Must-visit destination in March! Taierzhuang Ancient Town's spring exclusives!
✅Ticket Information
🎈Free admission: Children under 1.4 m, seniors over 60, active-duty military personnel, and veterans with valid ID; participants in the Taierzhuang Half Marathon from March 29 to 30, 2025, with their race bib and ID card; medical workers nationwide with a physician's qualification certificate or other relevant documents enjoy free admission, and half-price tickets for inner river cruises.
🎈Discount policy: From March 7 to 9, female visitors can purchase tickets for 38 yuan. Women born on March 8 enjoy free admission and can upgrade their tickets to an annual pass for an additional 20 yuan. Residents of Xuzhou, Linyi, Jining, Heze, and Zaozhuang can purchase a single-entry ticket valid for the day for 40 yuan.
✅Transportation Guide
🎈External transportation: If traveling by high-speed rail, take bus B10 from Zaozhuang Station directly to the Taierzhuang Ancient Town parking lot. If traveling by train, take bus B1 from Zaozhuang West Station to Zaozhuang Passenger Transport Center, then transfer to bus B2 to the ancient town. If driving, use navigation to reach the Taierzhuang Ancient Town parking lot or the east gate.
🎈Internal transportation: You can choose a traditional Chinese boat (yaolu chuan) to experience the charm of the water town. A single trip costs 60 yuan, and a round trip costs 100 yuan. There are also painting boats, sightseeing buses, and tour cars, with varying prices and routes, which you can choose according to your needs.
✅Attraction Recommendations
🎈Historical and cultural exhibition halls: The China Grand Canal Shop Sign Museum displays over 500 shop signs from the Ming, Qing, and Republican periods, vividly showcasing the thousand-year-old commercial landscape of the Grand Canal. The China Grand Canal Granary Museum displays ancient grain storage tools, showcasing the prosperity of grain storage along the canal. The Taierzhuang Battle Site Park has 11 remaining houses from after the war and 5 thematic exhibition halls, comprehensively displaying the entire Taierzhuang Battle.
🎈Characteristic streetscapes: Dayamen Street is antique and charming, with characteristic shops and snack stalls on both sides, and you can even hear opera singing. The ancient town integrates various styles of retro architecture, such as Huizhou and Shanxi styles, with upturned eaves, fully displaying an ancient and elegant charm.
✅Food Recommendations
🎈Yellow flower beef noodles: A Zaozhuang specialty, the noodles are chewy, the beef is tender, the soup is rich, and the daylily is refreshing.
🎈Grand Canal carp: The fish is tender and mainly cooked by braising or sweet and sour methods, resulting in a rich flavor.
🎈Taierzhuang sesame seed cakes: Available in various flavors, such as savory and sweet, they are crispy and delicious, and can be purchased as souvenirs.
✅Accommodation Recommendations
🎈Luxury: Zaozhuang Wenhui Hotel, a boutique hotel with beautiful folk customs and scenery; Zaozhuang Sky City Hotel (Taierzhuang Ancient Town Scenic Area Branch), a traditional Beijing-style courtyard by the ancient Grand Canal.
🎈Characteristic: Zhuangyuan Inn, an antique building complex; Lakeside Moonlight View Inn, where you can enjoy the lake view, watch cruise boats, and see performances right outside your window.
✅Tour Routes
🎈One-day tour: Arrive at the ancient town in the morning and visit the Taierzhuang Battle Memorial Hall. Enjoy local specialties for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the Canal Culture Exhibition Hall and the Li Zongren Historical Museum, and participate in temple fair activities. In the evening, enjoy the light show, watch folk performances, and experience blessing activities such as floating river lanterns.
🎈Two-day tour: On the first day, stroll through the ancient streets and alleys in the morning, admire the retro architecture, have lunch, visit the Battle Site Park in the afternoon, and experience the night view of the ancient town and take a yaolu chuan ride in the evening. On the second day, visit the canal-related museums in the morning and participate in intangible cultural heritage experience projects in the afternoon, such as shop sign making and tie-dyeing.