What are the famous tourist attractions in Wuxi?

Yuantouzhu

Yuantouzhu Scenic Area was founded in 1918 and now covers an area of ??500 hectares. There are many landscapes such as Chongshan Yinxiu, Luding Yinghui, Yuanzhu Chuntao, Hengyun Villa, Guangfu Temple, Taihu Fairy Island, Jiangnan Orchid Garden, Sino-Japanese Cherry Blossom Friendship Forest, etc., each with its own unique style. The scenic area has become a well-known tourist resort and resort at home and abroad. The scenery of Yuanzhu, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and natural muddy scenery, is the essence of Taihu Lake scenery, so it is known as "Taihu Lake's No. 1 Scenic Spot". The great contemporary poet Guo Moruo praised the poem "The best place in Taihu Lake is in Yuantou after all", which made Yuantouzhu's charm spread both domestically and overseas.

Taihu Fairy Island

Taihu Fairy Island, formerly known as Sanshan Island, commonly known as Wugui Mountain, is a group of small islands in the lake in Yuantouzhu Scenic Area, with a total area of ??12 hectares. The island is like a magical turtle lying quietly on the water, and it is graceful and colorful, just like the "Penglai Fairy Island". On the island, there are Yuyu Qiong Tower, grottoes and spiritual caves, green trees, and macaques playing. The traditional Chinese culture is rich and colorful, and it is beautified everywhere. It is nothing more than a clear, spacious, and otherworldly fairyland resort. A happy trip to the fairy island will definitely leave you with an unforgettable memory of "suspicious in the painting, still in the mirror".

Liyuan

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Fan Li, a senior official of the Yue State, helped King Gou Jian of Yue to destroy the State of Wu. He retired with great success and went boating on Wuli Lake with Xi Shi. Based on this anecdote, later generations renamed Wuli Lake "Lihu". The park covers an area of ??123 acres. There are four scenic spots in the park: rockery, spring dawn on the south embankment, long corridor, and cascading waves.

Meiyuan

Meiyuan was built by brothers Rong Zongjing and Rong Desheng, the famous national industrialists, with the purpose of "distributing fragrance to the world". This garden is far away from the mist of Taihu Lake, with the green screen of Longshan Mountain at its back. The garden is built against the mountain. The mountain is decorated with plum blossoms. The mountains are nearby and the water is far away. The virtual and the real complement each other, forming a natural picture. In early spring, plum blossoms are in full bloom, and there is a "sea of ??fragrant snow" here. The fragrance is fragrant and refreshing.

Xihui Park

Xihui Park includes Xi and Hui Mountains. Yingshan Lake connects the two mountains. The Hui Mountains here are winding. In addition, the Xishan Mountains in the garden are bright and dense, with dense trees. The scenery is beautiful. There are the second spring in the world with a long history, Huishan Temple, Chunshen Stream, Longguang Pagoda, Yunqi Tower, Jichang Garden, etc.

Longtou Zhu

Longtou Zhu is located at the southwest end of Mashan Mountain in Wuxi and is one of the main attractions in the Taihu Lake Scenic Area. From the dragon's tongue, head, ears, neck to the back, the total length is 2,500 meters. The mountains here are not high but there are many mountains, the water is not deep but the smoke is wavy, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, it is a natural Jiangnan landscape painting. There are good fruits in the mountains all year round, and the lake is fresh all year round. When people swim on it, they are surrounded by water and mountains, with green pines and cypresses, and it is magnificent; the winding paths are deep everywhere, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, and the scenery is beautiful. Qian Xiqing, a hermit in the Ming Dynasty, once built a thatched house and lived here in seclusion and devoted himself to farming, so it was also called Xiqingzui.

Yinyuan

Yinyuan is the "outer garden" of Xihui Park. It faces the Grand Canal to the east and covers an area of ??2.66 hectares. It was built in October 1985. It is a place where ornamental viewing originated. It is a specialized garden for Chinese bonsai art and flowers. It is also a unique night park open all year round. The bonsai area is called "Huzhongtian" and includes the preface hall, bonsai courtyard, Lili Pavilion, etc. The main exhibition rooms, Mingyi Pavilion and Huifeng Pavilion, display tree stump bonsai and water stone bonsai respectively. The flower area is laid out according to the pattern of a landscape garden, with an artificial lake as the center of the composition, a winding corridor connecting door openings on the north bank, and a rockery with lush flowers and trees in the south. Through the transition of the rockery, Xishan Mountain and Huishan Mountain are "borrowed" into the garden. Climbing up to the "Good Man's Seat Building" in the park, you can have a panoramic view of the nine peaks of Huishan Mountain and the shadow of Xishan Tower, giving you the impression of Kowloon playing with pearls. Singing to the mountains outside Sunset Mountain, the world is always surrounded by lingering feelings.

