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Jinshan Scenic Area
A 41.6-hectare scenic area centered on Jinshan Temple, built into the mountain since the Eastern Jin dynasty. The legend of the White Snake flooding Jinshan Temple is set here. Features the 8-story Cishou Pagoda, Zhongling Spring (best spring under heaven), Fahai Cave, and Furong Tower. One of Zhenjiang's "Three Mountains."
Xijin Ferry Old Street
A 1,000-meter ancient street preserving the Tang-era ferry dock, Song-era stone road, and Ming-Qing architecture. The most complete ancient ferry complex in China. Features the Zhaoguan Stone Pagoda (Yuan dynasty), British Consulate, and the Life Saving Society museum.
Jiaoshan Scenic Area
A 70-hectare island in the Yangtze River, the only "floating mountain" in the river. Features Dinghui Temple (founded 168 AD), Jiaoshan Stele Forest (over 400 ancient stone tablets), the Qing-era cannon battery, and the Guanlan Pavilion. Known for its calligraphy collection.
Nanshan Scenic Area
An 18-square-km national forest park south of the city. Features Zhaoyin Temple (founded 4th century), the Crown Prince Zhaoming's Reading Terrace, the Bamboo Forest Temple, and Mi Fu's tomb. Known as the "lungs of Zhenjiang."
Maoshan Scenic Area
A 37km² Taoist sacred mountain, the 8th of China's Ten Great Taoist Caves. Features Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace, Yuanfu Wanning Palace, and natural salt caves. The "First Blessing Land, Eighth Heaven." A top Taoist pilgrimage site.
Beigu Mountain Scenic Area
A 55m mountain overlooking the Yangtze River, famed for the Three Kingdoms legend of Liu Bei's marriage at Ganlu Temple. Features Beigu Tower, Duojing Tower, the Sword Testing Stone, and the iron pagoda. The setting for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" chapters.
Pearl S. Buck Residence
The former residence of Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), who lived here from age 3 months to 18. Features her childhood bedroom, the family's missionary work exhibits, and the Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall with first editions.
Mengxi Garden
The former residence of Shen Kuo (1031-1095), the polymath author of "Dream Pool Essays"—a landmark in Chinese science. Features his study, astronomical instruments, and exhibits on his contributions to geology, astronomy, and medicine.
Baohua Mountain National Forest Park
A 17km² national forest park in Jurong, known for its 4-century-old Longchang Temple and 1,200 plant species. Features the "Blessing Summit" at 437m, ancient ginkgo trees, and fall foliage.
China Vinegar Culture Museum
The world's only museum dedicated to vinegar culture. Zhenjiang is famous for its aromatic black vinegar. Features the 150-year-old Hengshun Vinegar workshop, vinegar tasting, and the fermentation process exhibition.
Yangzhong Binjiang Park
A riverside ecological park on the south side of Yangzhong. It has the Yingjiang Pavilion, a boardwalk, viewing platforms, and a solar-powered landscape corridor along the Yangtze.
Yangzhong Garden Expo Park
A waterfront garden park built for the 8th Jiangsu Garden Expo. Its landscape combines gardens, wetland watercourses, a waterfront square, flower displays, and the local pufferfish culture of Yangzhong.
Jinshan Temple
The central Buddhist temple of Jinshan Scenic Area, also known as Jiangtian Chan Temple. Its halls and towers are built along the hillside, creating the celebrated view of a temple wrapped around a mountain.
Yangzhong Museum
Yangzhong Museum presents the local history and cultural development of Yangzhong, an island city in the Yangtze River near Zhenjiang. It offers useful context before or after visiting the riverside parks and the broader Yangtze landscape, helping visitors connect the city's river setting with its settlement, industry and everyday culture. Plan it as an orientation stop rather than a rushed visit, especially if you are exploring Yangzhong beyond its waterfront scenery.
Cishou Pagoda
Cishou Pagoda crowns Jinshan and is one of Zhenjiang's most recognizable skyline landmarks. The present seven-storey, eight-sided wooden pagoda was rebuilt in 1900, continuing the long tradition of a tower on this hilltop. Climb or view it as part of a complete Jinshan visit with Jinshan Temple, Fahai Cave and the lakeside paths. Its height and position make it especially useful for understanding the unusual visual idea of a temple spread across a mountain.
Jiaoshan Stele Forest
Jiaoshan Stele Forest is one of the signature cultural sites of the island mountain, with inscriptions spanning many centuries. Its collection is valued for calligraphy, historical records and the way stone texts preserve the visits of officials, monks and writers. It is best explored slowly after Dinghui Temple rather than as a quick stop: the inscriptions give context to Jiaoshan's role as a religious, literary and riverside landmark on the Yangtze.
Ganlu Temple
Ganlu Temple stands on the summit area of Beigu Mountain and is central to the mountain's Three Kingdoms identity. Local tradition links it with the story of Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang, while its position also connects the temple to Duojing Tower, the Iron Pagoda and the Yangtze-facing paths. Explore it as the anchor of a wider hill walk rather than only a legend stop: the temple architecture, riverside outlook and literary associations all contribute to the experience.
Duojing Tower
Duojing Tower is the scenic tower behind Ganlu Temple on Beigu Mountain. Its name means many views, and the upper setting looks out across the Yangtze toward the wider Zhenjiang landscape. Writers including Su Shi, Xin Qiji and Lu You associated the mountain with poetry and reflection, making the tower a useful stop for visitors interested in both scenery and literature. Allow time to walk here from the temple rather than treating it as a quick photo stop.
Zhenjiang Museum
A comprehensive museum housing 30,000+ artifacts including Western Zhou bronzes, Tang pottery, and the famous "Crane and Lotus" lacquerware. Features the Wu Culture Hall and the Zhenjiang Modern History Hall.
Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace
The main palace of Maoshan Taoism, originally built in 60 AD. Features the 33m-tall Laozi statue, the Taoist scripture hall, and the "fire needle" ritual. The spiritual center of the Shangqing Taoist sect.
Longchang Temple
A 4th-century Buddhist temple on Baohua Mountain, one of China's most important ordination sites. The "Number One Mountain of Discipline." Features the 999-rooms Ming hall and the ancient bronze bell.
Yangtze River Riverside Belt
A 5-km riverside promenade along the Yangtze, connecting the Three Mountains. Features sculpture gardens, viewing platforms, and a night light show. The best walking route in Zhenjiang.
Zhongling Spring
Zhongling Spring lies on the western side of Jinshan and is traditionally celebrated as the First Spring Under Heaven. Its reputation is closely tied to tea culture and to the long history of visitors seeking famous waters around Zhenjiang. Treat the spring as a quiet pause in the larger Jinshan route: combine it with the nearby lakeside scenery and Furong Tower, then continue uphill to the temple and pagoda for the contrast between water, gardens and the mountain complex.
Dinghui Temple
The principal Buddhist temple on Jiaoshan Island. Founded in the Eastern Han period, its buildings are set among the wooded slopes in the landscape known as a mountain wrapped around a temple.
Beigu Tower
Beigu Tower rises above the Yangtze-facing slopes of Beigu Mountain, a place celebrated in Chinese poetry and historical memory. The tower is associated with the literary image of Beigu Pavilion, especially Xin Qiji's famous reflections on the river landscape. Visit for the viewpoint as much as the building itself: combine it with Ganlu Temple, Duojing Tower and the mountain paths to see why this compact hill became known as a setting for Three Kingdoms stories and enduring poems.
Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall
Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall introduces the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer and Zhenjiang, complementing the nearby former residence associated with her early years in China. Rather than treating the memorial as a simple biography stop, visitors can use it to understand how local life, cross-cultural experience and literary memory intersect in the city. Allow time to visit both sites together, then place the story within the wider historic neighborhoods and cultural institutions of Zhenjiang.
Zhaoguan Stone Pagoda
A Yuan-dynasty (1311) stone pagoda spanning Xijin Ferry street—the only surviving over-street stone pagoda in Jiangsu. Built to bless passing boats, it features Buddha carvings on all four sides.
Mi Fu Calligraphy Park
A 15-hectare park dedicated to Mi Fu (1051-1107), the Song dynasty calligraphy master who lived in Zhenjiang. Features 200+ stone rubbings of his calligraphy, a calligraphy museum, and a 5-km forest trail.
Yuanfu Wanning Palace
The "Palace of the Origin Talisman," built on the summit of Maoshan. Features the ancient Taoist scriptures carved in stone, the "Blessing Seal" shrine, and panoramic views of the Yangtze plains.
New Fourth Army Maoshan Memorial
The New Fourth Army Maoshan Memorial records the anti-Japanese resistance history associated with the Maoshan area of Jurong. It provides historical context for the wider scenic mountain, where Taoist heritage and revolutionary memory coexist. Visit the memorial as a thoughtful complement to the temples and natural paths of Maoshan: its exhibitions and commemorative setting explain why the region remains important in modern Chinese history as well as in religious tourism.
Tiandi Stone Carving Garden
A museum featuring 8,000+ ancient stone carvings collected from across China. Includes Han-era tomb carvings, Tang Buddhist steles, and Ming garden rocks. The largest private stone carving collection in China.
Fahai Cave
Fahai Cave is a small grotto below Cishou Pagoda associated with Fahai, the founding monk of Jinshan Temple and the legends later linked with the White Snake story. It is not a large cave attraction, but a compact narrative stop that connects Buddhist history, local legend and the vertical layout of Jinshan. Visit it while moving between the pagoda and temple halls, and allow the surrounding mountain paths to provide the context for its story.
Jiaoshan Ancient Battery
Jiaoshan Ancient Battery preserves the military layer of Jiaoshan, the island mountain in the Yangtze River. Built and strengthened in the late imperial period, the site recalls the strategic importance of the river approach to Zhenjiang. Visit it with Dinghui Temple and the Stele Forest: the contrast between Buddhist heritage, carved inscriptions and defensive remains explains why Jiaoshan is more than a scenic walk. Allow time for the riverside views and the paths connecting the historic sites.
Ganlu Temple Iron Pagoda
Ganlu Temple Iron Pagoda, also called Weigong Pagoda, stands within the historic Ganlu Temple complex on Beigu Mountain. It is one of Zhenjiang's notable ancient tower landmarks and adds a tangible architectural layer to a visit otherwise shaped by Three Kingdoms stories and river views. Include it while walking between the temple halls, Duojing Tower and the upper paths; the pagoda is best understood as part of the connected Beigu Mountain heritage landscape rather than as a separate ticketed attraction.
Jijiang Pavilion
A riverside pavilion in Beigu Mountain Scenic Area. Also known as Beigu Pavilion and Lingyun Pavilion, it overlooks the Yangtze and is linked in local tradition with Sun Shangxiang's story.
Zhaoyin Temple
Zhaoyin Temple is one of the historic religious sites within Zhenjiang Nanshan Scenic Area, a wooded group of hills often described as an urban forest. The temple landscape is associated with recluse culture and generations of writers who came here for quiet walks and study. Visit it as part of the Zhaoyin section together with the reading terrace, springs and garden paths, allowing time to experience the wider mountain setting rather than treating it as an isolated hall.
Mi Fu Tomb
The tomb of Northern Song calligrapher, painter and art connoisseur Mi Fu lies near Helin Temple in the Nanshan landscape. Mi Fu spent important years in Zhenjiang and became one of the figures most closely associated with its artistic identity; his work helped shape later views of landscape painting and calligraphy. The tomb is a reflective heritage stop, best visited with Helin Temple and the surrounding paths to place his legacy within the city forest he knew.
British Consulate Ruins
A 19th-century British consulate complex, now a museum of treaty port history. The red-brick buildings showcase colonial architecture and exhibits on Zhenjiang's role as a Yangtze River treaty port from 1858.
Pagoda Hill Park
A 5-hectare park on a 25m hill featuring the 7-story Sengjia Pagoda (Tang dynasty). The pagoda is Zhenjiang's oldest surviving structure. Park features stone steles and panoramic city views.
Yinshan Park
A 12-hectare park in Dantu District featuring a lake, cherry blossom avenue, and the restored Silver Mountain Pavilion. Known for its April cherry blossom festival and autumn maple trees.
Sunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial
A 30m-tall monument commemorating the Sunan (South Jiangsu) Anti-Japanese War victory. The monument is inscribed by Marshal Chen Yi. Features a memorial square and exhibits on the guerrilla warfare.
Qianhua Ancient Village
A reconstructed Ming-Qing era village at the foot of Baohua Mountain. Features 50+ restored shop fronts, traditional craft workshops, and evening lantern shows. A living history experience.
Jizi Temple
A temple dedicated to Jizi (季札), the ancient Wu prince who refused the throne. Features his tomb, the "Hanging Sword" memorial (honoring his promise to a dead friend), and ancient Wu culture exhibits.
Canal Culture Park
A linear park along the Grand Canal, featuring restored canal locks, a canal history museum, and riverside walkways. The night view of canal boats passing under illuminated bridges is a highlight.
Furong Tower
Furong Tower is a waterside landmark near Taying Lake and Zhongling Spring at the foot of Jinshan. Its literary name recalls the Furong Tower tradition and adds a calm architectural counterpoint to the busy temple and summit areas. Include it on a lower-level walk around the scenic area, especially with the spring and lake views, before heading toward Jinshan Temple and Cishou Pagoda. The setting is best appreciated as part of the layered water-and-mountain landscape.
Guanlan Pavilion
Guanlan Pavilion is a viewpoint within Jiaoshan Scenic Area, positioned for broad views across the Yangtze River. The name evokes watching the waves, and the pavilion offers a pause between the temple, inscription collection and historic battery. Combine it with the island paths and nearby Xijiang Tower for a fuller sense of Jiaoshan's landscape: river traffic, changing light and the mountain's compact cultural sites are all part of the experience.
Sword Testing Stone
Sword Testing Stone is a split boulder on Beigu Mountain linked by local tradition with Liu Bei and Sun Quan testing their swords. The story belongs to the wider Three Kingdoms memory of the mountain, alongside Ganlu Temple and its marriage legend. It is a small physical site, but it becomes more meaningful when visited on a route through the temple complex, towers and riverside viewpoints. Look for it as a narrative stop within the landscape rather than a stand-alone monument.
Zhaoming Crown Prince Reading Terrace
This terrace commemorates the tradition that Xiao Tong, the Liang dynasty Crown Prince Zhaoming, studied in the Zhaoyin area of Nanshan. The story is closely connected with the literary culture of the site and with the compilation tradition of the Anthology of Zhaoming. It is a compact historical stop, best combined with Zhaoyin Temple and the surrounding paths, where the wooded setting helps explain why the area became associated with reading, retreat and scholarship.
Life Saving Society
A restored Qing-era rescue station for shipwrecked sailors on the Yangtze. Features the original rescue boats, signal equipment, and exhibits on the volunteer life-saving organization dating to the Song dynasty.
Boxian Park
A 3.4-hectare park built in 1926 to honor Zhao Boxian, a revolutionary martyr. Features a bronze statue, a lotus pond, and the historic Boxian Memorial Hall. The first modern public park in Zhenjiang.
Yuntai Mountain
Yuntai Mountain is a compact urban hill near Zhenjiang's historic waterfront and old-city cultural sites. It is less a single-ticket landmark than a convenient landscape pause between museums, former residences and the Xijin Ferry area. Use the paths and viewpoints to add greenery and elevation to a heritage-focused day, especially if you prefer a short walk with city views rather than a long mountain excursion. It works well as a flexible stop before returning to the nearby historic streets.
Wuliu Hall
A Ming-era private garden featuring a moon gate, scholar's rock collection, and a 400-year-old ginkgo. Named after Tao Yuanming's "Five Willows" poem. The best-preserved Ming private garden in Zhenjiang.
Zhang Yunpeng Residence
The Republic-era residence of Zhang Yunpeng, a prominent Zhenjiang businessman and philanthropist. Features Western-Chinese blended architecture, stained glass, and the Zhang family history exhibition.
Chuishan Scenic Area
A 258m mountain in Dantu District, famous for the 36 peaks and the Chuishan Temple. Features the "36 Curves" hiking trail, Tang-era stone carvings, and panoramic Yangtze River views from the summit.
Dagang Xinhu Park
A 20-hectare lake park in the Dagang development zone. Features a 3-km lakeside trail, a musical fountain show on weekends, and a children's water play area. Popular for evening walks.
