Guide to Yangzhou Attractions

Yangzhou Attractions

Yangzhou University

For international students looking for a different, and less expensive, opportunity to study Chinese language and culture, Yangzhou University beckons. Campuses are spread throughout town with a total enrollment of 35,000 students. Other popular realms of study include the culinary school, martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, and many others. Foreign students studying here come from an impressively diverse set of locations including Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia. Another option for foreigners is the opportunity to teach English at one of the campuses .

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Fu Man Lou Restaurant

Fu Man Lou is a great place to enjoy the Chinese dining spectacle of a steamy window, packed restaurant complete with three floors of high decible yelling, flowing baijiu, and a superfluous wait staff all under a smokey haze. It’s awesome. The Yangzhou cuisine here is some of the best in town as well. The historic Fu Man Lou (福满楼) is located on the roundabout facing the brown Siwang pavillion.

Yangzhou Fried Rice

"Lion’s Head" - A giant meatball.

An outside view of the Fu Man Lou near the Siwang Pavillion

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Festivals and National Holidays

Christmas and New Year’s Day
Chinese Name: 圣诞节, 新年 (Shengdan Jie, Xin Nian)
Date: Dec 25, Jan 1

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Christmas and New Year’s Day
Chinese Name: 圣诞节, 新年 (Shengdan Jie, Xin Nian)
Date: Dec 25, Jan 1

Christmas and New Year’s Eve are increasing in significance but are still not widely celebrated by Chinese people except for the exchange of cards and a little extra spending around Christmas time. There are Christmas and New Years celebrations held where there are many foreigners.

Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
Chinese Name: 春节 (Chun Jie)
Date: First day of the Chinese new year

2006 - Jan. 29
2007 - Feb. 18
2008 - Feb. 7
2009 - Jan. 26
2010 - Feb. 14

Also known as Spring Festival, this is the most important festival for Chinese people. It begins on the first day of the lunar calendar so the date varies from late January to February. It is a time to visit family, set off firecrackers, give red bags of money to younger family members and eat cake. It is also a month long winter break for students and teachers.

Valentine’s Day
Chinese Name: 情人节
Date: Feb 14

Lantern Festival – Mid February
Chinese Name: 元宵节 (Yuanxiao Jie)
Date: 15th day of the Chinese year.

2006 - Feb. 12
2007 - Mar. 4
2008 - Feb. 21
2009 - Feb. 9
2010 - Feb. 28

On the 15th day of the Chinese New Year the Lantern Festival is held. Lanterns light up the streets and people eat sticky rice. It marks the end of the Chinese New Year festival.

Qingming Festival (Tomb-sweeping Day)
Chinese Name: 清明节 (Qingming Jie)
Date: April 4, 5 or 6.

It is a time to pay respect to deceased ancestors. It is not a public holiday. The date of Qingming festival is determined by the solar cycle.

International Women’s Day
Chinese Name: 三八妇女节 (Sanba Funv Jie)
Date: March 8

Employers give women half a day off work or give them some money.

International Labour Day
Chinese Name: 劳动节 (Laodong Jie)
Date: May 1

This is a very busy time for travel in China. Employees get a 7 day straight holiday.

International Youth Day
Chinese Name: 五四青年节 (Wusi Qingnian Jie)
Date: May 4

Fits within the Labour Day break.

International Children’s Day
Chinese Name: 儿童节 (Ertong Jie)
Date: June 1

Kids get a day off of school or have a "fun day" at school.

Birthday of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese Name: 党的生日 (Dang de Shengri)
Date: July 1

Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Liberation Army
Chinese Name: 建军节 (Jianjun Jie)
Date: August 1

Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Name: 端午节 (Duanwu Jie)
Date: 5th day of the 5th moon

2006 - May. 31
2007 - June. 19
2008 - June. 8
2009 - May. 28
2010 - June. 16

Dragon boat races are held and people eat sticky rice. This festival is on the fifth day of the fifth moon. It is to celebrate the hero Qu Yuan who protested a corrupt emperor by drowning himself. Fishermen raced their long boats out on to the water and then beat drums and threw rice in order to drive the fish away from Qu Yuan’s body.

Chinese Valentine’s Day
Chinese Name: 七夕 (Qixi)
Date: 7th day of the 7th moon

2006 - July. 31
2007 - Aug. 19
2008 - Aug. 7
2009 - Aug. 26
2010 - Aug. 16

Teacher’s Day
Chinese Name: 教师节 (Jiaoshi Jie)
Date: September 10

Teachers get presents.

National Day
Chinese Name: 国庆节 (Guoqing Jie)
Date: October 1

This is the birthday of the People’s Republic of China. This is one of the busiest times for travel during the year since many Chinese people get a seven day break from work or school. It is a time to spend time with family and friends as well as the beginning of a major shopping week. Shopping areas become packed with shoppers searching for National Day deals.

Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Chinese Name: 中秋节 (Zhongqiu Jie)
Date: 15th day of the eighth moon

2006 - Oct. 6
2007 - Sep. 25
2008 - Sep. 14
2009 - Oct. 3
2010 - Sep. 22

It’s time to eat moon cakes. On the15th day of the eighth moon this festival celebrates the harvest.

Chinese Food by Area

There is no such simple concept as so called “Chinese food." In fact within China there is a variety of distinctive cuisines....

There is no such simple concept as so called “Chinese food." In fact within China there is a variety of distinctive cuisines. It is usually agreed that there are four principal culinary regions in China, which are Shandong (山东), Sichuan (Szechewan, 四川), Guangdong (Canton, 广东) and Yangzhou (扬州) which may also be referred to as Huaiyang (淮扬), Weiyang (维扬) or Jiangsu (江苏) style. Some experts prefer to break it down into eight schools of Chinese food which include the previous 4 along with Zhejiang (浙江), Hunan (湖南), Anhui (安徽) and Fujian (福建).

The Four Culinary Regions

Shandong cuisine, which is representative of northern China’s cooking, is generally salty, and commonly prepared with strong spices including onion and garlic. In northern China rice is far less commonly grown, so wheat and corn are the major grains consumed. One of northern China's most famous dishes is certainly Peking (Beijing) roast duck.

Sichuan cuisine features a wide range of materials, various seasonings and different cooking techniques. With a rich variety of strong flavors, Sichuan food is famous for peppery and chili flavors and best known for being spicy-hot. A famous representative is “Ma Po Dou Fu”, which is a dish of tofu that is both "la" (spicy) and "ma" (tingly). Kung Pao (Gong Bao) Chicken is another notable Sichuan dish. It is naturally loaded with spicy peppers and always features peanuts as one of its main ingredients.

Cantonese cuisine is the hardest to categorize. The cuisine emphasizes light cooking with a seemingly limitless range of ingredients. There is a saying in China that people in Beijing (in the north) will say anything, people in Shanghai (east) will wear anything and people in Guangzhou (south) will eat anything. Rats, bugs, dogs, you name it, they eat it. Cantonese soup may also include various kinds of herbal medicines added for health reasons. To many foreigners dim sum is representative of Cantonese Cooking.

Yangzhou cuisine is based largely on the three local cooking styles of Yangzhou, Nanjing and Suzhou, 3 cities in Jiangsu province. The cuisine pleasantly emphasizes visual value. The dishes' artistic shape and bright colours add more ornamental value. Compared to other Chinese food, Yangzhou cuisine seems a little bit sweet. Yangzhou fried rice and Yangzhou steamed meat dumpling are known throughout China.

The characteristic flavors of China’s four major cuisines can be summed up in the following expression: “light Southern (Canton) cuisine, salty Northern (Shandong) cuisine, sweet Eastern (Yangzhou) cuisine and spicy Western (Sichuan) cuisine.”

East vs. West

Besides the four major culinary regions, there are also noticeable differences between Eastern and Western food. In the Easten part of China, especially in the cities along the east coast, fresh seafood is very popular. Shrimp, fish, crab, crayfish, lobster, oysters and many other varieties of seafood can be found in abundance. In the Western parts of China such as Xinjiang (新疆) and Tibet (西藏), barbecued mutton and beefsteak are popular. Migrants from Xinjiang province have brought their Islamic influenced cuisine to many Chinese cities.

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Factors to Judge a Chinese Dish

The three essential factors, by which Chinese cooking is judged, are known as “color, aroma, and taste” (色, 香, 味, se, xiang, wei). The &ldquo...

The three essential factors, by which Chinese cooking is judged, are known as “color, aroma, and taste” (色, 香, 味, se, xiang, wei). The “color” of Chinese food refers to the layout and design of dishes, commonly best exemplified by the large elaborately-prepared cold dish served at the beginning of the dinner. “Aroma” implies not only what one’s nose can detect directly, but also the freshness of the raw materials and the blending of seasonings. While “Taste” is determined by many factors such as the texture of food, the art of proper seasoning, and fine slicing techniques. In order to cook a quality Chinese dish, all these elements must be achieved. This challenge demands a careful coordination of a series of delicate activities: selecting ingredients, mixing flavors, timing the cooking, controlling the heat and finally, laying out the food on the plate for the table.

Top Yangzhou Tours

$47 Per Day

Yangzhou 1 day tour

Yangzhou, known as a city of gardens and alleys, is a destination that makes a trip to China unforgettable. Little known to most foreign travelers, Yangzhou is a proud retainer of ancient Chinese architecture, art, culture, traditional gardens and parks, cuisine, leisure, and commerce in a beautiful mixture of modernity with its rich 2,500 year history. The demolition sledgehammer has not made much headway here, leaving an increasingly harder to find view into the past....Read more

Slender West Lake (Admission: 80 yuan - includes Potted Plant Garden) -----> Da Ming Temple (Admission: 45 Yuan/ticket)------> He Yuan (Admissoin:40 Yuan/ticket)------> Ge Yuan (Admission:30-40 Yuan/ticket)

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2 days tour itinerary in Yangzhou

Yangzhou 2 days Tour Itinerary:

Day 1

Slender West Lake(Admission: 80 yuan/ticket - includes Potted Plant Garden ) -----> Da Ming Temple(Admission: 45 Yuan/ticket )------> He Yuan(Admissoin:40 Yuan/ticket )------> Ge Yuan( Admission:30-40 Yuan/ticket )

Day 2

Yangzhou 2 days Tour Itinerary:

Day 1

Day 2

Qian Long Waterway( It`s up to what kind of boat you choose to take)------>Dong Guan Old Street(Free entrance)----->Dong Quan Men Alley(Wang's Residence 10 yuan )------->Han Dynasty Tombs(Admission:30 yuan (15 students) )

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Yangzhou, where you can relax yourself

" In the flowery March, I am on the way to Yangzhou." is the real description of most ancient Chinese poets ' love to Yangzhou. Yangzhou is also a famous historic city in China. The prosperity of salt trade in the past left lots of private classic gardens and outstanding tasty dishes.

In the morning, you will wander in the Slender West Lake Park. Your eyes are so greedy to see so beautiful sceneries. In the afternoon, you will take your time in Fu Chun Teahouse to satisfy your stomach with assorted Baozi, Sliced Tofu with shrimp Soup, and fried rice dish. Then, you will walk to Da Ming Temple to experience China's traditional temple culture. Afterwards, you will find yourself bargaining in the plush toy market and the offers are much cheaper than you expect.

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