[2025 Huai'an Attraction] Travel Guide for China Water Transport Museum (Updated May)

| A Two-Day, One-Night Dream Trip to Unlock Ancient Charm and Modern Trends. Huaian, a treasure city hidden in the hinterland of Jiangsu, is like a thick historical scroll📖, with every page filled with stories; it is also like a dynamic landscape painting🖼️, full of poetry everywhere. A two-day, one-night trip will immerse you in the unique charm of Huaian. Come and start this wonderful journey~ 🎈If you play for three days, Xiyou Paradise is strongly recommended, which can make you feel like you are in a mythical world. You won't be able to get enough of it all day long! If you are interested, there are also detailed introductions of various attractions on my homepage~ Huaian Hotel is highly recommended for accommodation, which is comfortable and convenient! 📍Day 1: Tracing Historical Footprints and Encountering Ancient Huaian 1. Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall🌟 🕙Opening hours: 9:00–16:30 Here is the Zhou Enlai's Life Exhibition Hall, with precious cultural relics and detailed historical materials, as if telling the story of the Premier's magnificent and dedicated life; there is also the imitation of Zhongnanhai Xihua Hall. Walking in it, you can feel the Premier's past life scenes. The key is that it is free🆓, remember to make an appointment in advance~ 2. Huaian Prefectural Office🌟🌟🌟 🕙Opening hours: 8:30–17:30 🎫Tickets: CNY 50 (CNY 45 online, CNY 25 for preferential tickets) One of the only two remaining prefectural offices in the country. Walking here is like traveling back to ancient times. The thrilling torture instruments and torture chambers instantly make people feel the majesty of ancient laws; and the beautiful garden landscape in the park, with pavilions, terraces and towers, small bridges and flowing water, fully demonstrates the graceful and beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. A must-visit place to check in✅ 3. China Canal Transportation Museum and the Governor-General's Canal Transportation Department 🕙Opening hours: 8:30–17:30 🎫Tickets: CNY 50 (CNY 40 online, CNY 30 for preferential tickets) This used to be the only institution in charge of national canal transportation. Although only ruins remain, you can still get a glimpse of the glory and prosperity of canal transportation in those years. Here, you can learn about the history of canal transportation and feel the unique charm of ancient transportation and trade~ 4. Zhenhuai Tower 🎫Tickets: CNY 8 (free if you don’t go upstairs) The ancient city tower stands there, witnessing the vicissitudes of Huaian. Climbing the city tower, you may be able to gain a different kind of scenery~ 5. Former Residence of Comrade Zhou Enlai 🕙Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 9:00–16:30 This is where Premier Zhou lived from birth until the age of 12. Walking into the former residence, it seems as if you can see the young Premier living and studying here. There is also the Deng Yingchao Exhibition Hall to learn about the legendary story of this revolutionary couple~ 6. Shao Lake Open for free🆓, it has the charm of Suzhou gardens. The lake is clear and the pavilions are scattered. Walking along the lake, it is full of Jiangnan poetry🍃 7. Xiaohu Park The musical fountain here is awesome🎶. Remember to check the time in advance and feel the romance of the night in the dynamic music and colorful water splashes~ 📍Day 2: Exploring Cultural Attractions and Enjoying Colorful Huaian 1. Former Residence of Wu Cheng'en (Journey to the West) 🕙Opening hours: 8:30–17:00 🎫Tickets: CNY 40 (CNY 30 online, CNY 20 for preferential tickets) A must-visit place for fans of "Journey to the West"! Here, children can take photos with Monkey King for free🐒. Although there is not much content about Wu Cheng'en, most of it revolves around Liu Xiao Ling Tong and Monkey culture, but it is also super interesting and full of mythical atmosphere~ You can choose it at your discretion if you don’t have enough time🤔 2. Shen Kun Zhuangyuan Mansion🌟🌟 🕙Opening hours: 8:30–18:00 🎫Tickets: CNY 40 (CNY 30 online, CNY 20 for preferential tickets) Shen Kun was the first Zhuangyuan (No. 1 Scholar) in Huaian's history since the imperial examination, and also a famous hero against Japanese pirates. Walking into his mansion, you can feel the glory and demeanor of the Zhuangyuan. The back garden is so beautiful, with pavilions, terraces and towers, and blooming flowers🌺 3. He Xia Ancient Town It has a history of more than 2,500 years, with ancient streets and alleys full of charm. Here, you can stroll around the specialty shops and taste local delicacies. In particular, the night view of Kui Xing Pavilion is super beautiful for taking photos, and you can create blockbusters in minutes📷 4. Zhongshuge Bookstore If you have enough time, you must come here. It is simply a paradise for literary and artistic youths. The unique architectural style and the atmosphere full of books make it super photogenic, and you can swipe your friends list with any photo you take📸 5. Qingyan Garden🌟🌟🌟 The No. 1 Garden in Jianghuai, the most representative classical garden in northern Jiangsu, and the only remaining official garden in the history of China's canal transportation. Open for free (pay attention to the opening hours), the mountains and rivers in the garden are dependent on each other, and the trees are shaded, with different scenery at each step. It is beautiful and must-go✅ 6. Flower Street A street full of artistic atmosphere, with a wide variety of specialty shops. Whether you are shopping for small items or sitting down for a cup of coffee, it is very pleasant~ 7. Grand Canal Cultural Corridor🌟🌟🌟 The night view is super beautiful! You must come here. When night falls and the lights come on, the banks of the canal are brightly lit. You can also take a boat trip🚢 (the last trip is at 8:40pm) to feel the charming night of Huaian in the gentle river breeze~ 😋By the way, Xuyi is the hometown of crayfish🦞, and various specialty foods will fill you up! Come to Huaian and start this unforgettable dream trip~🥳

