Yancheng
Yancheng (盐城 Yánchéng) is a prefecture-level city on the east coast of Jiangsu Province.
Understand
Yancheng, whose name literally means "Salt City", was founded in 119 BC named after the salt harvest fields that surround the city.
Get in
By train
🌍 Yancheng Station (盐城站).You can take a train directly to the center of Yancheng City. There are trains departing from Shanghai and Hangzhou to reach Yancheng.
See
- Salt marshes
- Yancheng wetlands
- China Sea Salt Museum (中国海盐博物馆), No. 1 Kaifang Avenue (开放大道1号), ☏ +86 515 89902306, seasaltmuseum@163.com. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00, closed on Mondays. Free.
The coast of Yancheng Prefecture is a home to migratory birds, an as such has been listed as a natural world heritage site under the name Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China.
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