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Here are the best places to visit in Yan'an, including: Hukou Waterfall,Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor,Qiankun Bay

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Things to Do in Yan'an in 2025 - Top Attractions, Local Food, Hotels & Travel Tips (Updated April 2025) | Trip.com

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Hukou Scenic Area

弗赖本托斯格林

Hukou Waterfall in spring, the water is very clear, the local rice eaten on the west side of Shanxi, the Yellow River big carp is still delicious, the big steamed buns are also good, the place to eat is not good parking, a large group of customers are attracted

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Ganquan Canyon

138***53

There are few supporting facilities in the scenic area, and the road in Crescent Valley is slippery. The scenery under the sun is unique. The scenic area car plus the tour time is four hours. There are no restaurants in the scenic area except for small vendors.

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The Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor

湖心看雪

The ancestor of Chinese emperors All descendants of the Chinese nation should come here to pay homage and worship. The cypress trees here are a major feature The 5,000-year-old cypress planted by the Yellow Emperor, the 2,500-year-old cypress planted by Emperor Wu of Han, the dragon-horn cypress at the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, and even the thousand-year-old cypress watered by the Yangtze River and the Yellow River

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Baota Mountain

延安导游小李

Yan'an Pagoda Mountain is a symbol of the Chinese revolution and a landmark building in Yan'an City. I have returned to Yan'an in my dreams many times, holding the Pagoda Mountain with both hands, calling you a thousand times, Mother Yan'an is here! Yan'an tour guide Xiao Li welcomes comrades from all over the country to come to Yan'an, see the pagoda, trace the red history, and taste the bitter and sweet rice in Yan'an!

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Yangjialing Revolutionary Site

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The first batch of key national cultural relics protection units in Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, understand encyclopedia 00:38 [understand encyclopedia in seconds] One minute understand Yangjialing 07:41 tour Xinjiang RV tour: visit Yan'an Yangjialing Red Scenic Area in Shaanxi, history cannot be forgotten 02:46 Yan'an, Enter the former site of Yangjialing Revolution, relive the history of the revolution, remember the revolutionary ancestors 02:18 Red Tour Yan'an ～ into the old site of Yangjialing Revolution, relive the revolutionary experience and great achievements 02:47 visit the old site of Yangjialing Revolution 02:37 Yan'an Yangjialing, witness and continuation of revolutionary memory 07: 43 Yangjialing Revolutionary Site, once Chairman Mao and other old revolutionaries, living and working place 04:52 Shaanxi Yan'an Yangjialing Revolutionary Site: Chairman Mao lived in the cave, the hard and simple revolutionary years 02:46 Yan'an Yangjialing, the cave where the Chairman lived, the vegetable plot 01: 30 Yangjialing Revolutionary Site is located 2 kilometers northwest of Yan'an City, for the national 5A-level scenic spot 02:53 Yangjialing Revolutionary Site, a red trip with an ordinary mother with children 03:22 Yangjialing, the Wei people were originally in such an environment. 03:19 Visit the former site of Yangjialing Revolution in Yan'an, lamenting that the cave caves where the great people lived were too simple and the life was too simple 02:24 Yan'an Bank. Yangjialing Revolution Memorial Hall. The CPC Central Committee held the 7th National Congress 00:48 Yan'an Yangjialing Revolution Memorial Hall Yangjialing Revolutionary Memorial Hall Yangjialing Revolutionary Former site is located in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province Yangjialing Village, north of the city, is the seat of the Central Committee of the CPC from November 1938 to March 1947. The old site sits east to west, covering an area of 20,000 square meters. 4 The 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held here; 1During the party's Central Committee in Yan'an, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Ren Xuanshi, Zhang Wentian, Wang Jiaxiang, Peng Jiahuai, Chen Yun, Li Fuchun, Yang Shangkun, Deng Xiaoping, Wang Ruofi, Dong Biwu, Wu Yuzhang, Kaifeng, Wang First Road, Nearly 20 leaders such as Wang Ming live here; During his stay here, Chairman Mao Zedong wrote 43 important works such as "China Revolution and the Communist Party of China", "New Democracy Theory", "Reforming Our Learning", "Rectifying the Party's Style" and "Speech at the Yan'an Literature and Art Symposium". He led the Great Production Movement and Rectification Movement in the Border Region. On March 20, 1943, the Politburo Conference of the CPC Central Committee elected Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Politburo and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, and also served as the President of the Party School of the Central Committee. Central General Office, Central Organization Department, Central Key Bureau, Central Finance and Economic Committee, Central Propaganda Department, United Front Department, Policy Research Office, Party Committee, Rural Committee, Workers' Sports Committee, Youth Work Committee, Women's Work Committee, More than 20 central organs such as the Central Guard Corps have lived and fought here for more than 10 years. Under the collective leadership of the Central Committee with Mao Zedong as the core, they have guided the country to carry out multi-level and all-round revolutionary movements. Yangjialing is the source of the call for large-scale production movements by the Party Central Committee. It is the guiding center of Yan'an rectification movement.

