Yangzhou | Yangzhou Museum | A Key to Thousand-Year Oriental Aesthetics

🏛️ 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. 🍃