Located in Huai'an District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, the Huai'an Prefecture Office is the largest prefecture office in Jiangsu. Originally built in the third year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty (1370), it remained in use until the late Qing Dynasty, boasting a history of over 640 years. 🌟Highlights: The Huai'an Prefecture Office features a unique and magnificent architectural style. Its main hall stands 10 meters tall and covers an area of over 500 square meters, making it the largest main hall among all prefecture offices in China. In addition, the office complex includes numerous structures such as the Shengyu Stone Archway, the Paifang Gate, the Yimen Gate, the Second Hall, the Third Hall, and east and west wing rooms, all meticulously arranged and functionally distinct.

🚩The China Canal Museum is located near the site of the Canal Transport Commissioner's Office in Canal Square, Huai'an District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction. It was built on the site of the Canal Transport Commissioner's Office in Huai'an, a major archaeological discovery in China in 2002. 🌟Architectural style: The museum building adopts the mainstream style of Jianghuai architecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is elegant, dignified, simple and generous, with a total construction area of about 8,680 square meters. The ground building is generally arranged in the shape of a "品", with a temporary exhibition hall on the east side, a multi-functional lecture hall on the west side, and a hall and service space in the middle. 🎇Exhibition hall content: - Preface Hall: The creative combination of a 180-degree large-scale projection scroll and an artistic sand table model presents a multi-sensory visual feast, which restores the brilliant history of canal transportation in a concrete and shocking way. - History Hall: It shows the rise and fall of canal transportation in the past dynasties. The excavation of the canal connects the five major water systems of the Yangtze River, Huai River, Yellow River, Hai River, and Qiantang River, driving the development of cities on both sides of the strait. The Grand Canal and its canal transportation, which have been developed and constructed for thousands of years, are a great project created by ancient laborers. - Canal Hall: It reflects the close connection between canal transportation and the canal. The canal carries canal transportation, and canal transportation achieves the canal. It shows a series of canal cultures, including canal transportation and economy, canal transportation and characters, canal transportation and folklore, and canal transportation and cities. - Huai'an Hall: Witness the grandeur of Huai'an's thousand-year history. Huai'an is of great importance in the history of canal transportation. The prosperity of canal transportation has promoted the prosperity of Huai'an's economy and culture. Since ancient times, Huai'an has been a canal hub. - Cultural Relics Hall: It concentrates on displaying the fine cultural relics from the Qingliangang Culture of the Neolithic Age in Huai'an District to the past dynasties, fully displaying the historical and cultural achievements of the ancient city of Huai'an, rich cultural relics and solid cultural accumulation. - Vision Hall: It reflects the positive role played by Huai'an in the protection, inheritance and development of canal historical and cultural heritage. Huai'an was once a brilliant pearl in the era of canal transportation, and it will be a pioneer and practitioner of canal culture. ✨Featured exhibits: The museum concentrates on displaying ancient canal transportation tools and affiliated relics, work and living supplies in the Canal Transport Commissioner's Office, and letters, notes, ink marks and living supplies of the Canal Transport Commissioner and other canal transportation officials. Among them, tens of thousands of porcelain pieces and repaired porcelain excavated from the site of the Longquan Kiln porcelain piece accumulation in Hexia Ancient Town are precious cultural relics. There are also 27 national first-class cultural relics such as the Yuanqinghua entangled peony pattern double beast ear lid can, which have high cultural and artistic value. 💖Tour experience: Here, it seems to travel through time and space, and you can personally feel the prosperity and importance of ancient canal transportation. The combination of modern high-tech demonstrations and cultural relics and historical materials makes history vivid and vivid. Whether it is a scholar interested in history or an ordinary tourist, the China Canal Museum is worth a visit and is an excellent place to understand the history and culture of China's canal transportation😉.

This trip to Huaian followed a route suitable for learning about local history and culture. From Zhenhuai Tower to the China Canal Museum, and then to Huaian Prefecture. 📌Zhenhuai Tower A brick and wood structure city tower building in the center of Huaian Ancient City, it is the only existing city tower building in Huaian City, and a local landmark building, suitable for taking photos and checking in. 📌China Canal Museum Huaian's canal culture is worth reading. Since the Sui Dynasty, Huaian has set up a special canal transportation office, responsible for important tasks such as transporting grain from the south to the north. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Canal Transport Governor's Office was located here, becoming the core institution for national management of canal transportation affairs. This museum displays the history and culture of canal transportation through different themes. 📌Huaian Prefecture It is an administrative system established in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in our country's history. It is currently one of the only two prefectures in the country, and the hall is the largest in the country. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is a witness to Huaian's history. 🎫Zhenhuai Tower is free, China Canal Museum is 50r, Huaian Prefecture is 50r

China Canal Museum. Located in Huai'an District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province Inside Caoyun Square. As a building that carries history, The solemn appearance, It presents the mysterious veil of canal transportation culture. Entering the museum is like traveling through time and space. Feel the ever-changing legend of the ancient canal. The collection includes: Ancient Canal Transport Artifacts, Documents, River transport tools, etc. It is now a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. ===================== Travel Information: Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-17:30. Ticket price: 50 yuan. (Online: 40 yuan.) Traffic Information: City ride: 68, 10, 66, 69, 67, 618, 63, 60, Bus No. 61 and 65, Get off at Zhenhuailou Station. Finally, I wish you a pleasant journey and good luck!