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Shajiabang & Yushan–Shanghu Scenic Area 沙家浜·虞山尚湖旅游区Shājiābāng · Yúshān Shànghú Lǚyóuqū
5A scenic area · Suzhou, Jiangsu
About Shajiabang & Yushan–Shanghu Scenic Area
A two-part 5A scenic area in Changshu, a county-level city north-east of Suzhou. Shajiabang, on the reed marshes beside Yangcheng Lake, is the setting of the revolutionary opera Shajiabang, one of the 'model operas' of the Cultural Revolution about local resistance to the Japanese occupation, and has a revolutionary history memorial hall, the Hongshi folk-culture village, the old Hengjing street and a reed-marsh wetland park. Yushan, a long wooded hill that reaches into Changshu's old town, is a national forest park with old temples and tombs, and Shanghu Lake lies at its south-western foot.
How to get to Shajiabang & Yushan–Shanghu Scenic Area
Shajiabang is about 40 km north-east of central Suzhou and 10 km south-east of Changshu by road; Yushan and Shanghu Lake are on the western edge of Changshu, about 15 km further on.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 30 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 50 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
Also within 20 km: Yanzi Shrine, Changshu 言子祠 (10 km), Caiyi Hall, Weng Family Residence 䌽衣堂 (10 km), Former Residence of Zhao Yongxian (Yushan Guqin Museum) 赵用贤宅 (10 km), Fangta Pagoda (Chongjiao Xingfu Temple Pagoda) 方塔 (10 km), Yan Garden, Changshu 燕园 (10 km), Jusha Pagoda, Meili 聚沙塔 (20 km).
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