Yangzhou

Daming Temple

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

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

Yangzhou museum is situated inside the 1500-year-old Tianning Temple, the only imposing historical architectural complex remaining in Yangzhou city proper. Covering an area of 12,000 square meters, Tianning Temple comprises an arch over a gateway, three magnificent main halls, and a dozen wing-rooms. (http://www.chinatoday.com...) 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.

Shi Kefa Memorial Shi Kefa Jinianguan, and his temple nearby: honor a Ming general who refused to surrender the city to Qing rulers in 1645.

Ge Yuan 个园

A lovely garden with sections representing the four seasons and with pavilions, open 7:30am-5pm daily, discount with student ID

He Yuan 何园

This true scholar's garden is cleverly arranged garden with several tea houses, open grottoes, and pleasant view. One of the best gardens in Jiangsu Province. open daily 7:30am-6pm, discount with student ID

Lu Shi Yan-shang Zhu-zhai

卢氏 盐商 住宅 A lavishly furnished home with 100 rooms that belonged to a local salt merchant, open daily 8am-5pm

Garden Tomb of Puhaddin

Said to be a descendant of Mohammed, Puhaddin's grave is in an inscription-covered building on the grounds of the local mosque. Open daily 8am-5pm

Wenchang Ge文昌阁

Promoting Literature Pavilion Once part of the Confucian Academy, this pavilion is all that's left

The Grand Canal. The old route of the Grand Canal runs along the southern and eastern edge of the historic center city. The new Grand Canal, with a continuous stream of cargo boats and barges, is a few kilometer east of city center, and is accessible by city bus.

Marco Polo Memorial Hall

is situated somewhat away from Tianning Temple and not inside it!!! at the corner of Tai Zhou Lu/Dong Guan Jie. The exhibition itself is an uncritical scenic description of Marco Polo's journey, which may be interesting for children, but does not meet academic standards. There are no remnants of Marco Polo's time in China on view that would be a sensation anyway!, and at the end of the exhibition you find a whole isle dedicated to the twinning between Yangzhou and Rimini in Italy, which has nothing to do with Marco Polo. The impression you get is that Venice was not available for twinning, so just another Italian city had to fill in. Open 9-11.30 a.m. and 2-5.30 p.m.