Top 10 tourist attractions in Xuzhou

　　Xuzhou, located in the northwest of Jiangsu Province, China, is a city with a long history and profound cultural heritage. Xuzhou has been a popular place for scholars and poets since ancient times. It has rich historical relics and natural landscapes, attracting a large number of tourists to visit. The history of Xuzhou can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. It has gone through many historical periods such as the Han Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has formed a unique cultural heritage. Next, Travel Diary will sort out the top ten tourist attractions in Xuzhou for everyone, let's take a look.

　　1. Yunlong Lake Scenic Area

　　Xuzhou Yunlong Lake Scenic Area is located in the southwest of Xuzhou City, 3 kilometers away from the city center. It is an urban tourist attraction featuring the natural landscape of Yunlong Mountains and Waters, with the culture of the Han Dynasty, the culture of celebrities, the religious culture, and the military culture as its main contents. It integrates popular science, sightseeing, excursions, leisure, ecology and other comprehensive functions. The scenic area is beautiful, picturesque, with many cultural relics and historical sites, and rich tourism resources. It is an extremely leisurely place for tourists to relax and entertain.

　　2. Yaowan Ancient Town

　　Yaowan Ancient Town is located in the southwest of Xinyi City, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is known as "looking east to the sea, looking west to Pengcheng, looking south to Huaisi, and looking north to Taishan Mountain". It is known as the "Golden Triangle of the Golden Waterway", "the waters of northern Jiangsu are better than those of the south of the Yangtze River" and "Little Shanghai". Yaowan Ancient Town was formed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and reached its peak during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China. It has been established since the first year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (618 AD) and has a history of more than 1,400 years. It is a shining pearl on the Grand Canal.

　　3. Guishan Scenic Area

　　Guishan Scenic Area is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, close to the famous Jiulishan ancient battlefield, so the Yellow River meanders in front of the mountain. There are three main attractions in the scenic area: Guishan Han Tomb, Imperial Edict Museum and Dianshiyuan Stone Carving Art Museum. It integrates historical landscapes such as the culture of the Han Dynasty, the imperial slips culture, and the stone carving culture. It is an important window to show the charm of Xuzhou's history and culture, and it is also the first choice for Chinese and foreign tourists to visit Xuzhou.

　　4. Xuzhou Han Culture Scenic Area

　　Xuzhou Han Culture Scenic Area is located at No. 1, Sanhuan Terracotta Warriors Road, Yunlong District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is a Han culture protection base and boutique tourist attraction integrating historical exposition, garden landscape, tourism and leisure. The entire scenic area "has figurines, mausoleums, Han paintings, mountains, water and ancient temples", presenting a three-dimensional history of the Han Dynasty. It has become the largest Han culture theme park in China and a national 4A-level boutique cultural tourism area integrating "two Han dynasties and three wonders".

　　5. Maling Mountain Scenic Area

　　Maling Mountain Scenic Area is located in Maling Mountain Town, Xinyi City, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is a tourist attraction integrating sightseeing, popular science, patriotism education and national defense education. The planned construction area of Maling Mountain Scenic Area is 28.9 square kilometers, and the area is 56.8 square kilometers. It is a national 4A-level tourist attraction, consisting of three major scenic areas: Sanxian Cave Scenic Area, Huangchao Lake Scenic Area, and Huating Ancient Culture Scenic Area.

　　6. Ximatai

　　Ximatai is also called Hubu Mountain, formerly known as "Taishan", "Chongtai", and "Nanshan". It is located at the highest point of Hubu Mountain in the central area of Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Ximatai is one of the earliest existing historical sites in Xuzhou. In 206 BC, after the peerless hero Xiang Yu destroyed the Qin Dynasty, he built Ximatai on Nanshan Mountain, a few miles south of the city. The buildings in the Ximatai scenic area are simple and elegant, with a strong cultural atmosphere and more than 30 scenic spots. Because the mountain is a platform for watching horse plays, martial arts performances and military parades, it is named Ximatai.

　　7. The Chuwang Tomb

　　The Shizishan Mausoleum of the Chuwang Tomb is located on the Terracotta Warriors Road in Yunlong District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is the tomb of a king of Chu who was enfeoffed in Pengcheng in the early Western Han Dynasty. According to the research of Xuzhou archaeological experts, the owner of the tomb was the second-generation King of Chu, Liu Yingke, or the third-generation King of Chu, Liu Wu. The Shizishan Mausoleum of the Chuwang Tomb is not only large in scale, but also has unearthed a large number of precious cultural relics, including more than 4,000 Han Dynasty Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Jade Clothes with Gold Threads, etc. These cultural relics provide important information for studying the funeral customs, military equipment and social life of the Western Han Dynasty.

　　8. Pan'an Lake National Wetland Park

　　Xuzhou Pan'an Lake National Wetland Park is located in the southwest of Jiawang District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was built by restoring coal subsidence land and integrating "basic farmland consolidation, coal mining subsidence area reclamation, ecological environment restoration, and wetland sightseeing tourism". Xuzhou Pan'an Lake Wetland Park is a national 4A-level tourist attraction, a central film and television shooting base, a central international microfilm channel alliance shooting base, and a shooting base for the Micro Video (Micro Film) Committee of the China Television Artists Association. It is also a municipal-level key modern service industry cluster.

　　9. Pengzu Garden

　　Pengzu Garden, or Peng Garden for short, is located in the southern suburbs of Quanshan District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is adjacent to Yunlong Mountain in the west, Martyrs Cemetery in the east, and Quanshan Scenic Area in the south. It is a large-scale comprehensive park built to commemorate Pengzu, the ancestor of Xuzhou. It combines natural and cultural landscapes, animal and plant viewing as the main content, and sightseeing and rest. Pengzu Garden covers an area of nearly 40 hectares, with a construction area of 17,527 square meters and a water surface area of 17,000 square meters. It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

　　10. Xuzhou Museum

　　Xuzhou Museum was founded in April 1959 and officially opened in August 1960. It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a comprehensive museum for excavating, protecting, displaying, collecting and studying historical relics in Xuzhou. It currently covers an area of 60,000 square meters, of which the building area is nearly 27,000 square meters and the display area is 12,000 square meters. The main building of Xuzhou Museum integrates ancient sites, ancient tombs, and ancient buildings. It is a national, provincial, and municipal protected unit. It is a local museum with Han culture as its distinctive feature.