Wuxi is located in the southern China, Jiang Su Province. It takes 13 hours to travel from Beijing by car. We used Jing Hu expressway (BJ - Tian Jin - He Bei - Shan Dong - Jiang Su) 

Wuxi is much less populated than Beijing, no traffic jam. The air is really clean and rains a lot, maybe more than Seattle, WA :) It has many rivers and beauiful lakes, the biggest one is Lake Hu (Tai Hu). Really big, you can't see the edges. If you'd like to visit Wuxi parks, get a pass.  You can visit the parks as often as you want for a year. To buy a single ticket is quite pricey otherwise (as of Jan 2010).

Grand Canal

Wu Xi has has the historic grand canal passes trough it, yes all the way to Beijing in the North and all the way to the South. It's still used up to this day (Jan 2010).

See photo for train of boats carrying sand in the grand canal, taken from road name Gao Lang Lu.

Wuxi has many canals and rivers. The grand canal is just one of them...

无锡有很长的历史,还有很多得条件天独厚的旅游区。其中之一是太湖。如果说太湖是个很重要的湖，这只是轻描淡写的说法。她比金矿丰富；比最美丽的画更美丽。太湖是无锡的生命线，特别是在以前。她给无锡人很多很多宝贵的财富。太湖和她的周围都是旅游区。她有著名的风景,还有很丰富的自然资源。太湖有著名的三白：银鱼，　白鱼，白虾。　在湖的旁边很多本地人晒白下，我们也能现场买特别新鲜的虾。至今，我还记忆犹新看船在太湖中航行，真的很美丽。家喻户晓，很多人在太湖的周围锻炼：骑自行车，散步等，很多游客开车享受风景：右边是太湖,左边是郁郁葱葱的植物，古代拱桥，像看一幅美丽的画似的。空气干净极了。太湖石和珍珠也特别有名。太湖石是一种石灰岩属于石灰岩。有许多特点，不同颜色：灰色，白色、黑色，能受到外来力量的风化侵蚀，风或是水的溶蚀。太湖石逐步在大自然的风雨条件下精雕细琢，形成了曲折圆润的样子。太湖石特别有名,还有很宝贵。很多御花园用的就是太湖石,比如颐和园。听说宋代时,有一个皇帝特别喜欢收集太湖石,甚至于让国家灭亡。

在太湖的旁边是蠡湖。在蠡湖西岸是蠡园。风景非常美丽。传说越越国大夫范蠡帮助越王灭吴之后,在这儿跟西施一起生活。他把湖的名字叫蠡湖。蠡园是人工开凿的，始于1927年。到现在还在不断地扩建。从那时候起很多新项目被添加。蠡园有很有名的文化长廊。在南侧是一根根廊柱。在长廊另一壁上漏窗有形态各异。在墙上有著名的书法，画彩绘，漏窗。从这儿也可以看无锡游乐园的摩天轮。

无锡游乐园是个好玩的地方,位于蠡湖岸。在这儿有一个很大的摩天轮，完成一次自转需要20分钟左右。坐在上边能看到无锡和太湖。晚上能看到很多灯。除了摩天轮以外,也有别的好玩的游戏,比如巨大的秋千，划船等。今年还会有新的过山车。

太湖有许多岛屿。我们能坐船去岛屿。最有名的岛屿可能是鼋头渚和太湖仙岛。在太湖仙岛我们去了月老祠。　在前边有很大的两个心的雕像。　在上边有百万把锁。　在祠墙上有无数很小的瓶子，　里边有卷筒纸。　可能是人们写他们么想找个对象的希望。在这儿，我也听说，有美猴王的花果山,有瀑布有齐天大圣牙旗，仙佛洞。。。。。。但是我没时间去看。虽然我看见小猴子跟它妈妈的大雕像，但是我没有时间找“花果山”。太湖鼋头渚是另外一个有名的地方。有非常漂亮的风景。之所以叫“鼋头渚”是因为巨石在湖中突出，看起来好像一个乌龟的头。

京杭大运河穿过无锡。这就是那个世界上最长最古老的运河。无锡段非常美丽,还有用货物运输。白天或夜晚有船满地载东西-特别的沙子。即使从无锡城中也能看这条大运河，也能在桥上站着。真的很雄伟。

无锡物产丰饶。常年有很多各种季节的应季食品：龙虾，葡萄，青鱼，水蜜桃，藕，等。

Li Yuan

Once the home of minister Li (范蠡) with his lover Xi Shi (西施, one of the great beauties in ancient China). In the past, there's a war between state Yue and Wu. Initialy Wu was winning. State Yue planned to weaken the king by sending Xi Shi, a very beautiful woman. Minister Li took her to the king of state Wu. Xi Shi charmed the king so much that he was totally under her spell, the king started to neglect the state affairs, created enemies and the state thus became weak. Then Yue attacked Wu, and won. Minister Li later resigned and lived with Xi Shi.

The scenary is outstanding. You can see the giant wheel in the background.  One can boat too, one of the boats has a game: a sniper, if you shoot the frog/flower etc right, water will spray out.

The Giant Wheel

The day was cloudy, the shot is not too good, but at least one get the idea how big the wheel is. One rotation takes about 20 minutes. When the day is clear, you can see the city underneath with all lights at night. Very nice. This picture was taken from miles away.

Turtle Head Island - 鼋头渚

Very beautiful scenary. Tons of things to do and see, below are just very few samples, far from being able to depict the place. Try the free ferry, you can pay too for private occasion. One can bike, boat, and many other activities.

A picture of a matchmaker temple. There are million locks which I blew out in the picture next to it.

Blown up here:

The Yue Lao temple:

The Gate in the island:

Jiang Su Wu Xi Toy Animation Museum

A small museum which has many stuffs from cartoon TV series. Yes, it has Superman, Batman, Xi Yang Yang, Sun Wu Kong.... Small thing but fun for kids, it has cinema, food, lots of TV's, drawing in the computer/painting, etc. My kids love it so much.

Speacialties

Wuxi is very famous for peach (水蜜桃） and many water products: