{"id":15776,"date":"2014-06-29T06:27:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=15776"},"modified":"2015-08-21T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T09:56:07","slug":"top-10-attractions-in-yanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/shaanxi-travel\/yanan-travel\/top-10-attractions-in-yanan","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Attractions in Yan’an"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planning your Shaanxi tour<\/a><\/strong>? Beside the historical discovery of Terracotta Warriors in Xian, the capital of Shaanxi Province,\u00a0Shaanxi also has a decisive place in China’s contemporary history. The cave houses around Yan’an\u00a0(\u5ef6\u5b89) 360 km north of Xian were Chinese Communist Party’s base for 12 years from 1935 to 1947, leading to the establishment of People’s Republic of China in 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today numerous domestic groups, mostly middle-aged “red tour tourists”, flock here to \u00a0march on the trails trodden by Mao and CCP. \u00a0Few foreign tourists would make it their destination. If you are among the few, \u00a0my \u00a0Top 10 things to do in Yan’an (\u5ef6\u5b89) will be useful planning your own trip to Yanan (\u5ef6\u5b89).<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Fenghuangshan Revolution Headquarters Site \u51e4\u51f0\u5c71\u9769\u547d\u65e7\u5740<\/strong>
\nThis is the first headquarters used by CCP when they moved to Yan’an. It is located at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, one of the well-known mountains in Yan’an. It is about 100 meters west of China Post Office in Yan’an.<\/p>\n

From Jan,1937 to Nov, 1938, \u00a0Mao Zedong and CCP leaders lived here, the first revolution headquarters in Yan’an. Its move was mainly due to the fact that this place was vulnerable\u00a0to the air attack. On Nov 20, 1938, Japanese aircrafts bombed the city of Yan’an, caused a serious damage. Later, Mao and other CCP leaders moved \u00a0to Yangjialing northwest of downtown Yan’an.<\/p>\n

Now it houses a small exhibition displaying the photos and artifacts relating to Doctor Norman Bethune, a Canadian doctor who came to China to take care of the wounded from CCP in 1n 1930s.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0Free
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 17:00 ( closed on Monday)
\nAdd: 100 meters west of China Post ( \u4e2d\u56fd\u90ae\u653f) on Beidajie ( North Street ), Baota District, Yan’an.
\nHow to get there
\nTake Bus 2,3,4,12 and 19.<\/p>\n

\"Fenghuangshan<\/a>
Fenghuangshan Revolution Headquarters Site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. \u00a0Yangjialing Revolution Headquarters Site \u6768\u5bb6\u5cad\u9769\u547d\u65e7\u5740<\/strong>
\nYangjialing is the second revolution headquarters site. It is about 3 km northwest of the downtown Yan’an. Yangjialing is a narrow and deep valley packed with trees and it is hard to be detected from the air, a perfect place to house the center organs of CCP.<\/p>\n

Yangjialing is the headquarters where Mao and CCP\u00a0Secretariat lived for the longest time among the 4 revolution sites. They lived and worked here from Nov,1938 to Oct, 1943 when you moved to Zaoyuan, a beautiful and quite place.<\/p>\n

Yangjialing Revolution Headquarters Sites is composed of the two parts. The north part is the cave housed built into the loess earth where Mao, Zhou and other Chinese revolutionary leaders lived and worked. \u00a0The south is the assemble hall where the central committee meetings were held including the seventh national plenum which confirmed Mao as the leader of the Party.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0Free
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 17:00 ( closed on Monday)
\nTel:\u00a0 0911-2385511
\nHow to get there
\nTake Bus 1,3,4,13<\/p>\n

\"Yangjialing<\/a>
Yangjialing Revolution Headquarters Site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. \u00a0Zaoyuan Revolution \u00a0Headquarters Site \u67a3\u56ed\u9769\u547d\u65e7\u5740<\/strong>
\nZaoyuan literally means”\u00a0Date Garden”. The site is also known as\u00a0Yan\u2019an Date Garden, the Site of the Former Offices CCP Secretariat. \u00a0Mao and CCP Secretariat moved to Zaoyuan ( Date Garden ) in October,1943. Mao left the Date Date Garden Jan, 1946.<\/p>\n

