Yan’an
Yan'an is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west.
Yan'an is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan, which served as the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) before the city of Yan'an proper took that role.
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Worth seeing in and around Yan’an
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Yan’an
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yan'an/Fushi, Chinese: 延安, 膚施) is a diocese located in the city of Yan'an in the ecclesiastical province of Xi'an in China.
5.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in China · Wikipedia - 02Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall
The Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall is a state-level museum located in the Baota District of Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, China. The museum was established in 1950 as one of the first revolutionary museums in China after the 1949 victory of the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War.
5 km · state-level museum in China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
In the city center you can find numerous yaodongs, caves dug into hillsides that serve as traditional homes. In and around Yan'an there are several spots related to the history of the Chinese Communist Party. The place where Mao and his comrades lived and worked, places where party conferences were held and many more. Phoenix Hill (凤凰山).
- 01Yan'an Revolution Memorial
- 02The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor
The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor is the mausoleum of Xuanyuan, the founder of the Chinese nation.
- 03Pagoda Mountain
It is a landmark building in Yan'an, a revolutionary holy land.
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Where to eat
Red Date Banquet Restaurant (红枣宴餐厅), Red Date Food Square, Beiguan Street, Baota District. A special restaurant with red dates as the main ingredient, located in the Red Date Food Square on Beiguan Street, Baota District, Yan'an City. The restaurant integrates Yan'an specialty red dates into a variety of dishes, which not only retains the traditional local flavor, but also shows unique creative cooking techniques.
From Wikivoyage: Yan’an, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Yan’an
- Airports
- Yuncheng Yanhu (YCU), 220 km · Xi'an Xianyang (XIY), 254 km
- Stations
- Yan'an Ershilipu Airport, 5.5 km
- Yuncheng (Yanhu) → Yan’an222 km · quickest by road, 4h 50m · ¥125–165
- Xi'an → Yan’an265 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · ¥120–160
- Taiyuan → Yan’an306 km · quickest by road, 5h 50m · ¥150–200
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Next door to Yan’an
- Baota Districtdistrict in Shaanxi Province, China6.6 km