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China Dinosaur Park
A large dinosaur-themed park at the heart of the 5A-rated Universal Dinosaur Town in Xinbei District. The China Dinosaur Museum holds precious fossils while coasters, drop rides, shows and water play fill a full day; summer weekends often add evening sessions until 21:00. Best for families and theme-park fans — buy tickets online ahead.
Tianning Temple & Pagoda
One of Changzhou's oldest Buddhist complexes, founded in the Tang dynasty. The 150-meter Tianning Pagoda — among China's tallest — climbs by elevator and stairs for citywide views, with a separate ticket; the temple grounds themselves are free. Adjacent Hongmei Park makes an easy same-day pairing.
Tianmu Lake Scenic Area
The core scenic area of the 5A-rated Tianmu Lake resort in Liyang, where forested hills cradle a clear lake best toured by cruise boat to Longxing Island and the China Tea Islet. Taste the local white tea and the famous casserole fish head soup — an easy pairing with Nanshan Bamboo Sea for a two-day loop.
Nanshan Bamboo Sea
Ten thousand acres of bamboo cloaking the southern hills of Liyang, a highlight of the 5A Tianmu Lake resort famous for bamboo and longevity culture. Cable car up the Wuyue "First Peak" straddles the Jiangsu–Zhejiang border, while Mirror Lake rafts, a panda house and the Longevity Square fill the valley below.
Hongmei Park
Changzhou's largest downtown park, a free national 4A green space named for its Red Plum Pavilion. The Southern-Dynasties Wenbi Pagoda climbs for 5 CNY, and plum blossoms draw crowds each late winter — all beside the Tianning Pagoda, reachable directly by Metro Line 1.
Spring & Autumn Yancheng
A national 5A tourist area in Wujin District built around China's best-preserved above-ground city ruins of the Spring & Autumn period — the rare "three cities, three moats" layout. Ruins park, museum, the Spring & Autumn theme park and a safari zoo together make a full-day outing mixing archaeology and family fun.
Oriental Salt Lake City
A Taoism-themed mountain town in the Maoshan resort of Jintan District, rated national 4A. Wei-Jin-style streets host role-playing characters, banquet shows and lantern-lit nights; open until 20:30 weekdays and 21:00 on weekends — plan a full day with the evening show included.
Tianmu Lake Yushui Hot Spring
A five-star forest hot-spring resort tucked in a bamboo-sea valley at Shiyanshi village, Dainbu town, rated among China's ten great springs. More than 60 open-air pools step down the wooded slopes, with the AAAAA Tianmu Lake and Nanshan Bamboo Sea scenic areas next door; afternoon-to-evening bathing from about CNY 258.
Qingguo Lane
Changzhou's best-preserved historic lane, free to wander along the old canal. Named for the fruit trade of Ming times, the lane has fostered scholars since the Tang dynasty — linguist Zhou Youguang among them — and its whitewashed houses now hold bookstores, teahouses and small museums.
Changzhou Museum
The city's comprehensive museum in the Xinbei civic center, with history, nature and art halls spanning Changzhou's 6,000-year story, from prehistoric jades to the modern textile industry. Free since 2008 and rated a national 4A scenic area.
Yancheng Wild Animal World
A 5A-grade wildlife park of about 2,000 mu inside the Spring & Autumn Yancheng tourism area, run by Lingling Group with walking and drive-through zones. Safari minibuses or private cars pass free-roaming emus, sika deer and alpacas before the lion and tiger enclosures, with international circus shows through the day; adult admission about CNY 200.
Dinosaur Valley Hot Springs
A Japanese-style open-air hot-spring resort inside the Universal Dinosaur City complex, with more than 30 themed pools — volcanic-stone baths, "dinosaur egg" pools and flower petal soaks — sheltered by bamboo groves. Weekday sessions run from 13:00, weekends from 10:30; entry from about CNY 158, with dinosaur-park combo tickets available.
Wenbi Pagoda
Changzhou's oldest surviving building, first raised in the Southern Qi era (c. 480) as the pagoda of Taiping Temple. The seven-storey brick-and-wood tower crowns the south end of Hongmei Park, its summit marked by a 1.5-ton bronze gourd; its brush-like silhouette made it the "soul of the brush" for generations of Changzhou scholars.
Qu Qiubai Memorial Hall
Set in the former Qu clan hall on Yanling West Road, this memorial to early Communist leader and writer Qu Qiubai (1899-1935) combines his restored residence, exhibition halls and the Huaishuang study. The permanent exhibit "Carving out a bright road" follows his life from boyhood study beside Midu Bridge to his leadership years; free entry, closed Mondays.
Zhang Tailei Memorial Hall
Memorial to Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), an early Communist leader and a chief leader of the Guangzhou Uprising, built around the century-old Jiangnan wooden house where he lived from 1918. Restored to its original look and opened in December 1987 with the hall name inscribed by Deng Xiaoping, the complex joins the old residence with biography halls; a national heritage site, free and closed Mondays.
Universal Animation Valley (Huanqiu Xiqigu)
A large anime-theme park in the Taihu Bay resort area of Wujin, built around virtual-reality rides, e-sports halls and fantasy zones drawn from popular Chinese animation and gaming IP. A seasonal highlight is the water park zone in high summer; typical hours run March to October, adult tickets about CNY 230.
Canal No.5 Creative District
A creative quarter converted from the old Changzhou No.5 Textile Mill along the ancient canal in Zhonglou District. Red-brick workshops now hold galleries, small theaters, bars and design studios — canal heritage meets industrial memory, best at dusk when the riverside lights come on. Free and open all day.
Tenghua Old House (Su Dongpo Memorial Hall)
The site of the former Sun Family Residence in the Qianhou Bei'an historic quarter, where Song-dynasty poet Su Dongpo died in 1101 after eleven visits to Changzhou. Reopened in 2015 as the Su Dongpo Memorial Hall, it preserves a Song-era well and the wisteria that gave the house its name.
Dongpo Park
A national 4A park on a peninsula of the ancient Grand Canal, laid out in 1954 around the Southern Song Bozhou Pavilion where Su Dongpo is said to have landed on his eleven visits to Changzhou. The park keeps his inkstone-washing pool, imperial stele pavilion and canal cruises west to Biji Lane.
Maoshan Scenic Area (Jintan)
The Jintan side of Maoshan, the sacred Taoist mountain straddling the Changzhou-Jurong border and cradle of the Shangqing school, hailed as the "first blessed land and eighth grotto-heaven". Forested peaks, Yuanfu Wanning Palace and cliffside shrines spread across the 36-square-kilometre provincial resort; a national 4A scenic area, entry about CNY 90.
Dino Water Town
A 280,000-square-metre dinosaur-themed leisure town inside the 5A Universal Dinosaur City complex on Hehai East Road, pairing an outlet shopping street with restaurants, a Ferris wheel and festival light shows. Free to enter from morning to night, it anchors the dinosaur district together with China Dinosaur Park and Dinosaur Valley Hot Springs.
Jin Garden (Jinyuan)
Changzhou's only national-heritage classical garden, laid out between 1668 and 1672 in the early Qing. Its pond, rockeries and Xiyecao Hall preserve a late-Ming composition, and a 2020 restoration returned the garden to its historic look. Often called the finest surviving garden in Changzhou.
Changdang Lake Wetland Park
The third-largest lake of the Taihu basin, an 87-square-kilometre shallow wetland and national wetland park at Rulin town, famous for its crab harvest repeatedly ranked among "China's ten famous crabs". Free to roam all day, the lake chains reed marshes, a kilometre-long floating water-street of restaurant boats and the autumn crab-opening festival.
Biji Lane
A short canal-side lane on the north bank of the ancient Grand Canal, once the site of the Piling Courier Station. Comb makers and court-flower shops worked through the night here, creating the "Biliang lantern light" of Changzhou's eight classic views; the lane ends at the Ming-era Wenheng Bridge (1548).