Date Garden, also known as Yan Garden, was the former manor of the Shanbei warlord \u2013 Gao Shuangcheng. After Land Reform Revelution, it was confiscated to the people. It was rebuilt and expanded from 1941 and completed in 1943. Over 20 cave houses and bungalow houses were built as well as one auditorium.<\/p>\n

Date Garden was the site of the Former Offices CCP Secretariat from 1941 to March 1947. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhude, Peng Dehuai, Ren Bishi and\u00a0other top leaders of CCP, moved here from 1943.<\/p>\n

From here Date Garden, in August 1945, Chairman Mao started his trip to Chongqing on a peace talk with Chiang Kaishek of the Nationalist Party or Guomingdang. In June 1946, Guomingdang waged a full civil war. In March 1947, the CCP Secretariat evacated from Yan\u2019an after Guomingdang army attacked Yan\u2019an. From then on, the CCP army went on a mobile fight till the founding of People\u2019 Republic of China on Oct 01, 1949.<\/p>\n

The Date Garden is located 8km in the northwest of Yan\u2019an. You take Bus 8 and 13. Date Garden is free of charge. Tel:\u00a00911-2852117.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Zaoyuan<\/a>
Zaoyuan Revolution Headquarters Site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. Wangjiaping Revolution Headquarters Site \u738b\u5bb6\u576a\u9769\u547d\u65e7\u5740
\n<\/strong>Wangjiaping literally means \u201cThe high land of Wangs\u2019Family\u201d, a place that used to the site of Central Military Committee and the headquarter of Eighteenth Group Army\u00a0between 1937 and 1947. Chairman Mao Zedong, the top Chinese leader Zude, Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai and etc, once also lived in Wangjiaping.\u00a0This was Mao’s \u00a0fourth residential place in Yan’an.<\/p>\n

In Wangjiaping, the Military Commitee of the Party Central Committee\u00a0and the Headquarters of the 8th Route Army led the army and the people in the liberated area in\u00a0the eight year\u2019s fight against the Japanese invasion.<\/p>\n

On March 18, 1947, Chairman Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai led the Military Committee and the departmeents of the Headquarters, and retreated from Yan\u2019an upon the attacks on Yan\u2019an by\u00a0the KMT armed forces, numbering no more than 230,000.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0Free
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 17:00 ( closed on Monday)
\nHow to get there
\nTake Bus 1 and 8
\nTel\uff1a0911\u20142335979<\/p>\n

\"Wangjiaping<\/a>
Wangjiaping Revolution Headquarters Site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. \u00a0Yan\u2019an Revolution Memorial Hall \u5ef6\u5b89\u9769\u547d\u7eaa\u5ff5\u9986<\/strong>
\nThe memorial hall is located not far from Wangjiaping Revolution Headquarters Site. The building of the memorial hall is the most impressive in Yan’an.<\/p>\n

The memorial hall has an exhibition area of over 4000 square meters with 2000 artifacts on display, supplemented by models, oil paintings, sculptures and replica scenes. Modern technology of sound and light is also used to enhance the motiong effects.<\/p>\n

In the middle of the square in front of the memorial hall stands the copper statue of Mao Zedong.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0Free
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 18:00 ( closed on Monday)
\nAdd: East Bank of Baota District, Yan’an\u00a0\u5ef6\u5b89\u5e02\u5b9d\u5854\u533a\u5ef6\u6cb3\u4e1c\u5cb8
\nTel:\u00a00911-21382610
\nHow to get there
\nTake Bus 1,3,7,8, 12 and 13<\/p>\n

6. Treasure Pagoda ( Baota Pagoda ) \u5b9d\u5854\u5c71<\/strong>
\nThis is the most prominent landmark of Yan’an. The pagoda stands atop the same name maintain – Treasure Pagoda Mountain. \u00a0The Treasure Pagoda is one of the few paid attractions in Yan’an.<\/p>\n

The Treasure Pagoda Hill is 113.5 meters high and the pagoda was built in Tang Dynasty and the present pagoda was rebuilt in Ming Dynasty. The pagoda is octogonal in shape, 44 meters high, made of wood and bricks with 9 stories.<\/p>\n

You are able to ascend the pagoda and have a high view of the city of Yan’an.<\/div>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0RMB 65; Access to the Pagoda: extra RMB 10
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 18:00
\nTel:\u00a00911-2113735
\nHow to get there
\nTake Bus 1, 5 and 18<\/p>\n

