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Tianmu Lake and Nanshan Bamboo Sea 天目湖Tiānmù Hú
5A scenic area · Changzhou, Jiangsu
About Tianmu Lake and Nanshan Bamboo Sea
Tianmu Lake is a reservoir in the hills south of Liyang, built in 1958–61 as the Shahe Reservoir and renamed in 1992 when it was opened for tourism. The 5A scenic area has two parts: the Shanshui Garden on the lake, with lakeside parks and islands, and the Nanshan Bamboo Sea, a bamboo-covered valley on the Anhui border with walking trails and a cable car into the hills. The lake is known locally for its fish-head soup.
How to get to Tianmu Lake and Nanshan Bamboo Sea
The Shanshui Garden is about 12 km by road south-west of Liyang station on the Nanjing–Hangzhou high-speed line; the Nanshan Bamboo Sea is about 25 km south of the station.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Yunhu Lake Scenic Area, Yixing 宜兴云湖 (20 km).
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