Yanzhen Water Street is a national AAAA tourist attraction. The whole architectural style is antique architecture, with more than 800 meters of winding waterways and pavilions standing by the water. The wall is made of clay blue bricks, and the roof is made of blue tiles or glazed tiles, with aluminum alloy antique doors and windows, showing the customs of Yancheng water town and the historical and cultural features of sea salt. Water Street Scenic Area is divided into three areas: Dazhaimen, Tianshui Square and Yishui Restaurant. There are some special scenic spots and some commercial shops, such as Yunshui Pavilion, Piaozhou Theatre and Hanmo Pavilion. Arrange water cruise ships and land tourism routes to display local dramas, acrobatics, old businesses, folk arts and other folk cultures. At the same time, it operates local snacks, tourist handicrafts, local products and Four Treasures of the Study, and provides restaurants and tea shops to fully display the unique charm of the history and culture of water towns and sea salt.
Take a wooden boat at the circular pier next to Chuanchang River, cross the entrance of the waterway, cross the "Shuicheng Gate" at the southernmost tip of Shuijie Scenic Area and enter Shuijie. There are more than 50 shops along the street, which focus on Yancheng characteristic tourism products related to Haiyan culture. The wooden boat slowly passes through Piaozhou Opera House, Laozhou Teahouse, Hanmo Pavilion and Yunshui Pavilion, and finally reaches the Dazhaimen, the home of salt merchants at the northern end of Shuijie. Dazhaimen covers an area of about 20,000 square meters and has three entrances. It is the largest concentrated building complex in the whole water street scenic area.
On June 23rd, 2006, China Haiyan Museum in Yancheng was named with the approval of the State Council. It is the only large-scale thematic museum in China approved by the State Council that comprehensively reflects the history and civilization of China sea salt. It is located between the famous artificial salt river Chuanchang River in Yancheng in ancient times and Gongfan Dike, a famous coastal defense levee in Song Dynasty. The museum itself has been integrated into the landscape belt of Chuanchang River, with an area of 60,000 square meters and the main building area. The architectural design was led by Mr. Cheng Taining, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and the winner of the highest architectural design award "Liang Sicheng" in China, and the famous calligrapher Mr. Shen Peng wrote the name of the museum. In April, 2009, with the approval of Yancheng Municipal Government, Yancheng Museum and Yancheng Museum implemented two brands and one team, and now there are three buildings: the main museum "China Haiyan Museum", the old museum "Yancheng Museum" and the provincial cultural relics protection unit "Lu Xiufu Management Office Ancestral Hall".
China Haiyan Museum, the only large museum in China that reflects the long history and civilization of China Haiyan, is located atNo. 1, Fang Kai Avenue, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. The sculpture-style building with salt crystal modeling makes people appreciate the historical civilization of "cooking the sea to get salt" of our ancestors.
As an open coastal city, Yancheng is rich in resources and unique in ecology.
The coastal beach area accounts for 67% of Jiangsu Province, which is the largest and most potential land reserve resource in Jiangsu Province, and the coastline accounts for 56% of the province. Salt production in Yancheng has a history of more than 265,438+000 years, which is the source of a long salt culture in the lower reaches of Huaihe River and the Yellow Sea. Throughout the ages, Haiyan culture has always been the main body and essence of Yancheng culture and has become the cultural root of the city. The construction of Haiyan Historical and Cultural Museum is the long-cherished wish and pursuit of 8 million people in Yanfu for many years, and it is also an important measure to inherit Haiyan culture and build a famous historical and cultural city. China Haiyan Museum is the first specialized museum in China to reflect the ancient history and culture of China Haiyan, and also the first key construction project in Yancheng City with the name of "China" approved by the state.