1 Day in Yancheng: Blooms & Forest Wonders

Yancheng Red-crowned Crane Wetland Ecological Tourism Area is located in Tinghu District, Yancheng City, covering an area of ​​16,000 acres and belongs to the Yancheng National Rare Bird Nature Reserve in Jiangsu Province. The tourist area has beautiful natural scenery and is known as the "Pearl of the Yellow Sea and Ecological Corridor". The tourist area has been successively established as a science popularization education base in Jiangsu Province, an ecological tourism demonstration zone in Jiangsu Province, a national environmental protection science popularization base, a national ecological environment science popularization base, a national forestry and grass science popularization base, a national youth nature education green camp, and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. In 2019 Included in the World Natural Heritage Site.

Since its establishment, the tourist area has been based on the two major advantages of Yancheng's tidal wetland natural landscape and rich crane cultural resources. Taking the auspiciousness, love and longevity in the red-crowned crane culture as the main thread, it has focused on creating wetland sightseeing tours, ecological bird watching tours, and research and popular science tours. and other themed tourism to fully demonstrate the harmony and beauty between man and nature. Entering the tourist area, the artemisia is as red as blood and the reeds are as green as jade; here are small bridges and flowing water, where fish and shrimps play; here mandarin ducks dance and swans sing; here cranes fly and thousands of birds gather; being in it is like a fairyland. There is a song "A True Story" in the tourist area that is sung all over the country. It tells the touching story of martyr Xu Xiujuan. She unfortunately drowned and died in order to save two missing swans. At the age of only 23, she transformed into the "Crane Fairy" "Always protecting this pure land and birds, she played the strongest voice of ecological civilization with her life, and will be forever remembered by the times.

There are attractions in the park: Red-crowned Crane Museum, Waterfowl Lake, Red-crowned Crane Rescue and Breeding Center, Rare Bird Garden, Ecological Eye, Heron Tracks in the Willow Forest, etc.