[2025 Yuyao Attraction] Travel Guide for Yangming Town (Updated Mar)

| Get closer to Yangming and embrace life. Yangming Ancient Town is a Jiangnan ancient town rich in history and culture. It retains the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and aims to promote and inherit Yangming culture. It integrates history, culture, and food, and is unique. Bathe in the warm autumn sun and step into the ancient Yangming Ancient Town, strolling on the bluestone road. The white walls and black tiles on both sides, with their simple and elegant architectural style, tell the vicissitudes of history. At the same time, the entry of modern cultural enterprises such as the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum has also brought innovation and development to Yangming culture. Yangming Ancient Town has traditional wooden buildings, and each carving has a unique meaning and symbol, such as koi fish symbolizing abundance, and dragon heads symbolizing prosperity. When night falls, the ancient town is lit up. Unlike the simple style during the day, the streets are decorated with lanterns, creating a world of light and shadow. The folk lantern festival is a special event in Yangming Ancient Town during the Chinese New Year, with various animal lanterns that are exquisitely shaped, intricately crafted, and brightly colored. Many local residents and tourists come to enjoy this visual feast.

If you want to travel in the opposite direction this autumn, make sure to save this guide! Cultural and Scenic City - Yuyao If you want to travel in the opposite direction this autumn, make sure to save this guide! 1. Yangming Ancient Town (Free) Open all day You can enjoy the evening breeze of Yao River and feel the charm of the ancient town 💗. The three landmark buildings in Yangming Ancient Town are Tongji Bridge, Shunjiang Tower, and Longmen Ancient Ferry. The town is full of cultural creations, art, food (various local snacks), intangible cultural heritage, and other unique brands. It's colorful and dazzling. 2. Wang Yangming's Former Residence (Free) Open from 9:00 to 16:00 No reservation needed, just swipe your ID card at the entrance for free entry. There are QR codes on the walls for explanations. Wang Yangming proposed the theory of 'unity of knowledge and action,' emphasizing the importance of inner conscience and moral practice. Books of the Past and Present, Ports Connecting the World - Ningbo 1. Tianyi Pavilion Come and see the legendary history of Tianyi Pavilion! In Ningbo, there is an amazing place called Tianyi Pavilion, which is one of the oldest private libraries in China! Between 1561 and 1566, Fan Qin, a retired right minister of the Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty, built it. When it was first built, it housed over seventy thousand volumes of books, all rare and precious! The Ming Dynasty's printed and handwritten books are all unique treasures! 2. Hanling Old Street With a long history, it is known as the 'First Ancient Street in Eastern Zhejiang.' This historical commercial street was transformed from an ancient village with a thousand-year history. It retains the ancient water town charm, being both tranquil and rustic while also having a modern artistic atmosphere. You can taste Ningbo delicacies in the slow life of the Jiangnan water town. ✨Must-Visit Shops/📝 ◽️Lingmu Workshop: Woodwork, cultural creations, ceramics, handmade experiences ◽️Suiyin: Silverware specialty store, jewelry 💎 ◽️Hanling Art Exhibition: Seems to be an art exhibition, didn't go in ◽️Bucktooth Fat Retro Shop: Cute little general store ◽️Liduo Bookstore: Books, coffee, restaurant, cultural creations

The historical and cultural district of Fuqian Road in Yuyao City extends from Sanguantang Road in the east, to Nanbinjiang Road in the south, to Xinjian Road in the west, and to Yangming East Road in the north, covering a total area of 16.15 hectares. Within the ancient town, there is the Tongji Bridge, which was first built during the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty. It spans the Yao River, connecting the northern and southern parts of Yuyao, resembling a long rainbow lying on the waves, with a majestic momentum. Tongji Bridge is also known as Shunjiang Bridge. Because it is the longest and highest bridge on the Yao River, it is called the "First Bridge of Eastern Zhejiang". The Shunjiang Tower and Tongji Bridge within the ancient town form a combined structure of "a long rainbow soaring into the sky, with a flying pavilion stabilizing the flow". An ancient poem describes: "A whale strikes heavily to stabilize the East Sea, looking down at the Yangtze River like a crouching dragon." "The ancient customs of the mountain city recall Yao, the river tower in the setting sun evokes vast thoughts." These lines depict the majestic appearance of Tongji Bridge and Shunjiang Tower. As an important historical area of the ancient city of Yuyao, the historical and cultural district of Fuqian Road currently preserves representative courtyard residences with local architectural features of Yuyao, such as Yechun Hall of the Ye family, the Ye family scholar's house, the Zhou family wall gate, the Li family residence, and the Shi family hall residence. The architectural styles mostly feature white walls and black tiles, with various styles of gables such as Guanyin's pocket and horsehead walls. As a major component of the core area of Yangming Ancient Town, the historical and cultural district of Fuqian Road integrates traditional Chinese studies and arts, cultural and creative handmade training, fashionable light dining, leisure and entertainment, various creative and new retail stores, and collection shops, as well as Yuyao's "time-honored brands" and intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, making it a waterfront ancient town district that combines traditional culture with fashion trends.

After being gloomy for two days, the weather finally cleared up. Siming Mountain and Yao River slowly woke up in the dawn, and the vegetable market in the south of the city has already been bustling. Siming Mountain gave birth to Yuyao's mother river, Yao River, and bestowed the 'Yu' from its old name 'Juyu Mountain' to her, forming the name of the small city with the 'Yao' of Yao River, and turned the four seasons in the mountain into beautiful scenery, bestowing it to the whole eastern Zhejiang. The ancient stone path, crisscrossing the mountains, carrying the barter trade between the ancient villages in the mountains and the outside world, was turned into a thousand-mile hiking route around the mountain after being abandoned for decades. Together with the shadow of the lake in the Four Ming Lake, it becomes the travel card of Yuyao. Today is the third day in Yuyao, after seeing the Mid-Autumn moon of Tongji Bridge, eating the intangible cultural heritage yellow fish noodles, drinking Langxia soy milk with diced meat, and rushing to the next stop in the National Day breeze. See you again, Mr. Yangming!