Taizhou Old Street

Jiangsu has an unassuming treasure city 🤩, which is Taizhou. This city is blessed with outstanding people and has produced many famous personalities; it is a national historical and cultural city. Taizhou is a city with a slow pace of life 😄. The saying 'In the morning, the bag is filled with water, and in the evening, the water wraps around the bag' vividly depicts the leisurely life of the old Taizhou residents. More than 700 years ago, Marco Polo once traveled to Taizhou and praised it by saying, 'The city is not very large, but it has an abundance of worldly happiness' 😍, which fully reflects the comfort and ease of the city... If it's your first time visiting Taizhou, how should you play? Here is a three-day travel guide 🎉: 📅 Itinerary: • Day 1: Fengcheng River Scenic Area (Peach Garden, Plum Garden, Willow Garden) - Watching the sunset at Wanghai Tower 🌇 - Fengcheng River night view - Tasting local food on the old street 🥘 • Day 2: Gourmet breakfast tea at Guyue Tower 🍵 - Qinhu Wetland Park - Qintong Ancient Town • Day 3: Li Zhong Water Forest Park - Return trip 🚶 🚌 Travel Tips: You can take a train to Taizhou Station, or fly to Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport. 🏨 Accommodation Suggestions: In the downtown area of Taizhou, it is recommended to stay near the old street; if going to Li Zhong Water Forest Park, you can stay in the downtown area of Xinghua City; for Qinhu Wetland Park, you can stay in Jiangyan City or Qintong Ancient Town. 🍲 Local Cuisine: Taizhou breakfast tea (scalded shredded tofu, crab roe buns, and fish soup noodles are the 'Three Treasures of Breakfast Tea'), Huangqiao baked cakes, Qinhu Eight Delicacies, clear stewed crab roe lion's head, braised pufferfish, etc.

🚉Transportation guide: 🚄High-speed rail: Take the train to Taizhou Station, then take a taxi or bus to the hotel🏣. ✈️Airplane: Fly to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport, then take the airport🚌 shuttle bus, about 30 minutes to the downtown area. 🚗Self-driving: Friends from cities around Taizhou are recommended to drive by themselves, as the self-driving experience will be better✨ 🏨Hotel environment: You can stay near the old street or Qinhu ancient town🏡. It is recommended to stay near the old street, where the environment is good and it's convenient to reach downtown attractions, within walking distance. 🍽Dining recommendations: ✅Taizhou morning tea, ✅Qinhu Eight Delicacies, ✅Huangqiao baked cakes, ✅Xuanbao tiny wontons, ✅Jingjiang crab yellow soup dumplings, etc. ⏳Touring time: 1️⃣Mei Garden (Mei Lanfang Memorial): Records the life of the Peking opera master Mr. Mei Lanfang💕 2️⃣Taoyuan: An open-style park Qiao Garden: A private garden in the south of the Yangtze River⛲️ 3️⃣Taizhou Old Street: An ancient-style pedestrian street that includes a commercial street with local characteristics. Huangqiao baked cakes can be found everywhere here, and they taste good👍 4️⃣Taizhou Morning Tea Museum: Introduces the culture of morning tea🍵 Wanghai Tower: Known as 'the first tower of Jianghuai', you can overlook the beauty of Taizhou from the top🗺️ 5️⃣Zhonglou Alley: An ancient street and old alley🕍, with many small shops worth visiting 👍Most recommended: How can you not experience the morning tea🍵 culture when in Taizhou So the first thing to do in Taizhou is definitely to experience the local morning tea🍵 culture. Recommended:📍Haitang Chun, 📍Gu Yue Lou, 📍Guo Er Morning Tea 📝Note tips: If you come late or there are too many people and you can't taste these famous morning teas🍵, don't worry, there are many morning tea shops on the streets where you can taste the authentic Taizhou morning tea, and you basically won't go wrong!❤️

1 Ancient Guangxiao Temple TICKET G20, free entry on the first and fifteenth of each month. : After breakfast, the first stop is to go to the ancient Guangxiao Temple. When you come to Taizhou, you must go to the temple. After all, Taizhou is the 'Tsinghua Peking University' of the Buddhist world. The local temple with the largest scale and long history, friends who like temples must go! 2 Qiao Garden TICKET: Free, no reservation required. : After visiting Guangxiao Temple, walk about 1 kilometer to the second stop, Qiao Garden. Qiao Garden has the reputation of 'the first garden on the left bank of the Huai River'. Although it does not have the gardens of Suzhou and Yangzhou, the garden scenery is also unique and worth a visit. 3 Shui Dong Street TICKET: Free. : After visiting two attractions, it's almost lunchtime. You can find food on Shui Dong Street. There are many delicious shops, and the locals recommend a lot: Shaoji Fried, Niu Niu Pan-fried, Chuan Chuan Xiang, Liuji Old Goose, etc. 4 Nanshan Lu Temple: TICKET: Free, no reservation required. : After lunch, you can go to Nanshan Lu Temple. The temple is not big, there are very few people on non-holidays, suitable for leisurely strolling, check-in photos are very beautiful! 5 Mei Garden TICKET: Free, scan code to enter. : It's very close to Nanshan Lu Temple. After visiting Nanshan Lu Temple, you can come here. Mei Garden is a memorial hall to commemorate Mr. Mei Lanfang. Here you can learn about Mr.'s life and outstanding artistic achievements. 6 Old Street: TICKET: Free. : Across from Mei Garden, after visiting Mei Garden, come to this pedestrian street. There are many local delicacies, and you can feel the fireworks of this city. 7 Night tour of Fengcheng River: TICKET $60 : Walk to the ticket office of Wanghai Tower, buy tickets and exchange tickets at the door, you can take a painted boat to tour Fengcheng River at night. The boat starts at seven o'clock in the evening, one hour apart, the whole journey is about 35-40 minutes, the whole journey explains the cultural history of Taizhou, there are Peking Opera performances on the shore, it is recommended to sit on the right side facing the boat head, the viewing is better. Of course, when you come to Taizhou, you have to experience morning tea! 1 Guoer Morning Tea: A local morning tea shop that has been open for a long time. Recently, it has become popular again because of the check-in of Wulalala. It is recommended to go early when you come to Taizhou, so you don't have to queue up. Recommended crab yellow meat bun! 2 Guest House Morning Tea: A well-known old morning tea shop, there are many people, recommended hot dry silk, crab yellow bun, fish soup noodles. 3 Ancient Moon Tower Morning Tea: It is also a morning tea shop recommended by locals, no minefields

Taizhou Old Street is located in the Taoyuan Scenic Area within the Fengcheng River Scenic Area, and it is truly the 'Number One Snack Street in Central Jiangsu'. Outside the Taoyuan Scenic Area by the Fengcheng River, a bluestone-paved Ming and Qing alley weaves through the deep courtyards. The sounds of Pingtan narrative singing fill the ears, and the street is fragrant with snacks. Along with the long, drawn-out cries of vendors, it stretches for 600 meters, forming an ancient architectural strip of blue bricks and black tiles. This is 'Taizhou Old Street'. In fact, this is not an old street in the true sense of the word. Strictly speaking, it is a replica of an ancient tourist attraction. Originally, this area was farmland and residential land for villagers. It only began to be developed in 2007 and took several years to reach its current scale. Located on the old street, the Pianzaihuang Museum displays the century-long development of the Pianzaihuang pharmaceutical enterprise and the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is worth a visit. Opposite the Pianzaihuang Museum is a morning tea museum, a theme museum that is not commonly seen. Friends who are interested can also go in and see what Jiangsu's morning tea culture is like. Taizhou Old Street's morning tea is mainly consumed by locals, with reasonable prices and generous portions. The most popular is Haitangchun on Taizhou Old Street, and the morning tea at Guyuelou is also good. Locals usually choose to eat authentic Taizhou cuisine at Guyuelou. Speaking of the most famous food in Taizhou, Huangqiao baked cakes must be mentioned. Even the 1 or 2 yuan cakes have a dense layer of sesame seeds on top. There has been a tradition of planting white sesame seeds here since ancient times, so Taizhou also has a specialty called 'Taizhou Three Sesames', namely sesame oil, sesame cake, and sesame pastry (some people jokingly add another 'sesame' for mahjong, because Taizhou people love to play mahjong). Sesame oil is used in blanched dried silk and buns, while sesame cake and sesame pastry are everyday snacks for the people of Taizhou.

Departing from Shanghai to Taizhou by car takes about 4 hours. The city of Taizhou is not big, two days is enough! ✅Taizhou attractions 1️⃣Taizhou Old Street Recommended to go at night, the night view is better. You can try Qinhu Baixian, Huangqiao sesame cake, Jingjiang meat floss 2️⃣ Meiyuan Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall is just across the old street, you can go along the way 3️⃣Fengcheng River Scenic Area Suitable for night tour, boat ticket💰60/person, about 45 minutes by boat. You can see the Kunqu opera and Pingtan performances on the other side of the river 4️⃣Wanghai Tower The first tower in Jianghuai is located in the Fengcheng River Scenic Area🉑You can climb up and look far 5️⃣Qiaoyuan The first garden in Huai left with a history of more than 400 years It is the largest classical garden in northern Jiangsu, you can go for a walk and take pictures 6️⃣Bell Tower Lane Just walk forward from Qiaoyuan, a very artistic alley There are also many coffee shops nearby, and many clothing stores, a landmark check-in place! 7️⃣Qintong Ancient Town 8️⃣Li Zhong Water Forest Park These two attractions are far from the center of Taizhou city If time is tight, choose one to go! ✅Taizhou food 1️⃣Guye Building Dim Sum Located on Taizhou Old Street, recommended fish soup wonton, crab yellow bun, vegetable soup bun 2️⃣Guo Er Dim Sum A very grounded dim sum shop, personally think it is better than Guye Building! 3️⃣Old Taizhou Taizhou Cuisine·Qinhu Baixian Authentic Taizhou cuisine, although the place is not big, the taste is still good Qinhu Baixian is a local signature dish, you must try it! ✅Taizhou specialty snacks 1️⃣Taizhou fish soup noodles 2️⃣Huangqiao sesame cake 3️⃣Jiangyan crispy cake 4️⃣Tai Tong fish cake ‼️Itinerary‼️ Day1 Taizhou Old Street→Meiyuan→Wanghai Tower→Fengcheng River Night Tour Day2 Qiaoyuan→Bell Tower Lane→Qintong Ancient Town (Accommodation: Jiu Er Homestay)