Hengshan Scenic Area
Hengshan Scenic Area is a green escape in Zhenjiang New Area, offering hill paths and open views away from the dense historic core. It suits visitors looking for a slower outdoor walk after exploring the city's temples and museums, and can be combined with nearby parks in the eastern districts. The appeal is the change of pace: wooded slopes, local recreation and a broader sense of the landscape around the Yangtze-side city rather than a single monumental sight.
Jiuli Scenic Area
Jiuli Scenic Area in Danyang is a local landscape and heritage destination associated with the region's historic setting. It is best approached at a relaxed pace, combining walks through the scenic area with nearby cultural sites in Danyang rather than as a rapid single-stop visit. The value lies in its mix of open landscape, local memory and the chance to step beyond the major city-center attractions of Zhenjiang into a quieter county-level itinerary.
Wanshan Park
Wanshan Park is a local leisure park in Danyang, part of the wider Zhenjiang region. It provides a relaxed setting for a short walk, seasonal greenery and an everyday view of the city beyond the major heritage destinations. Visit it as a low-pressure break between Danyang's historical sites, or at the beginning or end of a local itinerary when you want to see how residents use the city's public green space. It is best approached as an urban park rather than a destination requiring a full day.
White Snake Love Culture Park
A lakeside park themed on the "Legend of the White Snake." Features sculptures of Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian, the Broken Bridge scene, and lotus ponds. A romantic garden at the foot of Jinshan.
People's Park
A 5-hectare city center park featuring a music pavilion, a rose garden, and a children's playground. The oldest public park in Zhenjiang, built in 1933. Popular for morning exercise and evening dancing.
Taiping Chan Temple
Taiping Chan Temple is a Buddhist site in Yangzhong, part of the island city's riverside cultural landscape. It offers a quieter religious stop away from the better-known Three Mountains in central Zhenjiang, and can be combined with Yangzhong Museum, the waterfront parks and local green spaces. Visit for a slower temple experience and to see how Buddhist heritage continues within the Yangtze island communities of the wider Zhenjiang area.
Crossing-the-Yangtze Culture Park
A red-tourism cultural park in Xinzhi Village that commemorates the 1949 Yangtze crossing by the PLA 20th Army. Its interpretation follows the historic photo and the crossing story associated with the old Lalangqiao Wharf.
Xijiang Tower
Xijiang Tower is a riverside viewing structure in Jiaoshan Scenic Area, known for its association with the island mountain's Yangtze scenery. It is particularly rewarding when approached as part of a walk through Dinghui Temple, the Stele Forest and Guanlan Pavilion, where religious heritage and river views alternate along the route. The tower is a good place to pause, look toward the water and appreciate why Jiaoshan has long attracted both pilgrims and writers.
Wenyuan
Wenyuan is the garden and cultural section of Nanshan Scenic Area. It offers a quieter pause between the temple sites and the wooded walks, with seasonal planting and an open setting that contrasts with the older religious remains. Include it in a leisurely circuit through Nanshan rather than visiting only for a single structure: the value of the place lies in its role within the city forest landscape and its link between scenery, local memory and cultural interpretation.
Bamboo Temple
Bamboo Temple is a historic temple site in the Bamboo Grove section of Nanshan Scenic Area. The wider area preserves the atmosphere of a wooded religious landscape rather than a large active temple complex, making it suited to visitors who enjoy heritage walks and quieter natural surroundings. Pair it with nearby paths and the other Nanshan temple sites to understand how bamboo groves, springs, old foundations and literary associations shape the character of Zhenjiang's city forest.
Helin Temple
Helin Temple is part of the historic temple landscape of Zhenjiang Nanshan. It is especially meaningful in the area's literary and artistic history: writers visited the nearby hills, and the surrounding Helin section is associated with the final resting place of the Northern Song artist Mi Fu. Treat the site as one stop in a connected heritage walk through Nanshan, where temple remains, wooded slopes and cultural stories are experienced together.
Leng Yu Memorial Hall
The memorial hall of Leng Yu (1882-1959), a democratic revolutionary and Zhenjiang native. Features his study, revolutionary documents, and the history of the Zhenjiang democratic movement.