Huangbu Dun

The tour of the scenic belt along the ancient canal starts from Huangbu Dun, which is known as "Tianguan" by Wuxi people. It is now in the middle of the canal and is surrounded by The small island with a water area of ??only 220 square meters is famous for the fact that "two phases, two emperors and one blue sky" came to rest here in history. There are plaques and inscriptions written by Kangxi, Hai Rui and Wen Tianxiang on the pier.

Nanzenji Temple

The most popular sight along the ancient canal is Nanzenji Temple. Nanchan Temple was built during the Taiqing period of Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty. It is one of the "480 Temples in the Southern Dynasties". During the reign of Yongxi in Beining, a pagoda was built in the temple. Later, Huizong Zhao Ji gave it the name "Miaoguang Pagoda" in the third year of Chongning. The "Nanzenji" market built next to the temple has formed a 300-meter-long "flavor food street". It has also opened markets for flowers, birds, fish and insects, stamps and coins, antiques and jades, and calligraphy and painting collections, with nearly 500 stalls. , operating tens of thousands of varieties. Bustling with tourists, it is an ideal place for "delicious food and good looks" with a unique market flavor.

Donglin Academy

It was founded 500 years ago by Yang Shi, the direct disciple of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, a Neo-Confucian scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has been a long-term teaching place and is also the famous Donglin Party in Chinese history. The origin of the incident. The book now exists in buildings such as Shibeifang, Yimen, Lizetang, Stele Pavilion, and Daonan Temple. Inside, there are famous couplets written by Gu Xiancheng: "The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading can be heard; family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs, everyone cares about everything."

Qingming Bridge

Qingming Bridge is the largest ancient stone arch bridge in Wuxi city. It was built during the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. The existing bridge was rebuilt in the eighth year of Tongzhi (1869). It is a single-hole stone bridge with a length of 43.3 meters, a middle width of 5.5 meters, a bridge height of 7.4 meters, and a span of 13.1 meters. The whole bridge is constructed of granite, and the bridge railings and pillars are not decorated with carvings. Instead, the bridge shape is grand, stable, and square, which deserves the word "simple".

Houshan Park

Houshan Park is a public-subsidized and private rural park featuring natural landscapes and cultural landscapes. It is located in the first mountain of Xidong, Hongshan, and is the overall urban area of ??Xishan City. One of the planned projects, with a total area of ??120 hectares and a total investment of more than 4 million yuan.

Taibo Temple

Taibo Hall, together with Jade Emperor Hall and Guandi Hall, is a group of classical buildings. There are Sanrang Hall, Zunde Hall, Daxia Hall, Ancient Wu She Temple (Rang Wang Xiaodian) in the east courtyard, and Deqia Hall, Caizhi Hall, Dashu Hall, Baozhu Jingshe, Gefan Tower and other buildings in the west yard.

The first ancient tomb in the south of the Yangtze River - Taibo's Tomb

The first ancient tomb in the south of the Yangtze River - Taibo's Tomb is located at the southern foot of Hongshan Mountain in Hongsheng Town, Xishan City, 50 meters away from Taibo in Meicun. The temple is 3 kilometers away. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province and was listed as one of the Taihu Lake Scenic Spots by the State Council in 1986.

Wu Culture Park

Wu Culture Park (Wuxi Folk Village) is located in Xigaoshan, Yanqiao Town, Xishan City. It is the first park in the country built with donations from farmers and takes Wudi culture as its core. The connotation is a large-scale cultural garden integrating natural landscape and cultural landscape. Six museum areas including Daofengyu, Shuixian Village, Silkworm Alley, Taohua Village Old Spot, Yanli Farmhouse, and Wudi Funabashi History Museum have been opened.

