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The largest lacquerware producer in the country, this factory has a license for import/export business.  It produces decorative articles and furniture using unique techniques, such as lacquer carving and jade and pearl inlay.

Covering a hilly area of 27,000 square meters, the museum displays the tombs of Liu Xu, the first-generation Guangling King assigned to Yangzhou during the mid-Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C-A.D. 24), and his wife. Both tombs were built in the high grade reserved for emperors and kings and remain in good condition. Liu Xu's tomb alone occupies 230 square meters. An entirely nanmu structure, the burial chamber was constructed without using a single nail. Items reflecting life at time are exhibited in the museum.

This temple was built during the reign of Emperor Liu Zun (457-464) of the Song Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Main features include the Qinling Pagoda, Hall of the Heavenly King, Hall of Sakyamuni, and Island of Gaunyin. The Monk Jianzhen Memorial Museum is the Qingkong Tower.

The mansion of  He Zhiren, a late-Qing court official, this complex includes the East and West gardens in its Rear Garden. Xuchn Hall is an exquisite nanmu structure, with beautifully decorated corridors, doors and windows.

This Qing-dynasty complex  was the family mansion of Huang Zhiyun, a salt merchant. The focus of the private garden is a man-made hill occupying tow-thirds of the total area. It combines lovely northern and southern style rockeries. Scattered among these are stone bridges, courtyards pavilions and halls.

Yangzhou, on the other bank of Yangtze River, emerged during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.) when Fu Chai,king of the Wu State, built his defence system, Eventually it grew into a large, population city. Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty (581-618) visited prostitutes here; emperors Huizong and Gaozong of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) built their temporary palaces here, and Qing Emperor Qianlong visited six times.