Yancheng's 582 km coastline corresponds to the vast ocean. The coastal beach area is 6.83 million mu, accounting for 75% of the total beach area in Jiangsu Province, which is 1/7 of the whole country, and it is growing at the land landing rate of 50,000 mu per year. There are two national nature reserves, Red-crowned Crane and Elk, and a Chinese sturgeon nature reserve is under construction. Here, the sea and the sky meet, the vegetation is lush, and cranes dance in Luming Literature, which is a primitive ecological scenery. It is the habitat of nearly 100 kinds of national first-and second-class protected animals and nearly 1,000 kinds of animals and plants.
Located in the hinterland of He Lixia, the west of Yancheng is a typical lagoon lake with low terrain, numerous rivers and lakes. The waters of Dazong Lake, Jiulongkou Lake and Majiadang Lake cover an area of nearly 100 square kilometers. Rich products, picturesque scenery, simple folk customs, long history, rich and colorful folk culture and good original ecological environment. Known as Jintan's silver capital, land of plenty, "Wetland Capital" and "Oriental Wetland".
The exotic flowers and herbs in Yancheng are unique. The dead branch peony is gorgeous and is famous for its strangeness, uniqueness, strangeness and spirit. Together with Qionghua and Bingdilian, it is known as Jiangsu's three wonders and wonderful flowers. It is amazing to build five-valley trees in the lake, bear grains and prepare for disasters, which indicates a bumper year. Yancheng is a big city for sightseeing, agriculture, forestry and ecological resources, and rural people and fishermen have different tastes.
Yancheng's local specialties should not be missed. These include:
Dongtai fish noodle soup-originally a court food, its soup is as thick as milk and drops into beads. The noodles are white and thin, fresh but not greasy, which is a traditional name. 1924 won the gold medal in Panama Expo.
Jianhu lotus root starch dumplings-have a history of one hundred years. The lotus root powder is used as the raw material, with white sugar, jujube paste, sesame powder, meat oil and osmanthus as stuffing pills, and boiled in boiling water for many times. Shaped like a projectile, lavender, delicate and plump, soft and plump, sweet but not greasy. Gui Xiang is full of words and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.
Fried shrimp-shrimp is a specialty of Yancheng coastal area. The method is unique: add salt to raw shrimp, sterilize raw shrimp with distiller's yeast, and then add fermented milk, white soy sauce, sugar and other accessories to eat. This dish is best eaten before Tomb-Sweeping Day. Braised mullet with mullet is a famous seafood in Yancheng, including delicious meat, diced lard, sliced ham, sliced mushrooms and bamboo shoots. Steam over high fire. The stewed mullet is garlic cloves, and the soup is clear, bright and delicious.
Braised fish skin-it is said that it was initiated by the chef of Doulv Temple in Yancheng in the early Qing Dynasty. Put the sweet potato powder in a boiling water pot and solidify it into powder skin. Cut it into cubes, which looks like fish skin. With chicken soup, ham and chicken breast, delicious, refreshing and delicious.
Yancheng Qiyuan crab roe buns have a history of more than 300 years. It is made of a fat and yellow live female crab and refined noodles. Delicious, especially the crab roe buns in Qiyuan Restaurant, hence the name.
Yancheng is not only rich in resources, unique in ecology, but also unique in folk culture. Yancheng is the birthplace of Huai Opera, and is known as "the hometown of Huai Opera", "the hometown of small operas" and "the hometown of modern operas". Yancheng is also one of the three semi-acrobatic towns in China, which has unique advantages in acrobatic resources, education and training, and talent team. There are many famous people and places of interest in history. There are cultural landscapes in the urban area, such as the ancestral temple of Lu Xiufu, Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the former residence of calligrapher Song Cao in the late Ming Dynasty. Baiju Town, Dafeng City is the hometown of Shi Naian, the author of Water Margin. Xixi in Dongtai has the "reading hall" of Fan Zhongyan, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Tinghu has the "dead peony" planted by Ji Bian, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. The hometown of Joe, a famous diplomat in modern times and Hu Qiaomu, a Marxist theorist, is also in Yancheng.
The best travel time in Yancheng
The best travel time in Yancheng is summer and autumn.
At this time, everything in the reserve is full of vitality, and autumn is the best time to walk among the reeds.
If you just arrange a cultural tour of Yancheng for yourself, then many places of interest should be available all year round.
Recommended attractions: Dafeng Elk Reserve, Red-crowned Crane (Rare Birds) Reserve and Dazong Lake Resort.
Relevant information: Yancheng belongs to the transition zone from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone, and the maritime warm and humid monsoon climate is obvious. The climate is mild, with four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine, frequent temperature changes and moderate rainfall. The annual average temperature is 13.9- 14.5℃. The annual rainfall is 980- 1 100 mm, the average sunshine hours are 224 1-2390 hours, and the frost-free period is 209-2 18 days.