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Chinese Milu Park
The world's largest Milu (Père David's deer) reserve on the Yellow Sea coast of Dafeng, a national 5A site. From 39 deer reintroduced from Britain in 1986, the herd has grown into the world's major wild population; electric shuttles take visitors deep into the wetlands among the grazing herds.
Dutch Flower Sea
China's largest tulip-viewing site in Xinfeng Town, Dafeng District, a national 4A area where over 30 million tulips bloom in spring, followed by peach,二月兰 and wisteria. Dutch windmills and European-style buildings frame the beds, and the resident "Only Love" theatrical show adds an evening option.
Dazong Lake Tourist Area
The largest and deepest lake of the Lixiahe region in Yandu District, famed for its reed maze — boat tours threading dense reed channels — and the adjacent East Jin Water Town with evening light shows. A combo ticket covers both; winter hours shorten to 17:00.
Jinsha Lake Resort
East China's largest freshwater sand beach resort, a national 4A area in Funing County with skiing, hot springs, sand sculpting and a desert-themed adventure park — a rare inland beach experience.
New Fourth Army Memorial Hall
A national first-class museum on Jianjun East Road, opened in October 1986 with the hall name inscribed by Li Xiannian. Seven exhibition halls with 6,000 square metres of sound-and-light displays trace the New Fourth Army's wartime course, complemented by the Rebuilding Headquarters monument in the city centre and the Taishan Temple former headquarters. Free, closed Mondays.
Yellow Sea Forest Park
The largest man-made forest park of East China — 68,000 mu of woods inside the World Heritage Yancheng Yellow Sea wetlands, in Dongtai. Metasequoia avenues, a forest mini-train and nature-Discovery playgrounds suit families; cool breezes and rich negative ions make summer the favorite season.
Tiaozini Wetland Scenic Area
A national 4A coastal wetland on Dongtai's northeastern shore, part of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage "Yellow Sea-Bohai migratory bird habitat". Its famous "720" high-tide roost — 720 mu of restored mudflat micro-terrain — shelters hundreds of thousands of migrating spoonbills and godwits each spring and autumn; entry about CNY 30.
Red-crowned Crane Wetland
Part of the national first-class rare-bird reserve on the Yellow Sea coast, recording 421 bird species and wintering flocks of red-crowned cranes. Crane release demonstrations run daily at 10:30 and 15:30; boardwalks and birdwatching towers make it the finest window onto the World Heritage Yancheng wetlands.
China Sea Salt Museum
The only national museum dedicated to sea-salt civilization, standing on Kaitang avenue where Yancheng's 2,000-year salt-making history began. Galleries cover brine wells, boiling stoves, salt commerce and the coastal wetlands that produced it; free with ID, open 9:00-18:00 and closed Mondays.
Dayangwan Ecological Scenic Area
A national 4A waterside park some 5 km from downtown Yancheng, planned across 16 square kilometres around a bend of the old river. Its thousand-mu cherry garden makes it the city's spring blossom capital, with a Sakura Festival each March-April and evening openings during the bloom; standard entry about CNY 40.
Xixi Scenic Area (Dongtai)
A national 4A cultural area in old Dongtai, cradle of the national intangible-heritage "Dong Yong and Seventh Fairy" legend and of the two-Huai sea-salt culture. The Tang-dynasty Haichunxuan Pagoda — a national heritage site — anchors gardens devoted to the immortal-lovers tale, with evening open-air shows of "Tianxian Yuan"; culture gardens about CNY 30, park grounds free.
Xixin Temple
A renowned Buddhist temple of northern Jiangsu on the banks of the Sheyang River, originally founded as Xixin Nunnery in the late Qing-early Republican era. The Wanfo Pagoda rises beside the main halls, with river views toward the Yellow Sea; combo ticket covers temple and pagoda.
Yanzhen Water Street
A waterfront leisure street along the Chuanchuan River covering more than 13 hectares, built around Yancheng's salt-trade heritage with Huai-opera performances, canal cruises after dark and local snack stalls. Free and open around the clock, it ranks among the city's most popular night spots.
Anfeng Ancient Town
A China historic-and-cultural town on the ancient coastal dike, renamed "Anfeng" (peaceful harvest) after Fan Zhongyan built the seawall in the Northern Song. Its salt-merchant era survives in the Bao family mansion, Wu ancestral hall and salt-tax office among thirteen restored courtyards; a national 4A town whose through ticket costs about CNY 32.
Dream Maze (Menghuan Migong)
A national 4A leisure park in Caoyan town whose plant hedge maze held a Guinness World Record as the largest permanent hedge maze. "Maze, park and garden" in one, it adds go-karts, dry-ski slopes, shooting ranges and a tank-ride course across east and west zones; entry about CNY 50.
Jiulongkou National Wetland Park
Nine natural rivers converge at Jiulongkou on the old lagoon of the Lixiahe plain, forming the "nine dragons playing with a pearl" waterscape that gives this national wetland park its name. The adjacent Huai-opera village keeps more than a hundred resident opera and acrobatic performers; entry from about CNY 43.
Yueliwan Scenic Area
A crescent-shaped bay at the old mouth of the Yellow River on Binhai's coast, rated national 3A. It boasts the only nearshore sandy beach in Yancheng, with tidal flats, sea breezes and unobstructed sunrise views over the Yellow Sea.
Qiao Guanhua Former Residence
The Qing-dynasty farmhouse in Dongqiao village where Qiao Guanhua (1913-1983) was born — the foreign minister who led China's delegation to the 26th UN General Assembly in 1971. The three-bay hall with hidden side rooms keeps family exhibits; a provincial overseas-Chinese culture exchange base, open daily from 7:45.
Shi Nai'an Memorial Hall (China Shuihu Garden)
At Huajiaduo in Baiju town, where the Water Margin author Shi Nai'an is said to have written his novel, the 215-mu China Shuihu Garden opened in 2016 around his memorial hall. Its collection holds the state-graded Shi family genealogy and fragments of the Shi Zi'an stele; the Xinghua memorial and tomb of the same author lies in the neighbouring county, a distinct site. Entry about CNY 30.
Ancient Yunti Pass
The site of China's first recorded customs pass, marked by a monumental clerical-script stele reading "Gu Yunti Guan" in Xiangshui County. Nearby Wanghai Tower, Yuwang Temple and Filial Piety Arch add historical depth to this Yellow Sea heritage site.