Wuxi
The Grand Canal runs across Wuxi, a city in south Jiangsu
Procvince bordered by Lake Taihu to the south and Suzhou
to the east, and 128 km from Shanghai. Wuxi is also a
major industrial city south of the Yangtze, a "land
of fish and rice", and a famous tourist city. The
2,000-square-km Lake Taihu, one of the five major freshwater
lakes in China, spans both Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces.
As its surface gradually encroaches upon downtown Wuxi,
the lake becomes as photogenic as a "natural painting".
All manner of pleasure boats bring visitors on tours of
discovery to such sights as Triple Isles and Turtle-Head
Islet, which is actually a peninsular with the best view
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Wuxi is also known
for its classical gardens, and most popular of these are Jichangyuan
in Xihui Park and Liyuan by Lake Taihu.  Emperors
Kangxi and Qianlong had visited Jichangyuan repeatedly and
heaped praises on it in calligraphic inscriptions. Liyuan
Garden, situated on the northern shore of the Lihu Lake (an
arm of Lake Taihu) in southwest Wuxi, stands out for its gracious
mountains and glistening water surface. New, high-class tourist
attractions include Wu Culture Park and Space City. Taihu
Film and Television City, a location center for China central
Television, consists of a series of gigantic scenic zones
such as City of Three Warring States, Tand City, Water Margin
City, and European City. Half way up the Lesser Lingshan Mountain
in Mashan District stands an 88-metre bronze statue of Sakyamuni,
consecrated in 1997 as the largest likeness of the Buddha
in China. There is no lack of scenes and sights to see in
the three cities under the jurisdiction of Wuxi--Jiangyin,
Yixing and Xishan. Jiangyin is known for its Yangtze River
Bridge Scenic Zone and Huaxi, a village with a from rags-to-riches
story. Yixing, where the famous purple pottery ware are made,
is the world-famous Capital of Chinese pottery industry.
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