\"<\/a>
Treasure Pagoda ( Baota Pagoda )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7. Qingliang Mountain \u6e05\u51c9\u5c71<\/strong>
\nQingliangshan or Qingliang Mountain is opposite to Fenghuang Mountain and Treasure Pagoda Mountain across Yanhe River. It stands on the northern bank of Yanhe River.<\/p>\n

Numerous stone carved Buddhist statues are scattered on the hillsides of Qingliang Mountain. Many of the caves are well preserved from Sui,Tang through Qing dynasties. \u00a0Qingliangshan is also the birthplace of CCP’s newspaper and press like Xinhua News Agency, Xinhua Radio and Liberation Daily.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0RMB 31
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 18:00
\nTel:\u00a00911-2112719
\nHow to get there
\nTake Bus 1, 8 and 11<\/p>\n

\"Qingliang<\/a>
Qingliang Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

8. Yan’an Press Museum \u5ef6\u5b89\u65b0\u95fb\u7eaa\u5ff5\u9986<\/strong>
\nYan’an Press Museum is located on the south foot of Qingliang Mountain, \u00a0a base for\u00a0China’s Media. Many well-known China’s media came from here like Xinhua News Agency, Liberation Daily, Xinhua Radio Station, China Central Printing Factory, \u00a0and Xinhua Book Stores.<\/p>\n

The memorial hall has an exhibition area of 1580 square meters. It is built in the shape of a cave house, indicating the CCP’ press originated from the simple and basic cave houses in Yan’an. The memorial hall is composed of 4 exhibition rooms with over 180 artifacts including photos, documents \u00a0and various kids of maps and charters.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0RMB 40
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 18:00
\nTel:\u00a00911-2112719
\nHow to get there
\nTake Bus 1, 8 and 11<\/p>\n

\"Yan'an<\/a>
Yan’an Press Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9.\u00a0Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts \u00a0\u9c81\u8fc5\u827a\u672f\u6587\u5b66\u9662<\/strong>
\nThe former Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts is located 5 km northeast of Yan’an’s city center. \u00a0The academy was established April 10, 1938. After 1945, the academy was moved to Sheyang, now the capital city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China.<\/p>\n

Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts was established on the church built by a Spanish priest. over 50 stone cave houses were also constructed around the church. The church was served as the auditorium \u00a0of the academy.<\/p>\n

In the 7 and half years from April, 1938 to Nov, 1945, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts raised 685 students \u00a0– 197 Chinese literature, \u00a0179 opera, \u00a0192 music and 147 \u00a0fine arts. \u00a0Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts is the first comprehensive academy of fine arts operated by CCP.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0RMB 30
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 18:00
\nAdd: Qiaoergou,north of Yan’an downtown\u00a0\u5ef6\u5b89\u5e02\u57ce\u5317\u6865\u513f\u6c9f
\nHow to get there
\nTake Bus 4<\/p>\n

\"Lu<\/a>
Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

10. Yan’an’s Luochuan National Loess Geopark \u00a0\u56fd\u5bb6\u9ec4\u571f\u5730\u8d28\u516c\u56ed<\/strong>
\nLuochuan National Loess Geopark is located Heimugou, south of Luochuan County, about 135 km south of Yan’an’s city center. So the Geopark is located within Luochuan County under the administration of Yan’an.<\/p>\n

Luochuan National Geopark has an area of 5.9 square km. The Geopark features the loess sections and loess landscape to display the loess in Shaanxi. This is the place to explore and research the loess in China and even in\u00a0Eurasia.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0RMB 25
\nOpen Hours: 8:00 – 17:00
\nAdd: 135 south of Yan’an’s city center and 198km north of Xian.
\nHow to get there
\nDaily buses either from Yan’an and Xian to Luochuan, where you connect the local bus or taxi to the geopark.<\/p>\n

\"Yan'an's<\/a>
Yan’an’s Luochuan National Loess Geopark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

How to get to Yan’an\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe city of Yan’an can be easily reached from Beijing and Xian. There are daily trains going from Beijing and Xian. Yan’an also has an airport connecting the major cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Daily Buses go to Yan’an from Xian.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Add on:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1.\u00a0<\/strong>Visit Hukou Waterfall from Yan’an.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0John Paton Davies & Dixie Mission to Yan\u2019an<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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