Tourist cities close to Wuxi

Tourist cities close to Wuxi include Nanjing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Changshu, etc.

1. Nanjing

Nanjing is 193.3 kilometers away from Wuxi. It is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, and has long been the political, economic, and cultural center of southern China. Nanjing has Nanking Man living in Tangshan between 350,000 and 600,000 years ago. It has more than 7,000 years of civilization and nearly 500 years of capital establishment. The excavation of the West Street site traces the founding of Nanjing back to the Western Zhou Dynasty 3,100 years ago.

2. Shanghai

Shanghai is 134.6 kilometers away from Wuxi. About 6,000 years ago, the western part of Shanghai became land. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shanghai was a fiefdom of Lord Chun Shen, so it was also called Shen. During the Jin Dynasty, because fishermen invented Hu, a fishing tool, the place where the river flows into the sea was called Du. Therefore, the area downstream of Songjiang River was called Hudu. Later it was changed to Hu, so Shanghai was shortened to Hu.

In the 29th year of Yuan Dynasty, Shanghai Town was separated from Huating County and the establishment of Shanghai County was approved, marking the beginning of Shanghai city construction. Representative cultures in Shanghai's history include Wuyue culture, Jiangnan culture, Shanghai style culture, etc.

3. Suzhou

Suzhou is 42.7 kilometers away from Wuxi. It is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in the country. It has the reputation of heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. Representatives of China's private gardens, the Suzhou Classical Gardens and the Suzhou Section of the China Grand Canal are listed as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Most of the scenic spots and scenic spots in Taihu Lake are distributed in Suzhou.

4. Hangzhou

Hangzhou is 201.3 kilometers away from Wuxi. It is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. It is the birthplace of the famous scholarly family Hangzhou Li family and is famous for its southeastern counties. , the excavation of the Kuahuqiao site shows that humans were thriving here more than 8,000 years ago. The Liangzhu Culture, which dates back more than 5,000 years ago, is known as the dawn of Chinese civilization.

5. Changshu

Changshu is 72.5 kilometers away from Wuxi. It is a national historical and cultural city. It is located in the water town of Jiangnan. It is known as the blessed land of Jiangnan and is one of the birthplaces of Wu culture. At the same time, it is also an outstanding tourist city in China, an international garden city, a national ecological city, and one of the first batch of international wetland cities in the world.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanjing