These three places in Wuxi were selected as "the most beautiful" in Jiangsu! This is the most authentic way to play →

  Recently, the results conference of "Looking for the Memory of the Grand Canal in Jiangsu" co-sponsored by the Propaganda Department of jiangsu provincial party committee, the Provincial Department of Transportation, the Provincial Department of Water Resources, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau was held. A total of 40 places were selected for this event.Jiangsu’s most beautiful canal landmark",in which Wuxi has three places selected, namelyHuishan ancient town, ancient canal around the city (including China National Industry and Commerce Museum and Huangbudun), Qingming Bridge historical and cultural block..

  What is a canal landmark?

  Canal landmarkIt refers to the architectural entities such as landmark water conservancy and water transport projects, river bank landscapes, cultural and cultural venues and tourist attractions that have been created or emerged in the formation, change and development of the Grand Canal and have practical functions and cultural heritage values, which are commonly perceived and recognized by people and can represent the Grand Canal.

  The only ring of the Qianli Canal

  The Wuxi section of the Grand Canal is also the only section of the Grand Canal that passes through the city. It has the reputation of "the only section of the Thousand-Li Canal" and has the longest excavation history, rich quaint features and rich scenery along the river.

  Three of the most beautiful canal landmarks,How to get the best of the tour ↓ ↓

  Jiangnan is good | It’s most pleasant to take a boat trip to the canal.

  People in the original painting, read all the colors on both sides.

  Shuinongtang

  Staggered houses are quietly arranged on both sides of the river, and the river is sandwiched into a narrow water alley. Here, there are small bridges and flowing water, and white walls and tiles, which show the water town style of "people do their best to pillow the river".

  Qingming bridge

  Qingming Bridge is the oldest, largest and most complete single-hole stone arch bridge on the ancient canal in Wuxi. When you arrive in Wuxi, you must take a walk on the Qingming Bridge and have a look.

  Huangbudun

  Standing on Wuxi Wuqiao,You can see the yellow pier in the middle of the water, and there are thousands of years of legends hidden between small squares.The flowing water moistens things silently.

  Qingming bridge

  Historic block

  It is the most famous scenic spot on the ancient canal in Wuxi. It is adjacent to Nanxiantang and Dayao Road, with white walls and tiles, checkered wooden windows, square brick floors, screen doors, front shops and back squares on both sides. Almost every family has a water pier, forming a courtyard-style, bamboo tube-type and independent pillow river family with strong local characteristics.

  The essence tour of the ancient canal

  circuit

  Line a:Nanzenji Wharf/Crossing Tangqiao Wharf — (via) Jiangnan Water Lane — Dagong Bridge — Qingming Bridge — (Visit) Wuxi Kiln Group Ruins Museum — South Narcissus Temple — Looking at the lake and smoking — Green waves and waves — Xiake wharf

  Line b:Canal Park Pier — (via) Houhai is in spring — Nostalgia for the Old City — Liangxi xiao yue — Looking at the lake and smoking — Jiangnan Water Alley — Qingming Bridge — Xichun Zhaohui — Lights in front of the station — Lotus seed rain — Beitang Rice Market — Originating wharf

  Tour time

  The whole journey takes about 60 minutes.

  Time of shift:

  Line A: (From now on — The first shift: 13:00, and the last shift runs every half hour at 20:30.

  Line B: (From now on — March 31st) 14:30 18:00 19:30

  Please take the scenic spot as the standard.

  Climbing place | Xihui scenic spot enjoys ancient meaning

  Huishan ancient town is rich in cultural heritage, and Huishanbang, a tributary of the Grand Canal, goes directly to the hinterland of the ancient town. The two sides of the strait have beautiful scenery and rich cultures, and they are also the birthplace of Wuxi place names.

  Visit Huishan ancient town,be the first choiceThe suggestion is to climb high!

  The top of Huishan can also be said to be the top of Wuxi mountains. There are three most famous peaks in Huishan Jiu Feng, namely Toumao Peak, Ermao Peak and Sanmao Peak. Seen from the top of the mountain, the Yanbian mountains of Taihu Lake are continuous and lush. There are many high-rise buildings in the urban area to the east, and Wuxi has a panoramic view.

  Or Mount Xishan. Almost everyone in Wuxi has been there. Although the mountain is not high, the scenery is beautiful. There is also a Longguang Tower on the mountain. The ancient pagoda is a quiet existence, exquisite and beautiful, full of historical sense. It is the habit of the old Wuxi people to look at the pagoda in the morning and talk about his legend.