Tangcheng

Tangcheng is a group of buildings imitating the Tang Dynasty in the Wuxi Taihu Film and Television City of CCTV. It covers an area of ??15 hectares and has a total construction area of ??30,000 square meters. There are nearly a hundred scenic spots in the city such as Chenxiang Pavilion, Tang Palace, Lishan Painting Pavilion, Tang Street, Imperial Garden, Immortal Chenglu, Du Fu Poetry Hall, Yang Guifei's Travel Picture, etc. The golden walls are splendid and the colors are magnificent; a 110-meter-long "Tang Street" "There are many shops and flags fluttering; the whole city reproduces the style and customs of the imperial city in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are nearly 100 scenic spots in five major scenic spots, including "Tang Palace", "Tang Street", "Imperial Garden", "Agarwood Pavilion" and "Huaqing Pool".

Three Kingdoms City

"Three Kingdoms City" was named and built by CCTV for the filming of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". It was officially opened to the outside world on August 20, 1994 as a new film and television tourist attraction in Wuxi Taihu Film and Television City. . "Three Kingdoms City" is located in the southwestern suburbs of Wuxi City, with Qinglong Mountain to the west and Taihu Lake to the north. It faces the famous tourist resorts Yuantouzhu and Sanshan across the lake. It covers an area of ??35 hectares. It is a city mainly focused on film and television production and also taking into account tourism functions. Amphibious City. Dozens of "Wu Palace", "Ganlu Temple", "Caoying Water and Dry Village", "Wuying", "Seven Star Altar", "Horse Race Course", "Dianjiang Terrace" and so on were built in the Three Kingdoms City with a strong Han Dynasty style. A large attraction.

Water Margin

"Water Margin" is a cluster of Song Dynasty-style buildings and scenery planned by CCTV for the filming of the large-scale TV series "Water Margin". It is the successor of Wuxi Taihu Film and Television City to Tang City. After , Europe City and Three Kingdoms City, it is another major step towards the goal of "Oriental Hollywood".

Lingshan Giant Buddha

Lingshan Scenic Spot is located in the Xiaoling Mountain area on the southeast side of Qinlu Peak in Maji Mountain within the Taihu National Tourism Resort. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Master Xuanzang returned from Tianzhu to seek Buddhist scriptures. He saw that the shape of this mountain resembled the Eagle Peak in the West, so he called it Xiaoling Mountain. Lingshan Scenic Spot is a five-in-one tourist scenic spot built with the Lingshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area as the center, including Buddha, temple, city, pagoda and villa.

Yangshan

It was called "Anyang Mountain" in ancient times. It got its name because King Wu of Zhou granted Zhou Zhang's youngest son the title of Marquis of Anyang in Wuxi and led his burial in this mountain. It is 15 kilometers away from Wuxi, a famous tourist city in the south of the Yangtze River, with Xinchang Railway and Xiyi Expressway crossing the territory. The four hills located within the territory are majestic and the forest ravines are beautiful. Yangshan is famous for its thousands of acres of peach blossoms, billion-year-old volcanoes, and thousand-year-old temples. Being in the mountains, the scenery and nostalgia blend together, the ancient meanings and modern charms are both beautiful, and the folk songs and fishermen sound harmonious. It is truly worthy of the reputation of "a unique place in the south of the Yangtze River". Yangshan is now an important scenic spot on Taihu Lake's tourist landscape, offering a variety of tourism projects such as volcano tours, scenic spots and historic sites tours, folk customs tours, and ecological agriculture tours. Yangshan Ecological Taoyuan Scenic Spot is included in the "Three-Year Action Plan for Wuxi Tourism Development" and will welcome tourists from home and abroad with a more complete ecological environment and beautiful scenery.

