Zhenjiang vacations offer a number of diverse choices for travelers. Colorful is the best word to describe the amazing natural beauty and fascinating culture of Zhenjiang, along with adventurous, mysterious, lively and exciting. You are sure to have a vacation like no other! Below are popular activities in Zhenjiang for your reference.

Experience cultural heritage--The Grand Canal

The Yangtze River intersects the Grand Canal at Zhenjiang, which forms the biggest golden cross water system in China. The length of Grand Canal in Zhenjiang is 42 kilometers. The poem “a boat flowing three thousand miles sees ten thousand houses with lights along the river” shows a picture of flourishing Zhenjiang along the Grand Canal. It’s a good place for you to have a walk, take a rest and boating, while seeing the local conditions.

Appreciate tomb sculptures of Southern Dynasties

Within Dan Yang of Zhenjiang City, there are 13 imperial tombs of the Nan Dynasty. The stone-carved TianLu, ornamental columns, Kylin, etc in front of tombs, which are national key protective relic units, will show you the great value of art of ancient superb craftsmanship. Seeing these vivid and delicate stone sculptures, you can discover the ancient Chinese art treasures.

Mountain & rock climbing
Fulfill your dream of a summit, or learn how to climb high mountain peaks, see the natural beauties and amazing culture of Zhenjiang and feel the freedom of being on the top of a mountain.

Mao Mountain
Mao Mountain belongs to national 4A tourits region, one of the Chinese top ten scenic spots of taosim. The prime peak of Mao Mountain is 307 meters, the shape of which is like a Chinese character “已”. Mao Mountain is well-known  for its straight peaks, mysterious caves, running springs, distincitve stones and ancient trees.

Baohua Mountain
Baohua Mountain is located in the north of Ju Rong, 32 kilometers from downtown Zhenjiang. The highest peak of Baohua Mountain is 437.2 meters. It owns 36 ridges and peaks, which looks like 36 lotus peals, while the temple sits well in the middle of this lotus. Baohua Mountain is well-known with green trees, graceful peaks, deep caves and curling mist and clouds.

Enjoy local food and cuisine

Zhenjiang cuisine belongs to Huaiyang cuisine (one of the four main cuisines in China). In general, Jiangsu cuisine's texture is characterized as soft, but not to the point of mushy or falling apart. Other characteristics include the strict selection of ingredients according to the seasons, emphasis on the matching color and shape of each dish and emphasis on using soup to improve the flavor.

Dear Friends, if you will be in Zhenjiang, you cannot miss the “three fishes, two heads and three strange things”, the most characteristic dishes in Zhenjiang. Three fishes represent reeves shad, saury and longsnout catfish; two heads indicate head of chub and lion-head meatball with crab roe; three strange things means that salted pork in jelly is not a dish, the vinegar won’t deteriorate and pot cover floating in the noodles pot.

Are you interested in the local food and cuisine of Zhenjiang? Go ahead; you will see what they are. These are the complexities of local food in Zhenjiang that make it all so very fascinating to try!