  To Wuxi people, Huishan ancient town looks like an old friend. The solemn ancestral temple, quaint stone bridges and towering ginkgo trees, the beauty of the ancient town is both rural and quiet, both long and pure.

  In Huishan ancient town, there are also secluded rocks with meandering streams, and the Jichang Garden with Changsong and Biluo. Details can be painted everywhere, and it is the second spring in the world, also known as "Huishan Spring". After storing thousands of pine roots and washing and filtering sandstone, the water quality is pure and sweet, and it was rated as "the second in the world" by Lu Yu, the "Cha Sheng" in the Tang Dynasty.

  Enjoy the night view | the water and countryside of paddle sound and light shadow

  Wuxi ancient canal flows out of another style in the south of the city. Some people are not only bustling, but also literary and fresh.In Nanchang Street in Hexi and Nannantang in Hedong,Walking is the street, stopping is the scenery, and literature and art can be seen everywhere.

  At night on the Yun River in Wuxi,

  You won’t go to bed so early.

  Because you still have many ways to play … …

  Take a night cruise on the ancient canal and visit the old days of the water alley in the slow paddle sound.existIn the section of "Water Alley", look at the scattered houses on both sides of the strait and the bright lights at night.

  With the moonlight, go to the lively bar in Nanchang Street to have a glass of wine and enjoy a music show.

  In the quiet night, I fell asleep in the boutique hotel in Huairou Water Town, with my lover’s arms beside me and a step song on the shore …

  The paddle sound of the ancient canal is quiet and leisurely;

  Nanchang Street is full of lights, hustle and bustle;

  At the beginning of the lantern festival, take a boat at night,

  Forget your troubles and enjoy a moment of freedom.

  Gourmet tour | Eat a good taste in Wuxi

  The world is very big, and the appetite is also very big. When you come to the ancient canal in Wuxi, you can not only visit the scenery, but also walk and eat quickly. There is a saying, if you travel all the time, you will meet delicious food. Then let’s walk and meet the delicious food along the ancient canal.

  Go for a walk in Huishan ancient town,Drinking spring tea, enjoying the beautiful scenery, tasting delicious food and strolling around are the correct ways to open the ancient town.

  Wuxi in the morning, Huishan ancient town. People here have a glass of yellow wine, a plate of noodles toppings and a bowl of eggs and silver noodles for breakfast. Start a new day.

  Keywords shallots, pickled mustard tuber, shrimp,The old soy sauce mixed with laver, the hot tofu flower slides down the throat and reaches the depths of the taste buds like a warm current.

  Green-edged bowls, blue-and-white porcelain wine sets, long-lost wooden frame lattice window bars, and if there is any Wu language background music, besides dinner, there are all kinds of snacks, such as sweet-scented osmanthus taro, Huishan Temple shortcake and tofu flower ….. all traditional old Wuxi snacks.

  Speaking of the food street along the ancient canal, it’s really an endless stream of food. From the street to the end, there will be many surprises … …

  Wuxi Mu Guiying cuisine at the south gate inherits and develops Jiangnan snacks with strong local characteristics. It has formed the characteristics of cake, dumplings, cakes, steamed buns and zongzi, steaming, frying, boiling, baking and baking, delicious and cheap traditional cakes, lovely gourmet snacks and colorful local cuisines.

  Xinwanxin Noodle Restaurant, with Gongbei Building and Wangxingji in Chong’an Temple in the 1920s, should still have the memory of being taken to eat silver noodles by the elders after 60s and 70s in Wuxi. After years of ups and downs, decades later,This time-honored brand finally opened a new store on Nanchang Street.

  There is also a Chaoyang food market above the south gate, which contains hundreds of Wuxi folk foods. There is a saying,I don’t know if it’s delicious. It’s no use going to Chaoyang to travel all over Wuxi!

  The most beautiful canal landmark

  Wuxi Canal is rich in tourism resources, including both traditional buildings and fashionable urban areas with a combination of Chinese and western styles. There are natural beauty, historical beauty, humanistic beauty, orderly beauty, amorous feelings, modern beauty, dense coexistence, diverse levels and rich connotations here!

  Running is to make a living,

  Walking is life,

  Sit down and enjoy life,

  Come to Wuxi and visit the most beautiful canal landmark in Jiangsu!

  Source: Wuxi Wenguang Tourism Bureau