Qian Zhongshu’s former residence

Located at Nos. 30 and 32, Xinjie Lane, Wuxi City, it was built in 1923 by Qian Zhongshu’s grandfather Qian Fujiong and Qian Zhongshu’s uncle Qian Sunqing. It was built in 1926 and covers an area of ??1,600 square meters. The first phase of the restoration project is mainly at No. 30, Xinjie Lane. The building area of ??this household is 504 square meters. The main building is a bungalow with two entrances, each entrance is seven rooms wide. There is a patio in the middle and a side room on both sides of the patio; There is an alley, and there are kitchens, dining rooms, several firewood sheds at the end of the alley, and a garden at the back. The extended house is located in the northwest corner of the garden. It has four two-story buildings and several attached bungalows. The first building in the east is called "Huan Xushu Building". There is a bungalow behind the building, which forms a small courtyard. It is called "Plum Blossom Bookstore" and its brick door is intact. Later, another entrance was opened in the extended part, which is now No. 32, Xinjie Lane. The entire No. 30 Xinjie Lane is a traditional Jiangnan courtyard-style residence, but what is different from ordinary residences is that the front and rear layout is not a traditional rectangle, but a flat quadrilateral. The two diagonal corners are 84 and 84. 96 degrees, together with the beams, including citrons, etc., are all formed according to this angle, forming an extremely unique spatial structure.

Among them, the horizontal direction of the first and second entrances is 15 degrees east of due south. All horizontal structures are built in this direction, while the vertical directions of square bricks, gables, etc. are 9 degrees east, thus forming an approximate The 6-degree angle gives people a mysterious and intriguing feeling. This special approach is really rare. It is still unclear what the builder’s reasons and implications are, and further research is needed. In 2001, the Wuxi Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government decided to restore the former residence of Qian Zhongshu and set up a memorial hall for Qian Zhongshu. With the active planning of the cultural authorities, the restoration work of the former residence was completed in May 2002. Based on the principle of repairing the old as before and restoring its original appearance, we adopt methods such as discarding the new, restoring the old, and filling in the gaps to protect the original information to the greatest extent. It not only achieves the consistency of the new and old styles, but also appreciates the blending of new and old facilities, and re-examines the living environment and appearance of the former residence. The name of the Qian Zhongshu Memorial Hall was inscribed by the famous scholar and Chinese-American Mr. Gu Yuxiu, and the famous sculptor Mr. Qian Shaowu created, designed and produced a bronze bust of Mr. Qian Zhongshu. The former residence is characterized by detailed information, orderly arrangement, rich literary style and rich connotation. The formal design and display of Qian Zhongshu Memorial Hall are like a book, a book that truly reflects the life trajectory of Mr. Qian Zhongshu, a book that is easy to read and understand, a book that is thought-provoking, and an inspiring book. . The exhibition consists of five parts: quick and eager to learn, a dragon among men, hard work, literary masters, scholarly men of heaven, cultural Kunlun, world-famous, descendants of light, Qian Sheng Wutang, and elites emerging in large numbers. In addition, according to Qian Sunqing's "Qian Sheng Wu Tang Ji", the two original appearances of "Sheng Wu Tang" and "Qian Zhongshu's Bedroom" were restored. The former residence of Qian Zhongshu is now a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province and a patriotism education base in Wuxi City. It is managed by the Wuxi Municipal Museum

A Bing’s former residence

In the center of the old city of Wuxi, today No. 30 Library Road, the protection scope includes Nos. 24 to 30 and Nos. 42 to 50 of Library Road today.

A Bing (1893-1950) was born in Wuxi. He followed his father Hua Qinghe as a Taoist priest in the Lei Zun Hall in Dongxu Palace, a famous Taoist temple in Wuxi since he was a child. His Buddhist name was Hua Yanjun. Because he lost his sight in middle age, he was known as Blind Abing. He was a famous folk musician in modern my country. He was upright, patriotic, and unafraid of power. He loved national instrumental music, was proficient in Jiangnan silk and bamboo, and had deep roots in performance skills and music creation. He has composed many pieces of music. Due to the late rescue, he only recorded the erhu solos "The Moon Reflected in Two Springs", "Listening to the Pines", "Cold Spring Wind" and the pipa solos "Dragon Boat", "Zhaojun Leaving the Fortress" and "Big Waves Washing the Sand". Wait for six. Among them, "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" is the most famous and has become a world famous song.

Abing’s former residence was the original Lei Zun Hall Taoist Hall. He was not only born and died here, but also composed most of his famous songs. In his later years, he was poor and sick, and lived in a small bungalow at the eastern end of the Taoist temple. This bungalow is a hardtop, about 20 square meters, with a small attic inside and is still in its original condition. The old site of Lei Zun Hall and other attached buildings have mostly remained in their original state. On January 24, 1994, it was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by the Wuxi Municipal People's Government.