well as a handful of K-series fast(ish) trains that continue to Shanghai as well as daily services to Beijing (10hr night train) and Guangzhou.

By Bus

There's a small convenience store inside the station. Buses and taxis depart from outside - 'black' illegal taxis are rare in Yangzhou, but regular drivers may 'forget' to use the meter.

By Train

To travel to Shanghai, or elsewhere in the Yangtze Delta regions, passengers cross the Yangtze over the new Zhenjiang-Yangzhou bridge (frequent commuter bus service is available) and take a train from the Zhenjiang station, which is located on the main Nanjing-Shanghai rail line. The quickest way to get to Nanjing or Shanghai is on the bullet train from Zhenjiang Station.

Key places to visit
Daming Temple, Hanlinyuan Museum, Yangzhou Museum

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Places to Visit

Daming Temple

8AM-4:45PM. Rebuilt after being destroyed in the Taiping Rebellion, this temple originally dated from the 5th century AD. There is a spring next to the tea house.

Hanlinyuan Museum

8:30AM-5PM. A magnificent tomb for Liu Xu, ruler of the Guangling Kingdom. It is five stories deep, with different levels housing things like a warehouse, living quarters, and a coffin on wheels.

Yangzhou Museum

8:30AM-11AM, 1PM-5PM. This museum has splendid displays of things like a boat salvaged from the Grand Canal that crosses through eastern China. The museum used to be housed in She Kefa temple downtown, but now it is on the west side, in a new purpose-built building, known as the "Double Museum" (Shuang Bowuguan). It is "double" because the other tenant in the building is a museum of traditional Chinese book printing.

Right Time to Visit

January - April
October - December

Temperature

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