[2025 Yangzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Yangzhou Museum (Updated Apr)

A short trip to Yangzhou? This guide is all you need! 🍃Things to do (If you have to choose between Dongguan Street and Pishi Street, I recommend Pishi Street for its creative and design-oriented atmosphere.) 1️⃣ Dongguan Street - A foodie's paradise ❶ Cuchadanfan: Lotus root starch balls are a must-try! ❷ Juxiangzhai: Freshly baked Huangqiao sesame cakes, crispy and crumbly ❸ Zhao's Die Tangyuan: Four Happiness glutinous rice balls, so soft and chewy ❹ Yangzhou University Yogurt: The jasmine flavor is amazing 2️⃣ Pishi Street - Where art meets deliciousness ❶ Fushengji Bookstore: A combination of cultural creativity, coffee, and cats ❷ amo.: Instagram-worthy dessert shop, famous for their bayberry ice rice balls ❸ Mogutang: A 13-year-old shaved ice shop ❹ Pishi Street exclusive snacks: Large Youhuo Shaobing: Crispy pastry filled with scallions and oil, 5 yuan each, so good you'll lick your fingers Duanrong Shaobing: Plum blossom cakes with a molten filling, the red bean paste is so hot but you can't resist Choumingsanyuanyang: Crispy and tender stinky tofu, perfect with sweet and sour radish 3️⃣ Other must-see city walk destinations ❶ He Garden: Wear Hanfu and capture the light and shadow of the corridors in the best late Qing Dynasty garden ❷ Slender West Lake: Take a sculling boat and listen to the boatwoman hum a tune (highly recommend sunset time) ❸ Grand Canal Museum: Remember to book at least one week in advance. It took me three trips to Yangzhou to finally get in! (⚠️If you can't get a reservation at the Grand Canal Museum, you can choose the Yangzhou Museum next to the hotel, which requires no reservation and only your ID card.) 🏨 Accommodation 👉 Yangzhou Shangri-La is amazing! Panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Moon Lake, you can watch the sunrise and sunset from your room 🌅 💎 Hidden gems in the hotel: ✔️ Tianzi Barber Shop: Get a shave from an experienced barber (the hot towel facial is so relaxing) ✔️ Lu Qin Foot Care: Foot massage by a non-genetic inheritor (revives you after a long day of walking) ✔️ Michelin-starred Shang Palace Chinese Restaurant: Jasmine orange veal + smoked goose are to die for ✔️ The next morning, head straight to the "Liuyuanchun Tea House" inside the hotel Five-color crab roe soup dumplings that burst with flavor! Emerald siu mai as green as jade Enjoy a pot of hot tea, have breakfast by the window, and admire the garden view 🚗 Transportation Tips 🚗 ✔️ 1.5-hour drive from Nanjing. Driving is not recommended within the scenic area. 📸 Photo outfit: New Chinese style + oil-paper umbrella

