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A city made popular by the vast Taihu Lake.
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the "haze"
In a nutshell
lovely freshwater pearls!
ellyse Says: A few bus stops from Wuxi train station, this is a lively area with shops and restaurants aplenty. In the middle of the square is a statue of Hua Yanjun, better known as A-Bing, a blind performing artiste who lived in the earlier part of the 20th century. A native of Wuxi,...
No Sour Grapes Allowed in Mini-Holland!
ellyse Says: Alright, this tip is about Plum Garden, stop guessing. :)Located in the west part of downtown Wuxi, it's somewhat enroute to Turtle Head Isle on Tai Lake. It is traditionally one of the popular viewing spots for plum blossoms in this area of China.Wrong time for plum...
ellyse Says: Named after its shape (on the map it looks like a turtle's head), Turtle Head Isle is probably the most popular place to take in the sights of Tai Lake, the biggest lake in this part of China.I've been here at least 3 times IIRC, once in winter (January 2005) and twice in...
ellyse Says: Admission is 25 RMB for the "bare" entry ticket, just the entrance fee and nothing else. There are 3 combination tickets, A (45 RMB) is entrance fee + cable car (return). I can't remember what B (45 RMB too) includes but I think it's the entrance fee and the zoo; can't...
ellyse Says: Sakura ain't just in Japan, they're in Wuxi too! Or more specifically, on Changchun Bridge of Turtle Head Isle, on the bank of Tai Lake. To catch them, come in March-April. Apart from sakura, in spring there're also resplendently colourful flowers of various kinds to tease...
mychina Says: Temple with Pedestrian Street, markets, shops and restaurants
chatterley Says: The tour guide told us that foot and body massages are cheap and good in Wuxi, and brought us to one of the massage centres. The whole massage lasted for about 1 hour 40 minutes, and cost 120 RMB. We were told that female customers should get a male masseuse, and vice versa...
chatterley Says: Li Lake (Lihu) is a bay of Tai Lake (Taihu). Tai Lake is a huge lake, about 400 times the size of Singapore. The Li Lake is named after the legend of Fan Li and Xi Shi (one of the four beauties of ancient China). Xi Shi was from the country of Yue, and was presented to the...
Taihu Film and TV Studio - Show of Battle
chatterley Says: The finale of our visit to this studio is watching a show - the battle at the Hulao Fortress (Liu, Guan, Zhang Da Zhan Lu Bu). In this story, the 3 sworn-brothers - Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei fought against Lu Bu (well-known for his extraordinary strength and martial...
Taihu Film and TV Studio - Cao Cao's Warship
chatterley Says: Cao Cao, being the ruler of Wei, has a huge warship. This model has two levels - level one is the deck and level two is the living area. Tourists can rent costumes and take photos at level one, for a fee.
Taihu Film and TV Studio - Models of Warships
chatterley Says: These models were used to film the scene of "Huo Shao Chi Bi" (Battle at Chi Bi). In this story, fire was used to foil the ruler of Wei, Cao Cao's battle ships, and the alliance of Shu and Wu won this battle. This is a classic story of brains triumphing over brawn.
Taihu Film and TV Studio - Wu Palace
chatterley Says: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is about the warring and political battle-of-wits amongst three countries - Wei, Shu and Wu. In the story, The ruler of Wu married his sister to Liu Bei, the ruler of Shu, to trick Liu into coming to his country so as to capture him....
1 Review and 134 Opinions High standard for Wuxi in quiet environment, swimming pool available Nice place to stay if you like...
1 Review and 72 Opinions This hotel is an absolute dream - it is built in villa-style in a very large park area, including a...
Hofbräuhaus: German Food and Beer
mychina Says: just opened in December 2006, another one is in Jiangyin (about 30km north of Wuxi)
Ju Yuan Hotel Restaurant: Fresh From Tai Lake
ellyse Says: Situated a looooooong way from anywhere, on the bank of Tai Lake, it'll be pretty difficult to get here without a expensive taxi ride, and even more problematic to get out! We walked for ages on the main road looking for the bus that was supposed to be, but we only found a...
1912 bar street: Party till ya drop
explorer001 Says: "1912" is an area where you can start partying from 8pm till the wee hours. The same place also existed in Nanjing.Few interesting ones:SOHO (this is interesting place)MTMTA8Boiling (100C)TNTand heaps more.......... Anything goes.
ellyse Says: The fastest overland transport to get to Wuxi from cities in the surrounding area would be D train.Wuxi is about 1 hour from Shanghai, about 20 mins from Suzhou and 1.5 hours from Nanjing.From Hangzhou, D train is also the fastest option, but there're only about 2 departures...
mychina Says: Yes, Wuxi has an airport and the connections are growing! The airport is located about 20km eastwards in the New District next to the village of Shuofang, not far from the City Limits to Suzhou. Count about 50 - 60 RMB from the airport (Wuxi fei ji chang) to Downtown (shi...
mychina Says: Wuxi taxi drivers normally don't speak English. If you meet one who does then you are really lucky. In downtown there is no difficulty to find a cab except when it's raining, then it can be very tricky. Drivers are volontarily using the meter so you don't need to bargain the...
Chong'an Temple Street/ Orient Plaza Shopping Mall: Shopping in Wuxi
sanderandanne Says: If you are in Wuxi, make sure to check out Chong'an Temple Street mall.With the phase II construction complete, the shopping area has been more than doubled in size from 56,000 sq. m to 130,000 sq. m. You can get to the mall from Zhongshan Lu, Renmin Lu, Xianqian Lu and...
Baoli Shopping Center (Bao li Guang Chang): East meets West
mychina Says: Besides the big Carrefour Supermarket you will find lots of small boutiques, restaurants and entertainment Western Products in Carrefour Supermarket, lots of different stuff in the small boutiques, go for a coffee at Starbucks, try the Chinese and Japanese Restaurants or...
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Wuxi is situated at the south of Jiangsu province, at the heart of Yangtze Delta, neighbouring east with Suzhou. It is a commercial and industrial town for Jiangnan. At the south of Wuxi is the...
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Wuxi (no tin) - Is there any Tin now?
Wuxi is an old industrial city in Jiangsu province in China. The city was originally called "Youxi" meaning "with tin". When the tin was all mined it was called "Wuxi" meaning "without tin"....
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Wuxi is a 3000 year old ancient city and is located along the picturesque Taihu Lake.Wuxi is one of the eight biggest tourism cities in China and is well known for its natural scenic beauty and rich...
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"No Tin"... But There Is Sunset!
I've got some interesting experiences in Wuxi. I'd love to share with you the 9 tips I've written, the 27 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created.
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"Wuxi" literally means "no tin" in Chinese. It is said that this land used to produce tin, but over-mining has depleted the tin mines, thus the name "Wuxi". Wuxi is also famous for producing "Zisha...
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