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Wuxi Plum Garden 梅园Méi Yuán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Wuxi Plum Garden
A hillside garden west of Wuxi begun in 1912 by the industrialist Rong Desheng, who planted some 3,000 plum trees around his family villa; it is one of the best-known places in the Jiangnan region to see plum blossom in late winter and early spring. Paths climb past pavilions, a nanmu-wood hall and the three-storey Nianqu Pagoda, built by the Rong brothers in 1930 in memory of their mother, to the 1930s Kaiyuan Temple; Rong Yiren gave the garden to the state in 1955 and it was later extended onto neighbouring Hengshan hill.
How to get to Wuxi Plum Garden
On Liangxi West Road about 7 km west of central Wuxi, by bus or taxi.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 50 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: Wuxi Zoo and Taihu Amusement Park 无锡动物园·太湖欢乐园 (under 10 km), Yuantouzhu 鼋头渚 (under 10 km), Li Garden (Liyuan) 蠡园 (under 10 km), Jichang Garden 寄畅园 (under 10 km), Huishan Ancient Town 惠山古镇 (under 10 km), Former Maoxin Flour Mill 茂新面粉厂旧址 (under 10 km).
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