Wuxi
is an important town in Jiangsu province. While the town itself has few
buildings or sites of historic or archaeological interest, it nevertheless is an
attractive place to visit with its network of canals and cobbled streets. The
major attraction for most visitors is Tai Lake, 4 km to the south. Taihu Lake
Scenery Zone consists of Meiliang Lake scenery zone and Lihu scenery zone.
Meiliang Lake is a bay of Taihu Lake covering approximately 200 square km. It is
the best spot of Taihu Lake Scenery Zone with Turtle Head Islet as its main
part.
The
Wuxi Folk Custom Village is also called Wu Culture Park and is located on
the West High Mountain in Yanqiao Town of the north suburb, covering an area of
47 ha (1 ha = 2,47 acres). It is a multi-function park combining culture,
education and tourism.
The
village connotes the regional folk customs, culture and history of the original
Wu kingdom and fully expresses them in artistic forms of cultural relics and
park landscapes. The scenery spots consists of Yunwu Gate, Jiazi Hall, Abundant
Rice Dike, Silkworm and Mulberry Tree Alley, Ancient Wu village, Cultural
Centre, Custom Centre and Art Gallery of the Wu Region.
Built
in 1921, to the west of South Street in Yixing city, this garden was once a
private park of the Ren Family. Now a part of it is laid out to be the
Exhibition Hall of Xu Beihong, an outstanding artist. Although the garden is
small in size, you can see the Lotus Pool, the Yanxian Spring, the Nine-folds
Bridge, pavilions and platforms. There are 22 tablets exhibited in the garden;
among them, the tablet of the Chaste Woman, written by Li bai-a great poet and
engraved by Li Yangbing during the reign of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty. This is
the most famous.
The city is equipped with a complete transportation network and has turned out to be the transportation centre of the area.
Airport - Wuxi has a local airport and the city is 110 km from Shanghai International Airport.
Highways - The Shanghai Nanjing Expressway and National Highway 312 traverse the city, joining Wuxi with Shanghai and Nanjing.
Railways - The Shanghai Nanjing Railway passes the inner city. Meanwhile, the Beijing Shanghai Expressrail, which is being schemed, will provide the city with improved accessibility.
Waterways - Being the very centre of the water carriage system in southern Jiangsu, Wuxi is only 38 km away from Huangtian harbor and 43 km from Zhangjiagang Harbour that handle shipment with more than 140 countries and regions in the world.
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