🏛️ Located on the bank of Mingyue Lake, Yangzhou Museum consists of Yangzhou China Block Printing Museum and the new hall of Yangzhou Museum. It is a national first-class museum and a 4A-level scenic spot. It houses 144,000 cultural relics, including the Yuan Dynasty Jilan glaze white dragon pattern Meiping, known as the "Oriental Sapphire", as well as ancient block printing books, bronze mirrors of the Tang Dynasty, and calligraphy and paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which string together the 3,000-year civilization epic of Yangzhou from the Hancheng Spring and Autumn Period to the heyday of salt merchants. 🌟 Must-see highlights: Decoding Yangzhou's Civilized Genes 🔮 Treasure of the Town Hall: Jilan Glaze White Dragon Meiping • One of only 3 extant Yuan Dynasty masterpieces in the world, the blue glaze is like the deep sea, and the white dragon breaks through the waves. The glaze is as pure as new, and it is known as the "top aesthetic in porcelain". • Exhibition Tips: Only 1 cultural relic is displayed in the National Treasure Hall. It is recommended to reserve 20 minutes to carefully appreciate it, and flash photography is prohibited. 🖋️ Block Printing: Touching the Thousand-Year Temperature of Movable Type Printing • Chinese Block Printing Exhibition Hall: Displays 100,000 ancient book block prints, restores the printing process of the Complete Tang Poems, and you can personally brush the poetry notes of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". • Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience: Make a reservation for block printing DIY (CNY 30/person), make an exclusive zodiac woodcut bookmark, and take it home as a cultural souvenir. 🏮 Guangling Tide Exhibition Hall: Traveling Through the Chronicle of Yangzhou City • From King Fucha of Wu building Hancheng to the mansions of salt merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 130 cultural relics + dynamic sand table restore the prosperous scene of "Yangzhou First, Yizhou Second": ◦ Han Dynasty: Guangling King Gold Seal (made of pure gold, printed with "Guangling King Seal") ◦ Tang Dynasty: Sancai Hu Shang figurines, dugout canoes (remnants of 13-meter-long canal cargo ships) ◦ Qing Dynasty: Jadeite Cabbage (old collection of salt merchant family, grasshopper on cabbage leaves implies "more children and more wealth") 📝 Practical Guide: Guide to Efficient Play 🎫 Tickets and Opening • Free admission: You need to make a reservation in advance on the official account "Yangzhou Museum" (tickets are released at 19:00 every day), and enter the museum by swiping your ID card. • Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (ticket sales stop at 16:00), closed on Monday (except for public holidays). 🚶 Recommended classic route (2-3 hours) 1. First floor: Guangling Tide Exhibition Hall (Origin of Hancheng → Heyday of Salt Merchants) → Lacquerware Special Exhibition such as Gilt Perfume Sachets 2. Second floor: National Treasure Hall (Meiping) → Chinese Block Printing Exhibition Hall (Ancient Book Block Library) 3. Third floor: Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics Painting and Calligraphy Hall → Temporary Special Exhibition (such as "Grand Canal Cultural Relics Exhibition") 🌸 Parent-child Easter egg • Treasure Hunt Game: Receive a "Cultural Relics Clue Card" and exchange it for cultural and creative stickers when you find the designated cultural relics in the exhibition hall. • Block Printing Workshop: Children can experience rubbing zodiac patterns (accompanied by parents). 🚗 Transportation Guide: One-click access to cultural landmarks • Self-driving: Navigate to "Yangzhou Museum", turn to Yangli Expressway from Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway, parking lot at the South Gate of the museum (free). • Bus: Take Tourist Line 1/101 to "Cultural and Art Center Station" and walk for 5 minutes. • Shuttle: It takes about 10 minutes (CNY 6) by taxi from the China Grand Canal Museum, which saves time for linked tours. 🏡 Nearby Accommodation: An Elegant Choice to Sleep by the Water • Changle Inn: Renovated from an old house in Ming and Qing Dynasties, you can see Slender West Lake when you open the window, 8-minute walk to the museum, including breakfast + block printing experience package CNY 598/night. • Hidden Residence · Dongguan Street Inn: New Chinese courtyard, providing Hanfu rental, CNY 180/person per night, free pick-up and drop-off to the museum. • Blossom Hill Inn · Wenyun Villa: Garden-style design, private hot spring pool to relieve travel fatigue, 10-minute walk from the museum. 📸 In-depth gameplay suggestions • Night Tour Linkage: Walk from the museum to Dongguan Street in the evening, taste Sixi Tangyuan and Huangqiao Sesame Cake, and take a night tour of the ancient Grand Canal. • Must-buy cultural creations: Meiping bookmarks, block-printed Heart Sutra, Yangzhou paper-cutting, and cultural and expo stores can be mailed on the first floor. From the bronze sword light of Hangou to the ink fragrance on the block prints, the Yangzhou Museum uses 140,000 cultural relics to condense the glory and elegance of a city into eternity. Pick a drizzly afternoon, push open the door of time, and start your Yangzhou civilization decoding journey. 🍃

Sisters! Yangzhou Museum is the hidden top stream! Free check-ins, national treasures occupying a 200-square-meter exhibition hall, high-tech artifacts spanning thousands of years... This guide will help you unlock the highlights of the two museums and turn you into a cultural expert in seconds! 👇 🎫Tickets: Free🆓 You need to make an appointment in advance on the Yangzhou Museum WeChat official account, choose a visiting time, and enter the museum with a mainland China ID card after the appointment is successful. 🕙Opening hours: 9:00 - 17:00 (no admission after 16:00, closed on Mondays, except statutory holidays) 🚗Transportation: Bus: Take it to "Cultural and Art Center Station" and walk there after getting off. Self-driving: There are parking lots around the museum, and it is convenient to park by car. Must-see treasures of the museum 1️⃣ Yuan Dynasty Blue Glaze Plum Vase with White Dragon Pattern: There are only 3 Yuan Dynasty masterpieces left in the world, occupying a 200㎡ exhibition hall! The whole body of the piece is covered with blue glaze like the deep sea, and the white dragon flying in the clouds and playing with the pearl is full of dynamism. It was once offered at 4 billion yuan but it would not be sold! 2️⃣ Tang Changsha Kiln Green Glaze Brown-Green Dotted Double-eared Jar: The "King of Changsha Kiln" that is forbidden to leave the country, a witness to the prosperity of Yangzhou's foreign trade in the Tang Dynasty! Brown-green painted lotus patterns + exotic shapes, hidden in the corner of "Guangling Tide" on the third floor, don't miss the new display board instructions! 3️⃣ A Five-Dynasty Wooden Figurine with Two Human Heads and a Snake Body: a rare wooden sculpture artifact, with two human heads and one snake body, with a peaceful and mysterious expression. There is also an enlarged version of the sculpture on the first floor! 💡Visiting route suggestions: You can visit the "Guangling Tide - Yangzhou City Story" exhibition hall, Ceramics Museum, and Calligraphy and Painting Museum in order to understand the historical changes of Yangzhou and appreciate precious cultural relics of different categories. 📸 【Photography position】 * Plum vase in the National Treasure Hall: the royal blue glaze background + the interweaving of light and shadow make it possible to take great photos of cultural relics! * Guangling Chao Tang Dynasty street scene: lantern skylight + Hu merchant scenery, travel back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty in one second. * Wooden figurine with two human heads and a snake body: a modern enlarged sculpture, full of mystery! 💡Tips: * The museum provides free interpretation services. You can follow the official account to view the specific interpretation schedule. You can also rent an interpreter to help you better understand the cultural relics. * The museum is large, so please wear comfortable shoes when visiting. * Do your homework in advance and have a deeper understanding of the cultural relics you are interested in, so that your visiting experience will be better.

From the sixth to the eighth day of the first lunar month, I drove more than 400 kilometers to Yangzhou for a trip. I have always felt that Yangzhou is famous. After arriving there, I visited scenic spots such as the Slender West Lake and Ge Garden, and tasted the delicacies of Qu Garden and Yi Garden. It gave me the feeling that every scenic spot charged an entrance fee, and the price was not low, but I didn't gain much after visiting it. I went to the Yangzhou Museum and saw the only three remaining blue-glazed plum bottles from the Yuan Dynasty in the world, and then I felt a little bit, but the parking fee was not low. It seems that when you visit Yangzhou, everything is charged, which is not as good as the West Lake in Hangzhou, where you can visit free attractions until your legs cramp. The food in Yangzhou is really good, especially the egg fried rice, which is really delicious. You can eat it at Quyuan Tea House, and it costs 108 yuan per serving [Facepalm]. If you want to eat at famous restaurants in Yangzhou, you must be prepared to wait in line. An hour is the norm. Some restaurants will not accept you if you don't make reservations early. For example, Shan Restaurant in Yingbin Building will not even let you in if you don't make reservations many days in advance. The conclusion is: when you go to Yangzhou, you have to buy tickets everywhere, and if you want to eat the special dishes, you have to queue up and it is expensive. After going there once, you will have no interest in going there a second time.

This museum is fantastic showing how the chinese developed the printing. It has alot of relics in this museum that are a must to see. #historicallandmarks