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Qinhu National Wetland Park
A national 5A wetland park in Jiangyan District, split by the lake into two halves reached by shuttle boat. Milu deer and red-crowned cranes live in the marshes, and the annual Qintong boat festival sends thousands of vessels racing across the water — spring regattas, summer lotus and autumn birdwatching give every season a draw.
Qianduo Scenic Area
Famous for its "duotian" fields — raised earth plots floating on water built by ancestors against floods — Qianduo turns into one of the world's four great flower seas when spring rapeseed blooms around Qingming. Wooden boats thread the flower plots and a viewing tower frames the classic couplet: every field a golden flower.
Navy Birthplace Memorial
The memorial where the Chinese People's Navy was founded in April 1949, at Baima Town of Gaogang District. An old-site manor that served as the East-Line command of the Yangtze crossing campaign pairs with a modern exhibition hall tracing the navy's journey from this riverside birthplace; free entry, closed Mondays.
Mei Lanfang Memorial
The memorial to Peking-opera master Mei Lanfang sits inside the Fengcheng River scenic area, honoring the ancestral home Taizhou claims as the "hometown of Mei." Ming-Qing style halls amid plum and orchid plantings display the master's life, costumes and manuscripts — a refined stop for opera lovers and city wanderers alike.
Wanghai Tower
First raised in 1229 of the Southern Song and known as the Finest Tower of the Jiang-Huai region, Wanghai Tower is the emblem of Taizhou beside the Fengcheng River. Climbing it surveys the moated old town, with Peach Garden, Old Street and the Mei garden responding along the banks.
Huangqiao Ancient Town
A national historic town dating to the Northern Song, with over 2,000 Ming-Qing buildings across 24 old lanes. The He Clan Ancestral Hall ("First Hall of North Jiangsu"), geologist Ding Wenjiang's former home and the New Fourth Army Battle Memorial anchor this free-to-enter heritage gem.
New Fourth Army Huangqiao Campaign Memorial Hall
A national patriotism-education base and one of China's hundred classic red-tourism sites, opened in 1980. The old hall sits in the Ding family garden at Mixiang Lane; a new 8,000-square-metre building on Zhifu North Road adds eight exhibition halls on the 1940 Huangqiao Campaign and the townsfolk's famous biscuit-support effort. Free, closed Mondays.
Lizhong Water Forest
A national 4A forest of some 1,050 mu in Xinghua — the largest man-made wetland woodland of the Lixiahe region. Taxodium trees stand in water where herons nest overhead; bamboo rafts glide through the cool channels and the woods turn golden and most photogenic in late autumn.
Navy Vessel Culture Park
At Yonganzhou on the Yangtze near the Navy's birthplace, this park moors the retired Hongze Lake supply ship, Xining destroyer and other vessels for walk-through visits. Three-ship tickets cost CNY 40, three-ship-plus-boat CNY 60, with summer hours to 17:30 and free periods by reservation.
Qiao Garden
The oldest surviving private garden in northern Jiangsu, more than 430 years old. Laid out in the Wanli era of the Ming as Rishe Garden, it took its present name after Qiao Songnian, Qing Salt Controller of the two Huai regions, made it his residence. Its rockeries and pavilions earned it the title "first garden of Huaizuo"; free with QR-code reservation since 2022.
Qintong Ancient Town
A national historic town of 3,000 years at the meeting point of Taizhou, Yancheng and Nantong, beside the Qinhu wetlands. Ming-Qing lanes, hundred-year trees and the ancient tea-flower tree of the academy survive among water lanes; entry about CNY 40, spring is the best season.
Taizhou Old Street
A Ming-Qing style pedestrian street of about 600 meters along the Fengcheng River, free and open all day. Old shops serve Taizhou's famous morning tea and Huangqiao shaobing; with the Mei memorial next door and lantern-lit nights by the water, it pairs naturally with a river-cruise half day.
Koubei Carved Building
A national 4A site in the millennium-old Chaixu old town of Gaogang, first built in 1739 by wood merchant Yao of the Qianlong era and extended by Republican-era merchant Li Songru. Wood, brick and stone carvings crown the complex — dubbed a masterwork of the "three carvings" — with film crews drawn to its period streets.
Yuewang Temple (Jingjiang)
The earliest extant temple dedicated to Yue Fei in China, built in 1130 during his lifetime — predating the famous Hangzhou and Tangyin temples. The Song-style Siyue Hall and 2,800-m² complex in Shengci Town honor the Song general whose legacy endures across China.
Fengcheng River Scenic Area
A national 4A scenic area along the moat that rings the old city of Taizhou on all four sides. More than 30 sights radiate from the Song-style Wanghailou Tower, the "first tower of Jianghuai", with Taoyuan and Meiyuan gardens, the old street and evening painted-boat cruises. The waterfront is free; the tower and gardens are ticketed.
Zheng Banqiao Former Residence
The modest south-facing home of Zheng Banqiao (1693-1765), the "Eight Eccentrics" master of bamboo, orchid and rock painting, in Xinghua's Dongcheng lanes. Two courtyards keep his study, bamboo grove and stone props beside displays of his daily objects; entry about CNY 20.
Jindongmen Old Street
A thousand-year lane quarter in Xinghua, the town's most atmospheric old quarter beside Zheng Banqiao's home and the Sipailou gates. Summer hours 8:30-17:30 (entry to 17:00), winter to 17:00; the lane itself is free with small heritage sites charged separately.
Xuezheng Shiyuan (Imperial Examination Hall)
Within the Fengcheng River scenic zone, this Qing hall was where candidates from eight counties of the old Yangzhou prefecture sat the imperial entry examinations; now the China Imperial Examination Museum. Hours 8:30-17:30 (to 18:00 in summer), about CNY 30 with free-entry arrangements under the 2026 Fengcheng policy.
Guangxiao Temple (Taizhou)
Founded in the Eastern Jin Yixi era on the north moat of Hailing, this Vinaya-school monastery was renamed Baoen Guangxiaosi by Song imperial decree and turned from Chan to Vinaya under Qianlong — rare among Chinese temples. Rebuilt halls keep recent decades alive; entry about CNY 10, free on lunar first and fifteenth.
Daohe Ancient Street
Taizhou's largest cluster of ancient buildings, laid out along the Daohe canal beside Hailing North Road. Restored Ming-Qing lanes, Qing-dynasty wells and the Ming Guanwang Temple share the quarter with the former Wuxiang Primary School and the Sun Longfu Memorial Hall; the streets are free to explore day and night.
Tianmushan Site
A Western-Zhou walled settlement of some 34,000 square metres in Jiangyan, listed among the sixth batch of national key heritage sites in 2006 and hailed as the "first city of the Jianghuai plain in the Western Zhou". The rampart-and-moat site is open ground with finds displayed at the Jiangyan museum hall.
Shi Nai'an Tomb Park (Xinghua)
The tomb park of Water Margin author Shi Nai'an at Shijiaqiao village in Xinduo town, a national 3A site free with ID, keeping the tomb, inkstone terrace and Shigong bridge; the Dafeng memorial hall to the same author across the border is a separate, complementary site.
Gushan Scenic Area (Jingjiang)
The only hill on the north bank plain of the lower Yangtze, a 50-metre outlier at Gushan town north of Jingjiang, topped by the 1,500-year-old Gushan Temple — first recorded as Zhengjiansi in the early Tang. Climbing is free with the temple ticket about CNY 10; open about 8:00-18:00.