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Yuantouzhu 鼋头渚Yuántóuzhǔ
5A scenic area · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Yuantouzhu
A rocky headland on the north shore of Lake Tai shaped like a turtle's head, developed from 1916 by Wuxi businessmen with lakeside villas and gardens and now a large park of wooded hills, pavilions, rock inscriptions and wide lake views. It is best known for its cherry trees, first planted by the Changchun Bridge causeway in 1936 and greatly extended with trees planted by Japanese visitors since 1988, which draw big crowds when they bloom in spring. Boats run from the park's pier to Taihu Xiandao, a group of small islands built up with Taoist-style buildings since the 1990s.
How to get to Yuantouzhu
On the lakeshore about 10 km south-west of central Wuxi; bus K1 runs from Wuxi railway station to the Chongshan gate.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 40 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: Li Garden (Liyuan) 蠡园 (under 10 km), Wuxi Plum Garden 梅园 (under 10 km), CCTV Wuxi Film and TV Base (Three Kingdoms & Water Margin Cities) 无锡影视基地 (under 10 km), Wuxi Film City (National Digital Film Industry Park) 无锡影都 (under 10 km), Wuxi Zoo and Taihu Amusement Park 无锡动物园·太湖欢乐园 (under 10 km), Wuxi Museum 无锡博物院 (under 10 km).
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