Wuxi
Wuxi is a city in southern Jiangsu, China.
Wuxi is a city in southern Jiangsu, China. As of 2024, it had a population of 7,495,000. The city lies in the southern Yangtze delta and borders Lake Tai. Notable landmarks include Lihu Park, the Mt. Lingshan Grand Buddha Scenic Area and its 88-meter (289 ft)-tall Grand Buddha at Ling Shan statue, Xihui Park, Wuxi Zoo, and the Wuxi Museum. Transportation options include Wuxi Shuofang Airport, Wuxi Metro, Shanghai–Nanjing intercity high-speed railway, and Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. Wuxi is home to Jiangnan University.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Xihui Park and Old Town (锡惠公园) — An old town pedestrian street with many souvenir and snack shops. Free but the individual residences cost extra (maybe ¥10 each). The main ticket is for several gardens and temples clustered together including the Garden of Ecstasy (Ji Chang Yuan) one of the leading gardens in SE China and Emperor Qianlong, who made seven visits, had a copy made of the garden at the Summer Palace in…
- 01Donglin Academy
Enjoy the Ming and Qing Dynasty architecture of this well-preserved site with gardens and classrooms of a famous school that prepared its students for the state exam.
- 02Wuxi Museum
- 03Nianhua Bay
- 04Jin Gui Park
- 05Grand Buddha at Ling Shan
The main attraction of Lingshan (灵山) is Grand Buddha, one of China's largest Buddha statues at over 80 m tall.
- 06Wuxi Huishan Ancient Town Scenic Area
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Things to do
Three Kingdoms City Water Margin Scenic Spot (三国城水浒城景区) It is a large-scale film and television shooting and tourism base, attracting a large number of tourists with its unique natural scenery, large-scale human landscape and complete film and television service functions.
- 01Nanchang Street
472, Qing Ming Bridge, Liangxi District (self-drive or taxi),.
- 02Huishan Ancient Town - Yuchangyuan
18, Baoshan Street, Liangxi District (self-drive or taxi),.
- 03Wuxi Zoo
- 04Wuxi Sunac Land
- 05Wuxi Sunac Sea World
- 06Wuxi Hot Snow Miracle
66, Rongchuang Culture & Tourism City, Binhu District (self-drive or taxi).
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Where to eat
Traditional Wuxi food is very sweet and savoury. Local specialties include Wuxi-style xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) (小笼包 xiǎolóngbāo) which is sweeter than Shanghainese style, as well as Wuxi-style pork wonton (馄饨 húntūn). Wuxi-style braised spare rib (酱排骨 jiàng pái gǔ) is known throughout China; the pork ribs are braised in red sauce with star anise until they fall off the bones.
- 01Swallow House
- 02Camphor Bistro
- 03Wagyu Steak House
- 04Sanfengqiao
- 05Lao Niu Wo Li
8, Nanxia Tang Cultural and Creative Park, 213 Nanxia Tang (if taking Metro Line 1 towards Nanchan Temple Station, it's a 1.7-km walk to reach destination),.
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Getting to Wuxi
- Airports
- Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 36 km · Nanjing Lukou (NKG), 115 km · Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), 127 km
- Nanjing → Wuxi153 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · ¥70–90
- Shanghai (Minhang) → Wuxi115 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · ¥55–70
- Hangzhou → Wuxi142 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ¥70–95
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wuxi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Wuxi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Wuxi
Wuxi is 27 km from Changzhou, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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