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Back To Yanan

133***89

"Return to Yan'an" is a large-scale red indoor situational experience drama. It unfolds through the diary of an ordinary soldier, Liu Baoshun. The audience begins by listening to the stories of the Long March told by the descendants of the Red Army, and relives that history full of hardships and struggles in a flashback manner.

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Yan'an Hongjie

M24***36

"Return to Yan'an" is a red historical stage drama directed by Zhang Dong. The play unfolds from the perspective of an old Red Army, tells what he saw and heard after returning to Yan'an, shows the enthusiasm of the local people and the folk customs of northern Shaanxi, and recalls the struggle of the Communist Party of China in Yan'an. The play uses a narrative method of combining virtual reality, intertwining history and reality, bringing a new experience to the audience. The characters in the play are vivid and the actors are also very good, vividly showing the firm belief and selfless dedication of the revolutionary ancestors. In addition, the stage design of the play is also very distinctive, through the clever combination of multimedia technology and stage set, creating a strong atmosphere of the times, so that the audience seems to be in that war-fighting era. In general, "Back to Yan'an" is a touching stage drama, it tells the audience the glorious history of the Chinese Communist Party in the form of art, conveys the spiritual connotation of red culture, has a strong educational significance and artistic value.

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Yan'an Revolution Memorial Hall

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The Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall is located on the east bank of the Yan River in the northwest of Baota District, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is one of the earliest revolutionary memorial halls established after the founding of New China. A large number of precious revolutionary relics, documents and photos are exhibited in the hall, vividly showing the glorious history of the Party Central Committee leading the Chinese revolution in Yan'an and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. The memorial hall displays the important activities and achievements of the Chinese Communist Party in politics, military, economy, and culture during the Yan'an period through scene restoration, sculpture, multimedia and other forms. Major historical events such as the Red Army's Long March to northern Shaanxi, the establishment of the Anti-Japanese National United Front, and the strategic decision-making of the War of Liberation can all be presented in detail here. The Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall is an important base for revolutionary tradition education and patriotism education, and an important place for studying the history of the Communist Party of China and the history of the Chinese revolution, attracting many tourists and scholars to visit and study.

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Yanchuan Yellow river Qiankun Bay Scenic Area

110***68

Yan'an, Yanchuan, Qiankun Bay is about 2.5 hours drive from Yan'an City. It takes about 2.5 hours to Hukou Waterfall. 2024 just rated 5A. The core of the scenic spot is Qiankun Bay, which is relatively thin. also "consolidated" some "small attractions" in the surrounding area, such as Qingshuiwan and Huifeng Village. . . Qiankun Bay, the first bay of Jinsha River, and the first bay of the Yangtze River. . They are all similar. It’s okay to detour when you have time. If it’s just the core scenic spot of Qiankun Bay, two hours is enough. The surrounding small attractions can be taken together for a day. The cableway 🚡 was out of service that day because of the wind. Later, I contacted the Trip.com platform and made a refund.

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Zaoyuan Revolutionary Site

M35***25

Zaoyuan was the decision-making and command center for the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission to lead the national military and civilians in the war of resistance against Japan in the late period of the War of Resistance Against Japan. The five major secretaries with Mao Zedong as the core and other outstanding leaders relied on self-reliance, hard work, solidarity, and mobilized the masses to plan and win the battle here. During the visit, after carefully reading the great achievements of the older generation of revolutionaries, I suddenly looked back and found that they are the stars that we contemporary Chinese should pursue.