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Wuxi city attractions list

1. Nanzen Temple. Located in the center of Liangxi District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, it is a unique ancient temple building in the south corner of Wuxi and on the bank of the ancient canal. It is one of the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties dating back 1,450 years. The temple was built in the Taiqing period of Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty. It is a large-scale temple and is unparalleled in the Southern Dynasties. It is known as "the most beautiful jungle in the south of the Yangtze River". The Miaoguang Pagoda is located on the east side of the temple and is 43.3 meters high. It was built in the Yongxi period of the Northern Song Dynasty. It has been More than a thousand years.

2. Xu Xiake’s former residence is located in Nanqi Village, Mazhen, Jiangyin City (in commemoration of the great man, Mazhen has been renamed "Xu Xiake Town"). It was destroyed by war in the late Ming Dynasty and was rebuilt by Xu Junquan, Xu's nephew during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.

3. Huishan Ancient Town is located in the west of Wuxi City, at the northeastern slopes of Xishan and Huishan, with an altitude of 8 meters, east longitude 120°16’, and north latitude 31°34’. It is only 2.5 kilometers away from the city center, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows directly to its north. Wuxi's prehistoric culture dates back more than 4,000 years, and there are Shidun ruins of Xishan ancestors.

4. The ancient canal around the city connects Taihu Lake to the west and the Yangtze River to the north. It is a section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It encircles the city for about 11 kilometers. After more than five years of restoration and construction, it was fully opened before the National Day in 2010. Navigable. The ancient canal around the city of Wuxi was opened by King Wu Fucha in 495 BC and is part of the "Ancient Wu River". Its history is nearly three hundred years earlier than Huangxiezhi Lake.

5. Changguangxi National Wetland Park in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province is located in the southwestern suburbs of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, with a total area of ??690 hectares. It is an ecological corridor connecting Li Lake and Tai Lake.

6. Taibo Temple, also known as Zhide Temple and Rangwang Temple, is located on the bank of Bodu River in Meicun Town, Wuxi today. It was built in memory of Taibo, the eldest son of the ancient father-in-law (Taiwang Zhou). In the second year of Yongxing (154) of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he ordered Mi Bao, the prefect of Wu County, to build a temple in Taibo's former residence.