Yancheng has a long history and a rich collection of humanities. Since the county was founded in the fourth year of Yuan Shou in Han Dynasty (1 19 BC), it has a history of more than 2 100 years, leaving many places of interest for the ancient salt-rich land.
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Chen Lin was one of the seven sons of Jian 'an in the Three Kingdoms period. It's in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Jian, the monarch of the State of Wu, became a county magistrate in Yancheng after the Yellow Scarf Uprising. But he is not from Yancheng.
Lu Xiufu, the last prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, threw himself into the sea with the emperor. Yancheng has an ancestral temple in memory of Lu Xiufu.
Dongtai Youge was the founder of modern newspaper industry in China.
Gu Zhenghong, a representative of the workers' movement in the 1920s, died in the May 30th tragedy.
Shi Naian, the author of Water Margin, is from Dafeng and Baiju.
Joe, a diplomat, is from Yancheng.
Hu Qiaomu, a theorist, was born in Yancheng.
The famous calligrapher in Ming Dynasty was Song Cao, a native of Yancheng.
Fan Zhongyan worked in Yancheng and built the Gong Fan levee.
There are many more, I can't remember.
Yancheng is also one of the important revolutionary old areas in China. Chen Yi and Liu Shaoqi once rebuilt the headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Yancheng. In memory of General Ye Ting, Yancheng was renamed Ye Ting City during the Anti-Japanese War. It is said that Yan 'an in the west and Yancheng in the east have the largest, most comprehensive and most representative memorial facilities for the New Fourth Army in China.
Yancheng is rich in ecotourism resources. The coastal tidal flat area is 6.83 million mu, accounting for 75% of the total tidal flat area in Jiangsu Province, and the national 1/7. There are two national nature reserves, Red-crowned Crane and Elk, the Chinese sturgeon nature reserve under construction, and Dongsha, the largest offshore sandbar in China. Here, the sea and the sky meet, the vegetation is lush, and cranes dance in Luming Literature, which is a primitive ecological scenery. It is the habitat and growth place of nearly 100 kinds of national first-and second-class protected animals and nearly 1,000 kinds of animals and plants. 60% and 25% of the world's wild red-crowned cranes and elk live here and are listed as the world's key wetland reserves. The western part of Yancheng is located in the hinterland of He Lixia, and the waters of Dazong Lake, Jiulongkou Lake and Majiadang Lake cover an area of nearly 100 square kilometers. Here is rich in products, picturesque, simple folk customs, long and colorful folk culture, and well-preserved original ecological environment, and is known as "Jintan Yindang" and "Land of Fish and Rice".
Places of interest:
Dafeng Elk Nature Reserve [Yancheng]
[Yancheng] The hometown of Shi Naian.
[Yancheng] Former Residence of Hu Qiaomu
[Yancheng] Dead Branch Peony Garden
[Yancheng] New Fourth Army Memorial Hall
[Yancheng] Red-crowned Crane Nature Reserve
Wu Jiaji Ancestral Temple [Yancheng]
[Yancheng] Joe's former residence
[Yancheng] Former Residence of Hao Baicun
[Yancheng] Ancient Yuntiguan
[Yancheng] Haichunxuan Tower
[Yancheng] Grains Book
Yongning Temple [Yancheng]
Xiyang Temple [Yancheng]
Mount Tai Temple [Yancheng]
Zhenhai Temple [Yancheng]
[Yancheng] Wangfutai
Wang Liang Temple [Yancheng]
[Yancheng] Ye He Pavilion
[Yancheng] Yong Dong Temple Tomb
[Yancheng] Ancient Qingfeng Bridge
Yancheng Zhengbei Building
Lu Xiufu Ancestral Temple [Yancheng]
[Yancheng] Former Residence of Song Cao
[Yancheng] Former Residence of Feng Daoli
[Yancheng] Ge's former residence
[Yancheng] Former Residence of Gu Zhenghong Martyrs
[Yancheng] Former Residence of Lu Bingshu Martyrs
[Yancheng] xingguo temple
Pure Land Academy
Arctic Temple [Yancheng]
[Yancheng] Wei Zi