A Walking Guide to Dongguan Street's Millennium of History

🌈 Basic Information and Features: 📍 Address: Guangling District, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, from the Ancient Canal in the east to Guoqing Road in the west. 🎫 Ticket price: Free 🆓 (Some attractions, such as Geyuan Garden, require separate tickets) ⏰ Hours: 8:00–22:00 daily (some shops are open until the early hours) ✨ Features: ❗️ "Living Fossil of the Tang and Song Dynasties" - a thousand-year-old street 🏮 | A gathering place for time-honored brands from the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Xiefuchun, Sanhe Si Mei) 💄 | The same Grand Canal featured in National Geographic 🌊 | Representative of Yangzhou's slow-paced lifestyle of "wrapping water with skin in the morning and being wrapped by water with skin in the evening" 🛀 🚗 Transportation Guide: Self-driving: 🚗 Navigate to "Dongguan Street Historical and Cultural District." There are multiple parking lots around the scenic area (CNY 6–10/hour) 💰 Public transportation: 🚌 Tourist Line 1/Line 25/Microbus Line 1 directly to "Dongguan Ancient Ferry" Station Night tour: 🚤 The Grand Canal cruise terminal is at the east end of the street. Night cruise tickets are CNY 80/person (highly recommended!) 🌉 ✅ Avoid: Don't trust "illegal guides taking shortcuts"! Shared bikes are prohibited on the ancient street. 📅 Tour Itinerary: 🌞 One-day walking tour: 1️⃣ Morning: Check in at Dongguan City Gate and take photos of the millennium-old city wall 📸 → Visit Xiefuchun to experience ancient fragrance powder DIY 💐 → Take photos of the Four Seasons rockery at Geyuan Garden ⛰️ 2️⃣ Noon: Enjoy Huangqiao sesame cake + crab roe soup dumplings 🍜 | Buy "Dongguan Street" cultural and creative ice cream 🍦 3️⃣ Afternoon: Visit Yipu Garden to see the ceiling of Jiangnan gardens 🌿 → Wear Hanfu at Wang's Small Garden and take ancient-style photos 👘 → Experience the intangible cultural heritage of "being wrapped by water with skin" at a back-scrubbing parlor 🦶 4️⃣ Evening: Watch the Grand Canal light show 🎆 | Enjoy Si Mei pickles with porridge for supper 🥣 🌙 Two-day in-depth tour: Day 1: Walk around the ancient street + stay overnight at Changle Inn 🏯 | Day 2: Former Residence of Zhu Ziqing → Boating on Slender West Lake → Enjoy Yangzhou fried rice 🍚 before returning ⛱️ Recommended Recreational Activities: Top 3 must-do activities: 🏺 Geyuan Garden Bamboo Forest Maze | 🌉 Listen to Pingtan on the Grand Canal cruise | 💄 Xiefuchun Duck Egg Powder DIY Hidden activities: 🕵️♂️ Collect stamps from 5 old manhole covers to exchange for a "Millennium Clearance Certificate" 📜 | 🍵 Listen to Yangzhou Qingqu at an old teahouse on the corner 🎶 Family-friendly: 🖌️ Wang Cun Clay Figure Workshop | 🚂 Take a rickshaw through the bluestone streets Culture-oriented: 📿 Guangling Academy rubbing experience | 🎭 Immersive drama "Ten Miles of Spring Breeze" (weekends only) 🏨 Accommodation and Service Facilities: Top choice for time travel: Changle Inn (Ming and Qing Dynasty mansion + private Huaiyang cuisine, CNY 400+/person) 🏮 Value for money: Street-side homestays (includes a morning tea experience, CNY 150+/person) 🏡 Literary-minded: Biancheng Bookstore (ancient book restoration-themed youth hostel, CNY 80+/person) 📚 ✅ Services: Free luggage storage | Hanfu rental (CNY 50/set) | Multilingual audio guides 💗 Travel Tips: ✅ Must-bring items: Non-slip shoes + power bank! The bluestone slabs are super slippery after rain, and it's hard to find sockets in the street 🔋 ✅ Best photo spots: 📍 Backlit silhouette of Dongguan City Gate | 🌇 Reflection of the summer rockery in Geyuan Garden | 🌌 Rainbow Bridge view from the Grand Canal cruise ✅ Avoid: 🚫 Closed on Mondays (Geyuan Garden/Wang's Small Garden) | 🍢 The line for the famous stinky tofu starts at 1 hour (the small shop around the corner is better!) ✅ Fun fact: 🌟 Du Mu's "Ten Miles of Spring Breeze in Yangzhou" refers to this place 🎬 | The prototype of the Water Curtain Cave in "Journey to the West" is in an ancient well in the street ✅ Safety tips: 🔥 Huge crowds during holidays | 📶 Weak signal in the ancient street (download offline maps in advance)