Time-honoured shops
Pickles and old cosmetics.
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Old Yangzhou's best-known street, running 1,122 metres from west to east and about five metres wide; it once linked the old city's Great East Gate with the East Pass by the Grand Canal, so it thrived for centuries as a trading street, and it is listed among China's famous historic streets. Time-honoured shops still line it, among them Simei, known for pickles and sauces, and Xie Fuchun, known for traditional cosmetics, alongside teahouses, craft shops and stalls selling local knives, and old grey-brick houses with wooden doors hung with red lanterns. On the street stand the famous Ge Garden and the Yi Pu garden, the old Wudang Palace, the guildhall of merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi and the houses of the salt merchants who made the city's fortune, while the old Dongquan Gate stands nearby. The street is free and always open, per visitor guides. The evening, when the lanterns come on, is the loveliest time, and local restaurants use a lot of pork, so ask about ingredients.
Pickles and old cosmetics.
On the street itself.
By the Grand Canal.
Guangling District, east of old Yangzhou
Ge Garden (Geyuan)A private garden of Yangzhou's salt merchants, known in the Ming dynasty as the 3 minutes walk
Tomb of PuhaddinA historic complex around the tomb of Puhaddin (Baha al-Din), the Arab preacher 12 minutes walk
Wenchang Pavilion, YangzhouThe emblem of central Yangzhou, an octagonal three-storey pavilion 24.25 metres 15 minutes walk
He Garden (Heyuan)The garden and mansion of the He family, nicknamed «the first garden of the late17 minutes walk
Crane Mosque (Xianhe Mosque)Yangzhou's most important and oldest mosque, counted with the Huaisheng Mosque i17 minutes walkYes, the street is free and always open, while Ge Garden on the street has its own ticket, per visitor guides.