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Yucheng Postal Stop 盂城驿Yúchéng Yì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yangzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yangzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Yucheng Postal Stop
The largest relay station on the Ming–Qing Grand Canal, founded in 1375 beside the canal at Gaoyou to keep post horses and boats and lodge officials; it burned in 1557, was rebuilt in 1568 and was repaired several times under the Qing. The restored complex includes the Huanghua Hall where officials were received, the Zhujie Hall with Ming beams and columns, and a three-storey drum tower, and it houses a museum of China's postal relay system. It is part of the Grand Canal World Heritage Site.
How to get to Yucheng Postal Stop
On Guanyi Lane by the Grand Canal at the south end of Gaoyou's old town, about 45 km north of Yangzhou (around an hour by road).
Nearby
- Slender West Lake 瘦西湖 40 km
A ribbon of willow-fringed water lined with the pavilions of Qing salt merchants
Also within 20 km: Memorial of the Last Battle of the War of Resistance, Gaoyou 抗日战争最后一役文化园 (under 10 km), Gaoyou Pawnshop (Tongxing Pawnshop) 高邮当铺 (under 10 km), Wenyou Terrace, Gaoyou 文游台 (under 10 km), Longqiuzhuang Neolithic Site 龙虬庄遗址 (under 10 km).
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