[2025 Yingtan Attraction] Travel Guide for Yingtan Museum (Updated Feb)

After three years, I came to Yingtan again and learned that the new Yingtan Museum has been open for more than a year, so I went to have a look. Sure enough, compared with the old museum, the new museum has a much grander appearance, which should be inspired by the design concept of "round sky and square earth" of the Shanghai Museum. However, after visiting the museum, I was generally disappointed. I thought the new museum would display more quality cultural relics, but the content was still not impressive. There are not many changes in the exhibits compared with the past, only a few more replicas. Apart from Longhu Mountain and Taoism, there is not much culture that can be remembered, and there are not enough cultural relics to support it. So if you want to see cultural relics and historical sites in Yingtan, just go straight to Longhu Mountain.

🌸Longhu Mountain: A World Natural Heritage site, World Geopark, and a national 5A-level tourist attraction, it is the top-ranked tourist spot in Yingtan City. Although there are many visitors, compared to other places like Lushan, Wugong Mountain, and Huangshan, it is considered less crowded. 🌸Shangqing Ancient Town Part of the Longhu Mountain scenic area, so no separate admission is charged. Known as 'China's number one Taoist town', it has many attractions, such as the Celestial Master's Mansion, Changqing Square, and nearby, one of the four great academies of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Xiangshan Academy, as well as the Taiqing Palace, Dongyue Palace, and more. 🌸Yingtan Museum A national second-level museum, it doesn't have a large number of exhibits, but those interested in Taoist culture might enjoy a visit. 🌸Zhang's Beef Bone Noodles The portion of beef bone is particularly generous, super delicious, stewed until very tender, the meat falls right off the bone, a must-try restaurant! The rice noodles here are not particularly chewy, which seems to be the style in Yingtan. There was already a long queue when I went, definitely worth the wait. 🌸La Shedede Noodle Shop Ordered takeout directly, a very large bowl, with plenty of beef, and only cost a dozen or so yuan, what more could you want. It's a bit spicy, but compared to this, I feel the beef bone noodles taste even better. 🌸Chunhui Main Store This restaurant specializes in Jiangxi stir-fry dishes, ordered taro stir-fried with beef + douban fish, the portions are super large and we couldn't finish it all. The douban fish is very flavorful, and surprisingly it has a sweet taste, which suits my Suzhou palate quite well, a sweet and spicy type.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the ancestral Celestial Master 'Zhang Daoling' brought his disciples to Yunjin Mountain, where they built huts and practiced alchemy. 'When the elixir was complete, dragons and tigers appeared, and the mountain was thus named.' In the Three Kingdoms period, the fourth-generation descendant traveled from the Shu region to the ancestral altar on Longhu Mountain to 'open the altar and impart the teachings,' a tradition that has continued for nearly 2000 years, preserving Chinese Taoist culture and embodying the essence and values of traditional Chinese culture. Taoism is the foundation of Chinese culture and the source of wisdom in Eastern science; it is deeply rooted in the fertile soil of China, silently providing strong support for the development of today's society, reflecting national and cultural confidence. 'Eagle Way Museum 🀄️ Recommendations' 1⃣️ Famille-rose deer head vase 2⃣️ Blue and white landscape and figures pattern square hammer bottle 3⃣️ Listening earthen figurine 4⃣️ Famille-rose Zhong Kui marrying off his sister story pattern vase 5⃣️ Immortal, turtle, and crane pattern bronze mirror 6⃣️ Famille-rose landscape and figures ruyi-eared pipa vase 7⃣️ Blue and white with multicolor 'Eight Barbarians Bringing Treasures' plate 8⃣️ Embroidered Eight Immortals silk couplet 9⃣️ Blue-glazed Lü Dongbin figure porcelain statue 1⃣️0⃣️ Shen Xin Hai's 'Immortal of the South Pole' 1⃣️1⃣️ Wang Dafan's 'Dream of the Red Chamber Character Scroll' 1⃣️2⃣️ Lion knob elephant head three-legged bronze censer 1⃣️3⃣️ Celadon white-glazed crane sculpture 1⃣️4⃣️ Celadon white-glazed carved lotus petal pattern flared mouth bowl 'Taoist Culture Mini-Classroom' ☯️ 'Taiji' Refers to the initial state of the universe, where heaven and earth are not yet formed, chaos undivided, from Wuji to Taiji☯, is the process from the universe's beginning to the birth of all things 'Two Instruments' ☯ Refers to heaven and earth or yin and yang, also spring and autumn, hard and soft, expressing that all things have an opposing side, generating and overcoming each other ☯️ 'Four Symbols' There are many interpretations, 'Lesser Yin, Greater Yang, Lesser Yang, Greater Yin,' represented by the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger; also divided by names as 'Meng Zhang Divine Lord in the east, Ling Guang Divine Lord in the south, Zhi Ming Divine Lord in the north, Jian Bing Divine Lord in the west'; and more broadly, the Four Symbols refer to the four manifestations of things, such as the four seasons 'spring, summer, autumn, winter,' directions 'east, south, west, north' 'Eight Trigrams' ☯ Derived from the Four Symbols, representing eight natural phenomena, and the ancients believed that everything in the world could be deduced from the Eight Trigrams Taiji, Two Instruments, Four Symbols, Eight Trigrams, the ancients had a complete theory to explain natural and social phenomena, reflecting the profoundness of ancient Chinese culture 'Observing the astronomy to discern the changes of time; observing the humanities to transform the world,' the power of culture has always permeated and radiated through the evolution of human society and civilization, being the soul of national progress and even the state. Address: Third floor of Yingtian Museum (Jiangxi Taoist Culture Museum) 🚌 Travel Tips: It is recommended to take a taxi or rent an electric bike, as buses are not very convenient. Alternatively, walk near the old dock, cross the Xinjiang Floating Bridge, and you can directly reach the destination 'Visit Reminder' Currently, the main entrance of the museum is under repair, you can choose to enter through the east side door The museum has a low visitor flow, and it is possible to make a reservation on the spot Jiangxi Taoist Culture Museum is located inside Yingtian Museum, and both can be visited together